[V8] The last ride By RGW

[Ron Wainwright]

No I haven't recheked the fluid Ed. & I do have a dipstick to check ;-)
No leaks @ all as well.
& as I mentioned to Tom.......the welding of the exhaust was done on the garage floor...so there is no way that had anything to do with it.

 & if you need a pass side window reg I have like 5 of them. Cost to ship for my good friend :-)

 Ron


--- On Wed, 7/2/08, Ed Kellock <ekellock at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Ed Kellock <ekellock at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [V8] The last ride By RGW
> To: v8 at audifans.com
> Date: Wednesday, July 2, 2008, 9:55 AM
> 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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