1975 factory Auto ??

[MAWeiler at LancasterGeneral.org (Weiler, Michael A)]

Yeah I would not get an auto from our scirocco years...so rare that they
are many dollars to fix and really is not worth it....IMHO

Michael A Weiler
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-----Original Message-----
From: David Utley [mailto:mr.utility@highstream.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 10:22 AM
To: T Berk
Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org; Patrick Bureau
Subject: Re: 1975 factory Auto ??


VW/Audi trannies have had this trouble for years, very familiar with the
Audi 
5K and this trouble, and that was from cars in the early to late 80s...
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David Utley
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Quoting T Berk <tberk@sbcglobal.net>:

> Patrick Bureau wrote:
> > Alright you MKI head-rocco-know it all (grin)
> > 
> > One of the scirocco's I bought is a 1975 factory auto MKI, now I 
> > know automatics are rare in the MKII world and I assume probably 
> > rarer in the
> MKI
> > world, but the question is, out of all the 75 built is there any 
> > data concerning how many automatic where factory build (an option as

> > I
> understand
> > it) ?
> 
> 
> Dunno but the main trouble I hear about early VW Autos is the gaskets
> leak allowing the transaxle lube and ATF to mix. This in turn leads to

> catastrophic failure down the road.
> 
> Redoing the seals and fluids should be job 1.
> 
> 
> TBerk
> 
> 
> 
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