allroad transmision swap question

[Jeremiah Curry]

I looked into the same thing before having my transmission rebuilt.  It has
been done, but I don't think by a shop, just by the owner.  Look out on
audiworld.com and quattroworld.com.  It sounds very time intensive.  You
need to change electronics, cut a hole for the clutch etc. etc.  Probably
cheaper to just find one that came with a 6 speed.

Jeremiah

-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On
Behalf Of Joshua Van Tol
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 3:04 PM
To: George
Cc: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: allroad transmision swap question

I have the same problem, mine's a 2003, though, and only has about 67k on
it.

It looks like a bear of a job, and a transmission swap would likely be tons
of work. I'd bet you'd be hard pressed to find a shop that'll do it.

On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 10:46 AM, George <gsidman at webloq.com> wrote:

> At 115,000 miles the torque converter in my '01 allroad is throwing the
> code
> for the leaking seal, stuck solenoid. I am taking some remedial steps in
> the
> hope of stalling a replacement. I am also considering that if a
replacement
> of the TQ is inevitable, why not swap in a manual tranny?
>
> Anybody BTDT?  And, what is the sage advice from the list? Availability of
> a
> tranny? Costs (I won't do it myself)? Idiocy? Or will it return a car that
> might be as fun to drive as my '91 200 Avant....??  And have a much longer
> useful life.........
>
> George Sidman
>
>
>
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