Oh dear. There must be something about S3s that reside in Australia.
Russ
S3 (noisy + jumps out of fourth)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Victor Hughes" <hughes@scides.canberra.edu.au>
To: "Donna, Paul Kate & Mark Heuer" <heuers@hotmail.com>
Cc: <alpines@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 1:06 PM
Subject: Re: Overdrive/tranny matching
> 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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