RE: Help: Auto Trans won't shift when cold in 5kt

["Pat Dooley" <pdooley@gte.net>]

Well, today I will pull the trans pan and attempt to clean the valve body.
I really have no idea what the thing looks like or how it comes apart, but I
guess it can't be too dificult.
Thanks to Tom, Mike and Steve for input on this problem.
Any BTDT's or advice on this procedure would be greatly appreciated.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-quattro@audifans.com [mailto:owner-quattro@audifans.com]On
> Behalf Of Michael Murphy
> Sent: Sunday, November 21, 1999 8:15 AM
> To: Pat Dooley
> Cc: quattro@audifans.com
> Subject: Re: Help: Auto Trans won't shift when cold in 5kt
>
>
> Pat Dooley wrote:
> >
> > Subject says it.
> > My 86 5kt(2WD) will not shift when cold.  I can let the car
> idle for 5-10
> > minutes in the morning and it shifts ok.  Otherwise, its drive around at
> > 20-30 mph until things heat up enough to make the thing shift.  To make
> > things worse, it seems to be taking longer for it to start
> shifting every
> > day.
> >
> > Somebody please tell me this not major trouble.  I have plans
> of installling
> > a 5spd, but not just yet.
>
> Pat,
> Both before and after the rebuild on my 087 AT (89 100), it exhibited
> the same problem.  I could not get any *straight* answers from the
> rebuilder (another long painful story) as to what exactly caused that
> and other problems.  After the rebuild, when the tranny was not
> shifting when cold, they *fixed* the problem by replacing the valve
> body (again).  BTW, the rebuild cost was to include all hard and soft
> parts if my tranny was used or a rebuilt unit.  They tried to bill me
> an additional $270. for a rebuilt valve body so: if their price is
> accurate, and the valve body is the cause, at least you have an idea of
> bust out retail parts cost.
>
> The problem you'll probably face in troubleshooting this will be trying
> to separate the truth from huge amounts of BS these shops seem to throw
> at you.  I hope you can find a place that has an incling of how to fix
> the 087.
> HTH,
> Mike Murphy
>