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Re: [T3] Automatic Squareback


On 4 Nov 2002, at 15:05, Everett Barnes wrote:

> Today I drove an Automatic Squareback for the first time.  A local guy came
> to visit me in his '71 Automatic that he's owned for 19 years.  It was pretty
> cool to not have to shift.  Is there always a noticeable kick when the tranny
> shifts down?

The 71 AT would be one of the best years. There should NOT be any 
noticable kick on the downshift (I assume you mean the off-throttle downshift 
that happens as you slow down.) If his does, it most likely means that he 
has a bad vacuum modulator, the wrong vacuum modulator, or it is the right 
one, but it is misadjusted.  

Unlike most cars, the VW vacuum modulator must be adjusted when it is  
installed. The Bentley manual covers the proceedure.  

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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