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On Sat, 2003-05-31 at 20:43, Jim Adney wrote: > > I'm interested. My 73 slips on the upshift between 2 & 3 when I'm just giving > it light throttle. If I hold my foot down this delays the shift to higher > speed/rpms and the shift occurs smoothly. The good news is that it's done this > since we bought it in '90 and it hasn't changed a bit in that time. > > All the other ATs that I've driven don't do this and I've checked everything I > can think of short of tearing down the whole transmission. I've even had the > valve body apart and adjusted the bands. VM is the proper one, and is adjusted > properly for a 73. > > Everything inside looks clean and happy. Other than this one complaint, it > works perfectly. > > Any thoughts? > The guide says for delayed into "D" at partial throttle: Vacuum hose connection faulty Primary throttle pressure valve sticking (pressure test) Valve body dirty (pressure test) D+R clutch plates burned or worn (do stall test in reverse) -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org