[T3] 73 auto trans shifting questons. For those with 003autotrans

[William J]

I think he is talking about the amount for a fluid change because right 
above the amounts he said change fluid every 2 years. . Looking at a copy of 
an owner manual Approx 12.7 us pint for complete refill . I the link placed 
here he seems to be filling it to the high mark as he said in the text below 
the amounts stating his had a hard time at times finding 3rd gear . The 
Bentely does not state how much a complete fluid change is. Based on Bentley 
it's 6 pint 5 oz and owners manual 6 pints 3 oz .I'm 14 oz or 16oz over 
their suggestions . But then I have absolutely no clue how much I drained 
out , who measures this . I know I let it drain with the pan off for over 5 
hours and only saw small drips clinging to the valve body bolt heads. What I 
do know is the closed drain pan I use has 2 oil changes and one trans change 
and a quart of diff oil and it's full . Usually it holds more than that.

 It doesn't matter . I'll just check it and see where mine lands once I 
drive it and then go from there. I've seen photo's in the Bentley showing 
the drain on the side of the pan , don't know if this was an artists fault 
since they are not actual photo's or if early years had the drain on the 
side and if they did less fluid would drain out since the pan is deeper at 
the rear. I have never looked at any early models to know what's true of 
not. All I can do is deal with what I have . I just asked mainly wanting to 
know after a refill whatever the amount stated may be where it puts the 
fluid on the stick when warm . I now see that's impossible to answer. I 
never knew there were so many specs on refills.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Adney" <jadney at VWType3.org>
To: <type3 at vwtype3.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2016 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: [T3] 73 auto trans shifting questons. For those with 
003autotrans


> On 17 Mar 2016 at 13:19, William J wrote:
>
>>  I looked here:
>> http://www.vwtype3.org/owners.manual/mechanical/autotrans.shtml seems to 
>> be
>> far more fluid than I filled.
>
> That's probably the amount needed to completely fill a totally dry
> AT. The only time you'd ever put that much in would be after a
> complete rebuild, including draining the torque converter. With the
> engine and AT in the car, there are probably a couple quarts still in
> there even after letting it drain for hours.
>
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