[V6-12v] Transmission - what to do?

[T. Jackson]

Sorry to hear about your transmission problems.  I feel your pain.

As someone who has had their share of transmission problems (rebuilt my
manual transmission in my '90q at 135,000km and replaced it at 215,000km) I
would say that replacing it rather than rebuilding it is the better choice.
In the end, the rebuild one cost me twice as much and took twice as long and
I STILL had problems that weren't detected in the rebuild that popped up
later prompting the replacement.

I would take the car to a knowledgeable mechanic and get it diagnosed while
checking all of the local junkyards for donor transmissions.




 -----Original Message-----
From: v6-12v-bounces+mancubus99=hotmail.com at audifans.com
[mailto:v6-12v-bounces+mancubus99=hotmail.com at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Tom
Mullane
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 8:44 PM
To: v6-12v at audifans.com
Subject: [V6-12v] Transmission - what to do?

Hello.

I just subscribed to this list in the hope that you folks can give me some
options with a tranny problem I'm having with my 1996 A6 Avant.  I've been
on the 200 20v list and the urS list, so I'm not a total newbie.

Anyway, here's the problem:
I bought my wagon in the winter after my 70+ year old mother took a spill on
the ice and fractured her left hip.  She has a 2000 Jetta with a 5 speed, so
the automatic wagon seemed like a good bet for her until she got her clutch
leg back.  She drove the car for about 6 months and but about 8k on it; she
loved the car.  She just recently gave it back after I pointed out that I
hadn't seen her cane in over a month, and I wanted to do some maintenance on
the car.  Well, I never got the chance.

After about a week in the car, I was driving on the highway when I lost
power.  The first thought was that the timing belt had broken, but as I
coasted to a stop, the car was still running.  As I slowed, the problem
became obvious: clunk, clunk, screech.  The car stopped with the front
wheels locked like the car was in park, but you could shift into drive and
the car would try to go - but the front wheels remained locked.  I had the
car towed home, and unbolted the front drive shafts.  Now I could drive the
car into the garage.

Tonight I went to move the car, but it would move.  I re-attached the drive
shafts and was able to drive it around.  The transmission is making clicking
noises, but the car moves.

So what to do?  Have someone install a new or used trans?  Take this one out
and have it rebuilt?  Anyone selling a trans in the Northeast?  Anyone want
to buy the car (currently listed on Audifans)?  Other thoughts?

TIA

Tom




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