a sectional view of a preferred embodiment in accordance with this invention in which the same reference numerals are used as in fig1 to indicate common components the strainer for an automatic transmission control valve in accordance with this invention includes a valve body 9 having an oil pan 1 attached to the lower end of the valve body and containing oil 104 the oil pan 1 and the valve body 9 are held in fixed positions relative to each other by fastening means not shown it should be noted that the valve body 9 and oil pan 1 of fig2 are identical to the similar components 1 9 of fig1 the oil pan 1 is divided into an upper chamber 2 and a lower chamber 3 by an oil strainer 4 which includes a frame 5 and a screen mesh 6 resting on top of the frame 5 lower projection 7 extend downwardly from the frame 5 and maintain the frame 5 at a predetermined distance from the bottom surface of the oil pan 1 the frame 5 is contoured to fit within the oil pan 1 and is fixedly attached to the inner periphery of the oil pan 1 by means of a sealing material 8 thus oil.