Transmission FINALLY died. NEED answers on 2.8 tranny swap! DEAD (xpost on a4)
10-13-2003, 02:53 PM
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Transmission FINALLY died. NEED answers on 2.8 tranny swap! DEAD (xpost on a4)
so as you may recall faithful readers, my tranny has been on the way out for a bit... loss of 5th gear, nasty noises, and the occasional loss of speedo...
well, at the audi car club chicago chapter autox at tirerack on saturday, I finally lost it... I came in too hot into the final slalom and lost a bunch of speed, so I blipped and downshifted into 1st (as I have done a million times before) and it went in WAY too easy... uh oh... So I stopped in the stop box, car in 1st, clutch on the floor, and it was making HORRIBLE noises and was catching... ****... so I made it out of the stop box (not without much more scary noises and eventaully, using 2nd and still having issues, I made it back to the parking area... a few phone calls later my mechanic (al @ chicago performance and tuning) is on his way with his trailer...
So he comes over, hops in the car, and drives about 5-8 feet... gets out and says "man, this thing is fvcked!"... exactly the words you want to hear from your mechanic...
So he took it to his shop and has found a few 2.8 Transmissions around... BUT
I need to know 100% that this swap is gonna work. I am thinking of those that I know have done it and I am confident it will work, but I want to be sure there are no surprises ahead of me...
so are who has done it, what year car, what year/code tranny... and what surprises if any were there...
I am 99% sure it will drop in without issue, but I want to be sure...
TIA!
well, at the audi car club chicago chapter autox at tirerack on saturday, I finally lost it... I came in too hot into the final slalom and lost a bunch of speed, so I blipped and downshifted into 1st (as I have done a million times before) and it went in WAY too easy... uh oh... So I stopped in the stop box, car in 1st, clutch on the floor, and it was making HORRIBLE noises and was catching... ****... so I made it out of the stop box (not without much more scary noises and eventaully, using 2nd and still having issues, I made it back to the parking area... a few phone calls later my mechanic (al @ chicago performance and tuning) is on his way with his trailer...
So he comes over, hops in the car, and drives about 5-8 feet... gets out and says "man, this thing is fvcked!"... exactly the words you want to hear from your mechanic...
So he took it to his shop and has found a few 2.8 Transmissions around... BUT
I need to know 100% that this swap is gonna work. I am thinking of those that I know have done it and I am confident it will work, but I want to be sure there are no surprises ahead of me...
so are who has done it, what year car, what year/code tranny... and what surprises if any were there...
I am 99% sure it will drop in without issue, but I want to be sure...
TIA!
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