Several days ago this thread caught my eye in going through ten days back log of List postings. For the last two months (Sep and Oct) of driving last year, and for the last three weeks through yesterday, my '87 Westy's AT did the same thing. After the initial start up of the day, the AT presented no problem at all. We just returned from an 1800 mile trip to EB and the OBX and the AT functioned perfectly after the initial daily pause. Yesterday I switched out the valve body with that of my '90 "parts" Carat. I cleaned the filter, pan and the surfaces of the valve body; there were no filings or significant crud. The fluid was fresh from my recent biennial AT spring fluid change so I reused it. Today we took the Westy out for a 20 mile test drive and it did not exhibit any of the pause symptoms. YMMV. This List IS GREAT! Stephen Steele Chillicothe OH '87 Westy "Franz" '90 Carat "Parts" '91 Caravelle "Hans"...awaiting new engine '74 MGB My first car...yep, I've kept it since '74 '93 Chevy S-10 '91 Jetta Diesel My daily driver '02 Jetta Wagon VR6 Wife's car Ex Vans/VWs: '81 Vanagon from 1985-1990 '84 Westfalia "Fritz" 2000-2004 now with Son #1 '88 Jetta GL 1990-1992 '92 Jetta GL 1992-1998 '90 Jetta 1999-2003 '81 Rabbit diesel 1999-2003 '82 Caddy VW Diesel P.U. 1999-2004
on 4/19/05 11:35, David McCallum at dmcc@DIMENSIONAL.COM wrote: > I have an interesting intermittent situation for > the consideration of the list...'89 Westy, engine > rebuild ~4k miles ago (according to the PO). I've > been doing the spit 'n' polish to get things just > exactly perfect, and it's running well. But... > > Sometimes, on cold start, when I put it into drive, > nothing happens. At first I revved to get a response, > but soon realized that did no good. If I let it idle > in gear, after maybe 10 secs I'll start to move > forward. This happens maybe 1 in 10 mornings. I'm > driving in city traffic 2-3 times a week. > > Fluid level is good, maybe a bit high, fluid color > looks decent but not new. I have the A/T tuneup kit > of screen, gasket, etc. and plan to tackle that this > weekend, but thought I'd ask for any thoughts about > my A/T's intermittent sluggishness in case I need to > address something while I have the cover off. |
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