[Vwdiesel] Rabbit Shift Points

[R. Brown]

Bryan K. Walton wrote:
> 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?
>   

Likely nobody has documented the gear ratios, probably listed in a 
Bentley manual some place.  Mostly with the transaxles, the first N-1 
gears are the same or very close and the only one that changes a lot is 
N (N = 4 or 5).  I usually shift mine in the 3K-4K RPM range when 
looking for decent acceleration, but on the flats, especially in town, 
I'll use the shift light to shift to the next gear, for example 4th 
above 30 MPH (4-speed transaxle).  If I go strictly by the shift light, 
the RPMs drop too far for the next gear change and the engine doesn't 
sound too happy. 

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  Roger