I think they are aluminum crush washers. Thats what they looked like to me. They went in fine with no leaks of anything. I ran them through the old tranny fluid to see if they would catch anything, and they had a good amount of shavings on them. So I guess they are going to do a good job of catching particles in the fuild.

Here is a pic of one

 

did you solve this;
just take one of the original ones off and compare it.

 

Yeah I put them in yesterday. Thats what i said in the earlier post. They work great.