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On 31 May 2003 at 21:27, Russ wolfe wrote: > On Sat, 2003-05-31 at 20:43, Jim Adney wrote: > > > I'm interested. My 73 slips on the upshift between 2 & 3 when I'm just giving > > it light throttle. If I hold my foot down this delays the shift to higher > > speed/rpms and the shift occurs smoothly. The good news is that it's done this > > since we bought it in '90 and it hasn't changed a bit in that time. > > > > All the other ATs that I've driven don't do this and I've checked everything I > > can think of short of tearing down the whole transmission. I've even had the > > valve body apart and adjusted the bands. VM is the proper one, and is adjusted > > properly for a 73. > > > > Everything inside looks clean and happy. Other than this one complaint, it > > works perfectly. > > > > Any thoughts? > > > The guide says for delayed into "D" at partial throttle: "Delayed" make me think of a shift that takes place too late, ie at higher rpm than it should. That's not what I have. OTOH, the second "half" of my shift IS delayed, so I'm not sure which your guide is referring to. > Vacuum hose connection faulty > Primary throttle pressure valve sticking (pressure test) > Valve body dirty (pressure test) > D+R clutch plates burned or worn (do stall test in reverse) I can check the first and last items pretty easily. Thanks. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org