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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 ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/