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On Sun, 2004-06-06 at 10:31, Greg Merritt wrote: > >Low fluid level will certainly make it not want to shift, but what I'm more > >used to seeing is that they hesitate to move off from a standing start. > > > Alright... a few times in the recent past, it did this, too > -- and now it's doing it more. Here's the latest after yesterday's > test drive with the new vm hose & full-to-overfull ATF: > > > o Sometimes, after decelerating to a stop, the transmission > will come out of gear, and not engage in any forward or reverse > selection until I rev up the engine a good deal. > o It doesn't like to find third gear -- most likely way to > get it into third is to speed up, then pop into N and let engine drop > to idle, then ease the selector into 3. > o When accelerating, it does not like to leave 1st to shift into 2nd. > > > Bleh. :( > > Is the governor the most likely candidate to be giving all of > these symptoms? > It would be a good next candidate. I have family duties today, but when I get home tonight, I will scan the automatic troubleshooting guide, and upload it to my site as a pdf. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org