[T3] Pressure Sensor repair and calibration

[Craigs List]

Jim,

I posted my reply in the wrong email. Let's continue this in the automatic
topic.

Adam
On May 2, 2014 9:40 AM, "Jim Adney" <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:

> On 2 May 2014 at 9:26, Craigs List wrote:
>
> > The crazy part is that this is 2 completely different automatic units
> > except for the valve body. And it is 3 different vacuum modules. It is
> > consistent since I got the car; shifts early into second and doesn't want
> > to shift to third.
>
> Could be something in the valve body then. All the pistons and seals
> in there do the coordinating for the shifting. If you have a piston
> that's sticking, or a seal that leaks. That could do it.
>
> Taking a valve body apart can be intimidating, but it's not
> unreasonable. You should also check all the springs carefully, per
> the Bentley, in case someone got in there ahead of you and swapped
> some springs around. I have the rebuild kits, which contain all the
> seals, including those not in the valve body.
>
> You should also know that early and late valve bodies are specific to
> early and late ATs and valve bodies are matched to governors. So the
> matching could be part of your problem.
>
>
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