haha! turns out everything is fine. i filled up the fluid to the right level, drove around the block last nite, and everything sounded good. then today again, its all good. the clicking could have been the gears seating or air in the fluid, or just fluid getting re-circulated.

awesome mod! thanks for all the input, it took me a while, but it went in just fine once those bolts were out! everyone w/ an a/t should do this.

ill let you know how everthing else goes as i do it. i have just about everything here that you have dirty, minus the inline filter. i plan on doing most of my tranny work within the next week or so.

thanks for all the input everyone.