Audi a8 99 tranny limp mode.

[Cody Forbes]

Where do you get the clutch pedal from? The center console? The engine computer (or at least the reflash)? Prop shaft? Yeah, you are going to spend F-A-R much more money, enough that you can sell your A8 in its current broken condition to the very same "controversial" dismantler (yes, I know how much he will offer as I very nearly let him have mine when this very problem was on my plate) and combine that with the money you didn't spend on the transmission swap then buy Paulie's S8, or a decent C5 A6 already with a manual transmission that gets better fuel mileage to boot.

I'd also be willing to bet that the manual transmission swap is at least 30 hours labor. Just R&R'ing the transmission accounts for more than half that. Swapping the console, running shift cables, installing the third pedal, and 200 unforeseen tiny problems easily take up the rest.

-Cody
(Sent from my phone, if a word doesn't fit blame Siri)

On Jan 17, 2012, at 10:09 PM, Vincent Gelinas <vrgelinas at gmail.com> wrote:

> 30 hrs? Holy crap. I'll buy an 02e (is that the right code for the euro
> manual is found?) and swap for a third of the labour.
> 
> Does anyone know if the manual trans for a b5.5 s4 with the 40v will fit? I
> can probably get one from a friendly local audi dismantler that there was
> just an... Ahem... Heated discussion about not long ago.
> On Jan 17, 2012 4:48 PM, "Tihol Tiholov" <t.tiholov at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>> Secondly I got a vagcom and read it.  The code says gear ratio incorrect
>> under the automatic transmission heading.  So I am assuming its something
>> to do with the mfs like previously thought.
>> 
>> Quite likely
>> 
>>> I will eventually change it out when I get a chance...
>> 
>> These aren't cheap ($200 for a '92 Eurovan). I'd check carefully and clean
>> the harness and the mf sensor first - saw 1 full of engine oil dripping
>> from a valve cover gasket most likely. Maybe replace the O-ring on the
>> sensor. DK how many of those sensors would be in junkyards and fit on A8.
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