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Subject: [T3] Auto Tranny Questions > Well I pulled the pan on my Trans to service it today and I figured that I > might as well remove/clean the valve body and governor at the same time. The > car has sat since I bought it nine years ago. During the valve body > dissasembly I found the 3rd/2nd gear control valve spring (chapter 8, page > 12 Bentley manual) wasn't in the valve body! Nowhere to be found! > Non-existent! > This was one of those "It ran/drove when I parked there" cars. At least > that's the story I got from the PO. Would that missing spring be part of the > reason why it won't shift out of 1st until 30Mph and can't seem to find 2nd > gear? I still don't know what 3rd does yet, I don't want to damage the > tranny any further. > Where might I find a replacement spring (in Canada) or does anyone have a > parts tranny or valve body? > Last Question: Would it affect anything to place a small magnet in the trans > pan like on newer Domestic vehicles? > > You might check with a local dealer, or transmission shop. Someone who does or has done transmission on the VW transmission, and might have a junk one laying around. I have a spare transmission, but would not want to part it out. If I get a chance tomorrow, I will make some calls here locally and see if I can find a junked out valve body. A local independant transmission shop owes me a few favors. :=} Russ Wolfe russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org