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On 14 Mar 2005 at 9:54, Greg Merritt wrote: > As part of their standard AT overhaul, they exchange torque converters for > rebuilt units. I ended up with a newer model in the exchange; Ron > believed it came from a Vanagon. I think we determined from your photos earlier that what you got was actually the late type 3 TC, which is a nice upgrade from the early one that you had. > At 4.5 quarts, it would engage the forward and reverse gears with the car > up on jackstands. I added about another quart to bring it up to 5.5 > quarts. Curiously, Bentley indicates that the maintenance fluid change > refill amount is 3 quarts, iirc. With the engine running, but relatively > cold, I was getting a level a bit below the lower mark, but only on the > left side of the dipstick, which seemed odd. Service Without Guesswork lists the dry capacity as 6.3 qts. The drain and fill capacity is less because you can't drain the TC. > I drove it up and down the block with 5.5 quarts. Seemed to go just fine. > Early on, and a couple of times, it didn't engage drive right away, but I > do believe it's still low on ATF. I did drive it a gentle mile or two on > Sunday, and it performed nicely. Yes, if it is low it may not engage properly. Get it filled up ASAP. You don't want to drive with it low for too long because the bands may slip if there is not enough ATF pressure/volume available. Go by the dipstick. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~