[V8] The last ride By RGW

Ed Kellock ekellock at gmail.com
Wed Jul 2 06:55:03 PDT 2008


Ron,

Have you rechecked the trans fluid now?  I wonder if a leak developed,
related or not to the exhaust work.  It may be that a leak of this sort
would be readily noticeable but who knows.  If you can't check the level the
normal way, then you could drain the fluid and have a look, if you haven't
already done so.

I can understand if you just parked it and turned your back on it out of
frustration.

I just had the 2nd type 44 window regulator fail in the exact same way in 3
days.  Fortunately, it's passenger side instead of driver side so I can
still pillage the parts car.


Ed

> -----Original Message-----
> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com 
> [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Ron Wainwright
> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 6:52 AM
> To: b.homburg at web.de
> Cc: v8 at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [V8] The last ride By RGW
> 
> 
> Bastian, I do not mean to come off as a "know it all"...but I am. 
> Putting a 4.2 trans in a 3.6 is a piece of cake! One would 
> have to swap out the trans wireing harness & TCU from the 
> 4.2's to the 3.6's....end of story.  The 4.2 trans wireing's 
> routed differentley than the 3.6. The 4.2's gets signals that 
> the 3.6's doesn't. So it's just a simple swap. I was just 
> ranting the fact that I'm not sure I wanna do that. The Auto 
> trans is a BIG PIG!, very unbalanced. & without a lift is 
> very much a hassle.  Not to mention the wife has been 
> bitching that she wants an Avant again.
> 
>  But I'm still in disbaliefe that the trans gave way so 
> early. Car only has 137K & I did a trans service to the car 
> about 2 years ago for the PO of the car. The day it died 
> (Sat) I checked the trans fluid & it was were it was supposed 
> to be, nice clear Red fluid as well. I just do not undertand 
> why it died? But I'm greatfull it died in my driveway.
> 
>  Ron
> 
> 
> 
> --- On Wed, 7/2/08, Bastian Homburg <b.homburg at web.de> wrote:
> 
> > From: Bastian Homburg <b.homburg at web.de>
> > Subject: Re: [V8] The last ride By RGW
> > To:
> > Cc: v8 at audifans.com
> > Date: Wednesday, July 2, 2008, 1:06 AM
> > putting a 4.2 transmission in a pre-facelift 3.6 is a major
> > undertaking 
> > and definitely no `pnp` fit. Apart from a few small but
> > crucial 
> > mechanical differences, the whole electronic control thing
> > is different.
> > Go 5spd, there you know that you`d be getting something in
> > return for 
> > all the work :)
> > I`ve owned a dozen Type44/V8 cars over the course of the
> > last twenty 
> > years now, and the only transmissions I ever had problems
> > with were the 
> > auto boxes - these old three-speeds in the Type44 never
> > made it far past 
> > 100k miles in my hands, and from wat I keep reading on the
> > `net about V8 
> > transmissions isn`t too encouraging , either. The manuals
> > on the other 
> > hand require(d) a new clutch at a quarter million miles and
> > new fluid 
> > every ten years or so and that`s about it. The 6spd in the
> > current 4.2  
> > is at almost 300k km now (half of that being put on it by
> > me) and 
> > shifting like new and the 6spd in the 3.6 I had before that
> > made it to 
> > 330k km without giving me any grief at all.
> > 
> > 
> > > So know I'm contemplating putting one of the 4.2
> > trans's in....or maybe 5sp'ing the car...not sure.
> > I just may part it...Titan Grey on a BEAUTIFUL Black sport 
> > interior....but I'm still in disbelief 
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