unbeleivable a/t on 5kt

[JordanVw at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/30/00 6:20:01 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
magliocc at rocketmail.com writes:

<< he garage in Plym. Meeting changed a bunch of seals,
 but I doubt the seals for the drive flanges were
 changed.  >>

those were the most important seals you should have had changed!!...  sounds 
like an incompetant shop!  did you request for them to split the tranny and 
change the seal between diff and final drive like i had done on mine?    i 
had my orig 110k mile tranny pulled, split open, and new final/diff seals put 
on, and then all new synthetic ATF added in the automatic section, and 
synthetic gear oil added in the diff section.  i had this done last oct or 
nov.  now its at 114k and still shifting great, no leaks. and on straitaways 
i sometimes run it hard ( 80-90mph for a long pd of time, on flat 
straitaways, always with a gradual acceleration, and always with a cooldown 
period afterwards) still shifts fine.  Tho i do baby it from stops, easy on 
the accel. (no burnouts! LOL) and after i shift from P or R into D, i always 
wait for the trans to engage before accelerating.. this adds alot of life to 
your tranny believe me..how you drive it.

sounds like your shop screwed you out of a tranny by not changing the most 
important seal of all..
good luck with it..are you living in atlanta now?   check out PAP down there, 
they always got a bunch of audis theyre parting out.
chris
'86 5kT  auto