I worry that the car will just burn through the brake band and/or high clutch before the owner would notice there was a problem. And, I am surprised that there aren't more solenoid A failures, considering how often C goes out.
That's interesting about the paper gaskets, to be honest I don't recall ever seeing one, but then again I never paid much attention, I only paid attention to the input shaft, sometimes they were real pretty blue in spots
