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On 10 Jul 97, David Raistrick wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Jul 1997, Melissa & Jim wrote:
> > First thing I would check would be that the ATF level is between the
> > two lines on the dipstick when the engine is running with the AT in
> > park. Be sure not to get any dirt or lint in the dipstick tube.
> You know, while that WOULD be the first thing to check, i cant think
> of a time when low ATF did THAT!!:)
Yeah, I admit that this was a long shot, but here's what I was
thinking: When you shift the car into the various gears, ATF gets
pumped down various passages and into various chambers where it
pushes various pistons into different configurations. When you AT
gets low on ATF it can run out of oil before the required tasks are
done.
Suppose the transmission had just enough ATF to go into D, but if I
fill all the R chambers first then I no longer have enough ATF to
make the D functions work, so... no D. If you let the car sit
overnight the ATF slowly drains out of all the chambers and there is
once again enough for the ONE gear of your choice.
Yes, a long shot, but there was no harm in checking and topping
up anyway.
> Sounds to me like some slack in the linkage somehow....anyone ever
> dissasemble one of those?? (of course, since the car can send email,
> i figure he can adjust his own linkage, too..d;')
Didn't sound like a linkage problem to me because under both
conditions the linkage was coming into D from the same direction. If
the symptom was that the only way to get D to work was to go to 2
then D then I would be right with you on the linkage.
Jim
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Melissa Kepner Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org jadney@vwtype3.org
Laura Kepner-Adney
Madison, Wisconsin
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