Re: [T3] Tranny problem

[Russ wolfe <russella@prairieinet.net>]

On Thu, 2002-08-22 at 12:05, Jacob Hoffman wrote:
> Before I got my car on the road 7 years ago I rebuilt the Auto tranny and 
> cleaned the valve assembly all out.  Ever since we got it together, though, 
> it has done that pausing thing.  That has never really concerned me, but 
> this problem that makes so that I take off the line slower than a full 
> gravel truck with a full trailor concerns me greatly.  Hard to trouble-shoot 
> when the flex plate is disconnected, anyway.  Obviously the problem could 
> still lie in the valve assembly, but I suspect the pump, as it has gotten 
> worse in the last couple years.  I'm wondering if these laborious take-offs 
> could be causing the flex plate failure...
> 
Ther was a change in the way T-3 automatics shifted between early and
late. I think yours is a late model. The factory had complaints from
owners the the tranny's were too harsh, so they made them more sluggish.
If you get a chance to drive a '69 automatic, or an automatic T-2. see
if it is different than yours.
-- 
Russ Wolfe
'66 FB MT (It drove)
'71 FB AT 
'65 Bug (not running)
russw@classicvw.org
http://www.classicvw.org



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