OT: TDI tranny

[roccit_53 at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (C Boyko)]

It may or may not be this, but on mine, at one point I could use any gear
as long as it as 2nd or 4rth. The gears in the "upper" part of the shift
pattern were not accessible (R-1-3-5). Luckily I parked nose into a spot
that I could roll backwards out of or I'd have been pushing her heavy ass.
Anyway, there's a plastic lever on the gearbox end that fractures and
eventually snaps (if it's abaout the same vintage as my 99). Yours may be
fractured, so check it. It's a quick fix if that's all it is. But plastic,
how cheesy is that?
Cathy

On 1:10 am 08/04/07 "Koabi Brooks" <koabi.brooks@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> My TDI is shifting funny after an encounter with a flooded road.
> Shifting into 1st is particularly troublesome, but 5th and 4th aren't
> as smooth either.  I am quick to blame the hydraulic clutch because
> it feels like shifts at higher RPMs are smooth but any short shifting
> or shifting into 1st when the car is totally stopped is difficult.
> But I have a bias against the hydrau clutch pedal because the feel
> sucks.
>
> scirocco content:  the 020 tranny is *still* getting rivets drilled
> out.  I am paranoid that I will go into the ring gear.  The rivets
> were intact but there were a couple of cracks visible on the surface
> that might have developed into something worse if the remained in
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