Finally had some time to take the transmission out...
It seems that it had been taken out before and probably replaced with a refurb...
The bolts had paint missing and looked tampered with... Also, this:
http://imageshack.us/a/img18/2950/ra7t.jpg
(Link because the picture is huge)
I'm pretty sure that isn't supposed to be a nice shade of rusty metal. It looks like it had been stored outside at some point in its life. Also... I don't think its supposed to have those numbers etched on it... If anyone can confirm that theirs had these or did not have these. I feel like these were etched onto it by getrag or mitsubishi to keep track of the refurbs.
Notice all the black bits? Nice little bits of metal it had been munching on. The filter looked terrible and so did my oil even though I had just changed it at the beginning of this year. Its probably been eating away at itself.
I bought this car used with 17,000 miles... I'm thinking the previous owner probably had the trans replaced pretty early in its life and decided to jump ship after having such a major issue.