RE: Help Audi V8!

[cobram@juno.com (. .)]

Neil Swanson <75377.3445@compuserve.com> writes:

>Need help out there,
>
>At the shop we've got a '90 V8 auto trans that needs a part.  
>I work at a dealer and we can get zip for parts. Nothing on 
>the fiche.   NO PARTS were ever brought into the states for 
>an auto trans for a V8.  Those trannies worked till they 
>stopped, and then you got another whole tranny.

Maybe no parts were brought in via the dealer network, as 
the tranny is treated as an assembly.  Typical Audi BS.

>We've called ZF and been told that maybe if we can get a part number 
>we can maybe get the part from Germany.   We can't even get a part
number!  

ZF is great when it comes to their industrial transmissions, on 
the passenger car side, their customer service sucks almost
as much as their trannies do.

>We called the Audi training centers but there was never any training 
>on those trannys 'cause we were never supposed to fix them anyway.  
>We were just hoping they had one gathering dust.

I'm not sure, but I think BMW has training on the ZF boxes.  When I
helped a friend change the valve body in his V8 (in the archives
somewhere, all it needed was one solenoid), we got the majority 
of the parts from a local rebuilder who matched up parts from his
ZF (BMW) stock.  The only difference in the harness was the type of
terminal connectors used. 

>So what is the part?  The oil pump in the tranny has 2 broken "tangs" 
>or "tabs" that fit with the torque convertor. So without those two
"tabs" 
>the tranny flat out has no drive. No pump, no go.  WE are trying not to 
>have to tell this guy that yes he does need a $10,000 tranny.

The place I got the parts (Brookline Transmission) was sold a few 
years ago. The new owner is, well, lets be nice and say he's not 
as accomodating. 

But, try JAGGI IMPORT EXPORT, INC., 1-800-874-7753

They have a full diagram of the transmission, including ZF part
numbers at:

http://www.jie.com/4hp24A.htm


BCNU,

Cobram@Juno.Com
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Flats/1469/

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