Re: This ever happen to you?

["John C. Worden" <scirocco@midmaine.com>]

At 08:45 PM 2/25/99 -0500, Shawn C Meze wrote:
>Have ya ever been druizing down the road and suddenly 5th gear stops
>working?
>RPM's zinged and I thought it slipped out of 5th. Tried to re-shift into
>5th, -ZING.
>
>So, I have 1-4 gears, there is no grinding noise (Even when im stopped at
>idle and its in 5th gear. No, it doesnt move.)
>
>There is no leaking so I dont think it exploded internally. 
>
>Anybody have this happen before?
>
Yes, it happened to me twice in a GTI.  On a fun little semi high speed
trip from SanDiego to Phoenix it jumped out of gear  just outside of
Phoenix.  The only difference was that I could shift back into 5th.  It
didn't stay in gear for long though.  So after spending the weekend, and
return trip, in 4th(fun) I found I only had a half quart of tranny oil.
Turns out it was slowly leaking past the drive flange seals.  The second
time it happened toasted the tranny.  So check your oil- It's the cheapest
and easiest thing to do.


John Worden
Old Town, ME.
 '98  Dakota cc Sport 4x4, 3.9 auto, Intense Blue,
 '84  Scirocco (under construction) Brakes and Suspension currently
 '69  MGB Roadster(in need of restoration)

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