RE: Gearbox problems on a 1988 90 Q

[Ian Rawlings <Ian.Rawlings@UK.Quza.com>]

I'll be looking at the oil on Thursday probably, however I don't intend
to work around this problem, I intend to fix it once and for all, so
shifting through a middle gear to get to a low gear or reverse is not
something I'll do for long.

As for pausing, when pulling away from traffic lights after having my
clutch pedal down for about 30 seconds, I still have problems getting
into first gear.

Ian
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Ian Rawlings - technical support for Quza at Racal-Integralis in England
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>From: 	Steve Manning[SMTP:stephenm@ix.netcom.com]
>Sent: 	24 March 1997 13:20
>To: 	Ian Rawlings
>Cc: 	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
>Subject: 	Re: Gearbox problems on a 1988 90 Q
>
>Ian - I'd go w/Phil's suggestion first about checking the gearbox oil level,
>although I'd take it one step further and change it.  17mm hex driver;

<snip>

>As for reverse, try this old trick:  Come to a stop, push clutch down, shift
>into second gear, shift into reverse, let up clutch.  That should prevent
>your gear clashing problem.
>
>Try pausing briefly before shifting into one of your 'problem' gears (like
>second); shifting quickly will aggravate the problem if it is synchros
>starting to go.  And getting new fluid in should help......SLM
>