(suttle?) signs my transmission is dying

[Marc Swanson]

> A slightly slower browse finds the link.  Call down the part number
> menu and input (speculatively) the number 012311295A.  This comes up
> as a superseded (12/88) part.  The superseding part number is marked
> with an asterisk, so it's also superseded.  Click on it, and the
> same happens again - superseded in 3/92.  The one now given is the
> one listed for the transmission at present - 012 311 295D.
>
> One wonders why suffix 'A' was superseded so quickly.  Early failures,
> perhaps?  A recall?


VERY interesting.  Thanks Phil.

I still think it will be cheaper considering my time + parts to just buy a
good used tranny rather than rebuild what I've got.  However, if 3rd gear
synchros are a problem for these things, maybe rebuilding makes sense, using
the new part as of 92'...


-Marc-

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