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Re: Overdrive/tranny matching

To: "Donna, Paul Kate & Mark Heuer" <heuers@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Overdrive/tranny matching
From: Victor Hughes <hughes@scides.canberra.edu.au>
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 14:06:48 +1100
Hi Paul and all

I'd appreciate getting ideas on this enquiry too as my tranny will need
rebuilding at some stage (noisy + jumps out of third).

Good to see you're keeping it Paul.  I saw an S3 from South Aus advertised in
'Just World Cars' last month and was wondering......

Cheers

Vic

"Donna, Paul Kate & Mark Heuer" wrote:

> All this talk of S3's and overdrives has me thinking about my car.
>
> It's a S3, with non-synchro box and overdrive. The gearbox has a growl/howl
> which is getting louder. It tends to jump out of second gear if I take my
> foot off the go-pedal.
>
> I suspect that parts to repair it are going to be hard to find. Is it
> possible to accumulate the necessary parts before I take it off the road to
> rebuild the gearbox? I guess what I'm asking is whether there is any way to
> know what bits I'd need before I pull out the gearbox.
>
> The car is in Australia, so I don't really want to send it to UK/US for a
> rebuild.
> Cheers,
> Paul.
>
> _________________________________________________________________

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