Date:         Wed, 5 Mar 1997 12:10:45 -0500 (EST)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         SyncroHead@aol.com
Subject:      Re: '86 auto tranny q's

In a message dated 97-03-05 09:53:35 EST, tony@moorelab.com (Tony Moore)
writes:

> 1) the tranny seems to shift fine and pretty quietly, but I cannot get it
>  to kick down into passing gear. Ie, when going up a hill, it won't
>  automatically kick down into a lower gear. I can manually do this with no
>  problem, but the manual says not to exceed 54 or so in second. The owners
>  manual says to push the pedal "pass acceleration", even if I go to the
>  floor, it won't kick down. Is this normal?

No.  It should automatically kick-down when floored at a low enough speed.
 It sounds like your's needs adjustment.

>  2) the rpm's at 65-70 mph are about 4000 or so. This seems close to the
>  edge of the 'green' area on the tach. Is this ok/normal?

Yes.  This is the typical RPM range for this speed.

Good luck,
Jim Davis
87 GL Syncro
88 GL Wolfsburg