(suttle?) signs my transmission is dying

[Craig D. Niederst]

The tranny in my CGT at 195k was essentially perfect in the 5 forward gears.
No whining at all, shifts were easy and smooth. Only problem was an
occasional grind going from 2nd to 3rd (maybe 1 in 10 shifts when driving
hard). Reverse had eroded to the point that it was not movable in reverse
(nothing but grinding and the car popping out of reverse immediately when
the clutch was let out). If your tranny shifts fine and just whines, it
maybe is just the throwout bearing going bad, or could be something worse
internal to the tranny.

Craig
'92 100S (91k)
'86 CGT (195k)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Zsolt" <zed123 at telusplanet.net>
To: "Craig D. Niederst" <niederst at telerama.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2001 4:31 PM
Subject: Re: (suttle?) signs my transmission is dying


> The tranny in my 86 started whining. I has been doing it on and off ever
> since, but it's really loud lately. I am selling the car, I already bought
a
> replacement 88 5k tq. in great shape and low milage, but I'm wondering
what
> the whining noise is. I'm sure I'm going to be asked that question while
> selling it.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Craig D. Niederst <niederst at telerama.com>
> To: Quattro List <quattro at audifans.com>;
> <quk at isham-research.freeserve.co.uk>
> Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2001 12:39 PM
> Subject: Re: (suttle?) signs my transmission is dying
>
>
> > I just lost reverse in my '86 CGT recently. Bad reverse idler gear.
Seems
> > like a nasty run of bad gears lately on 5 spds...
> >
> > Craig
> > '92 100S (91k)
> > '86 CGT (195k)
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <isham-research.freeserve.co.uk at pop.pol.net.uk>;
> > <quk at isham-research.freeserve.co.uk>
> > To: <JShadzi at aol.com>; <quattro at audifans.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2001 12:00 AM
> > Subject: RE: (suttle?) signs my transmission is dying
> >
> >
> > >
> > > > 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'...>>
> > >
> > > >      So far 200 + hp has not hurt mine, an '88...
> > >
> > > Marc's is the first internal failure of a 5-speed that I've come
across.
> > >
> > > --
> > >  Phil Payne
> > >  http://www.isham-research.freeserve.co.uk/quattro
> > >  Phone +44 7785 302803   Fax: +44 7785 309674
> >
>