5kta question [was: Re: 4000 auto trans]

[Ken Keith]

I've got a question.  If I need to drive an '87 5kta about 400 miles 
after I buy it, is there anything I should do in preparation?  I 
wouldn't want to flush the fluid, and possibly put synthetic in it, or 
anythign like that, would I?  I might jar something loose, right?

Perhaps I should just top all the fluids off, check the tire pressure, 
belts, and hoses?

Thanks,

Ken

"Alexander van Gerbig" <Audi_80 at email.msn.com> wrote:
>
>     Interesting.   Didn't know the 5kt autocrapmatic was any different.
> Though when a diff/trans seal starts leaking then the ATF level rises, this
> is because the diff fluid spills into the transmission.  Maybe that occurs
> once the seal failure is very bad, before that point maybe ATF gets pushed
> into the diff when the seal failure is small?