Re: Trans cooler transfusion confusion

["Stephen Bigelow" <sbigelow@sprint.ca>]

The new diff is a REE 30 11 9.

I posted this because originally, I got some private posts that it _was_
possible.




>You are trying to mix to different generations of transaxle into one,
>probable a bad idea. On the bell housing of the trans is a trans code, it
is
>3 letters followed by 5 numbers by the upper right bell housing bolt. I.E.
>RDG  08  03 5 which means an RDG trans produced 08 day of the 03 month of
>the 1985 . According to Bentley you could have a RDG (10/82 - 12/83 prod)
or
>a RDN (01/84 -> prod) transmission.  The RDG has a "recirculating system
>3-row" cooler and the RDN has a "supply flow 3-row" cooler. Of course there
>is a footnote, the RDN as of 4/10/85 has a 5-row cooler. If the housings
had
>the same fluid passages you could conceivable install both coolers and
plumb
>them into the coolant hoses but I doubt I would try it. Audi trans coolers
>are know to fail and 2 would double your chances of failure.
>Jim Dupree
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Bigelow [mailto:sbigelow@sprint.ca]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 12:34 PM
> To: quattro
> Subject: Trans cooler transfusion confusion
>
> Got a differential to repalce the busted one, but it looks
>like the
> replacements cooler was on the rear of the trans, and mine
>is on the side.
>
> I see one (the aft one) plug for the cooler, and ...that's
>all. The forward
> hole seems like a blind, untapped hole.
>
> Is it possible to convert a rear cooler diff to a side
>cooler diff?
>
> Drill and tap?
>
> HALP!
>
> Steve Bigelow
> 84 5000S
>
>