[V8] 1990 V8 auto transmission issue

[Seamus O'Carey]

Are you talking about mine from the pearl car, Tom? Because, yeah, it has
about 125K and worked fine, but it will probably be scrapped with the rest
of the shell unless someone wants it.

Seamus

On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 9:52 PM, toml99 at todomundo.com
<toml99 at todomundo.com>wrote:

> Hey Allen, I'm someone who loves a good rant as you may know, and that was
> awsome.  What I'll throw out is that most of the problems with the ZF
> tranny in the V8's is that initially Audi said "filled for life", and even
> though they amended that later, most mechanics didn't hear about that, and
> as a rule, most V8's never got their tranny serviced.  Every parts car I've
> seen has NEVER had the tranny serviced.  Hell, my local dealer didn't even
> inquire about the tranny fluid when I first got my Lago car, or even
> checked it(they didn't have the dipstick which made me find it)......He
> didn't yet know that it just got replaced 15K ago, and just said " it all
> looks fine"......I put the burden of failure on Audi for selling a $50K car
> back in the 90's with a "lifetime filled" tranny.  Fuck Audi...oops did I
> say that.....Fuck Audi again........My tranny guy in town tore apart the
> bad tranny from the parts car"just for fun", and it was only the friction
> pads that were gone......he's got no market for it, so it got scrapped.
>  Prior to that I  found on Ebay a total rebuild kit for that tranny for
> $225, and he said...."then what".....I probably should have seen if anyone
> want's a totally rebuilt Auto tranny, but guessed that was a NO, and told
> him to scrap it.  My Auto in the Lago car is happy, the tranny in the 225K
> Black car is happy(had oil changes), and my Lago's sister(in S Cal) is
> still happy.  NO tranny will be happy with 20+yrs of use and no oil
> change/filter change....And the one's who didn't are parts cars.....
> My Pearl car (Ned Ritches's wifes car 225K), had a slow shift, and after
> the filter change, it shifted fine......if it's slipping, I'll call it a
> gonner, but a filter change/fluid change might help something with a slow
> shift/etc.......I think there's still a 125K auto tranny sitting behind
> someone's garage in town if anyone's interested.....Tom
>
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