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On 7 May 2004 at 20:30, Daniel Baum wrote: > I was out driving today, and going up a hill. It seemed to be straining > a bit, so I tried to downshift to 2nd. I decelerated before doing this, > but even so, the revs went sky high. It only stayed like that for a > second or so, before I immediately put it back in third. > > Is it possible that I could have damaged something? The reason I ask is > that there seemed to be a new noise after that, but it's possible that > it was just because I was listening very carefully for new noises after > this happened. It's unlikely that you damaged anything. The max speed to downshift the AT into 2nd gear is 55 mph, or 32 mph for first. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org