Re: Mk II Shift Light....

[Chris Cuzner <cuznerc@doculink.com>]

At 08:36 AM 8/24/98 -0700, you wrote:

>Anybody ever have their scirocco beg for a sixth gear?  I'm mean sure,
>I've wanted one for quite a while, and I know the car would like it but
>just in the last 2 months, my Scirocco has started vocalizing his
>desire, and my Shift light has begun lighting up in 5th gear, as it
>would in any other gear, right when I let of the accelerator above 2500
>rpm.    A quick glance under the hood showed me the tube was still
>connected (If it wasn't it wouldn't light up at all...) Any ideas
>(besides dropping a 6th gear in?)  

You may have a close ratio tranny .. If you do alot of hw driving, that's
alot of time spent in the upper rpm range, thus more wear.  If you're not a
big speed/acceleration freak, you may want to go with a wider ratio tranny,
or just a taller 5th gear.  Don't ask me why your idiot shift light is
going on, it shouldn't in 5th.  Mine doesn't come on, 'cause the relay is
pulled.

As a side note, there is a 6th gear conversion you can do for the 'rocco,
but it's WAAAY big bucks, and IMHO not worth it.  I don't have the url for
the site that i saw it on, but i'm sure someone on the list does.

Chris Cuzner (cuznerc@gilmore.ca)
File Management (Data Center)
Gilmore Global Logistic Services
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