[Vwdiesel] Rabbit Shift Points

[Bryan K. Walton]

On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 08:01:42AM -0700, R. Brown wrote:
> 
> Upshift light works off of the alternator (w-terminal) signal and on my 
> '82 comes on about 2400 RPM.  Also affecting it are the two throttle 
> switches (open and closed) and the top gear (4th or 5th) switch to turn 
> off the light in top gear.  Maybe the alternator belt was slipping or 
> the throttle switch adjustment was changed with the pump.  As far as I 

Interesting.  I hadn't thought of that.

> can figure, the dots on the speedo are sort of a "redline" for a given 
> gear.  You could work back to find speeds and RPMs given the trans ratios:
>     http://www.4crawler.com/Diesel/VW_020_transmission.shtml

Thanks for the link.  Your page, as well as this one here:
http://www.scirocco.org/gears/ doesn't list my transmission code: 4A. 
I've never been able to find information on the 4A tranny.  Anybody
know why?  Is this transmission simply very rare?

-Bryan