found this while deciding i would change my trans fluid and filter, wondering if i should be worried its the forward shift accumulator from what ive been told.

 

did you find the piece? if not, has it been shifting normal? I`d be tempted to do the change and see what happens

 

i did find it in the bottom of the pan, it looks to me as if the previous owner punched a hole in the bottom and put one of those quick change rubber plugs in the bottom and in doing so hit the valve body.

 

If it ran fine, refill and see what happens

 

What a moron.