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On Sat, 2004-07-17 at 09:06, Daniel Baum wrote: > > I checked the specs with Bentley, and it is only supposed to downshift > from 3rd to 2nd between 35 and 55 mph. This is definitely how my car > behaves; the kickdown only works above approx 60kph. > > The design seems a bit weird to me. Wouldn't it have been more logical > to put the switch under the pedal? I am pretty sure this is how my > modern Korean autobox works. As you press the pedal you can hear a > switch clicking. > > The reason VW did it the way they did, was to eliminate having make a different wire harness for MT and AT cars. If you will notice, all the wiring for the kick down is in the engine compartment. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~