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On Mon, 2005-05-30 at 12:17, Daniel Baum wrote: > I put the governor in, and took the car for a spin. I was happily > reacquainted with 2nd and 3rd gears. It may have been my imagination but it > seemed to behave differently. It downshifted on its own on hills, which I > don't remember it doing much. Is it supposed to do that? Could I have > unwittingly fixed something? I think is just psyhcological <sp>. Like your car runs better after you wash it. > I checked the ATF again and it was down. I am willing to believe for now > that I didn't measure it properly before - I may not have waited long enough > for it to go down after filling it up, this was after all the first time I > have ever filled an empty tranny. It took another quart and now the level > shows between the lines. I will keep an eye on this - I hope there isn't an > internal leak. You probably had an air pocket in the torque converter that you filled by driving it. > In the mean time it looks like ANOTHER lug bolt is stripping. I didn't force > it and it is torqued OK for now, but I will be driving cautiously until I > get it fixed. This bolt also looks like the thread is flattening out - could > two bolts have stripped? Are you sure you are not over tightening them?? 108 ft lbs. I don't think I have ever stripped the threads on lug bolt. I have seen them stripped in the hub. > > Thanks to all, especially Russ and Jim, for the help in sorting my tranny. No thanks needed. That is why we are here. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~