My dad needs a trans on his A8, you guys used this guy on ebay?
09-15-2008, 12:59 PM
#11
Not I, but..
I put a used facelift VB in my pre face lift (1999) A8 with good results. Note, I said good, not perfect.
There may be something to both hardware and software issues. Check the recent posted article from Sonnax regarding a facelift "thump" fix.
Wouldn't be nice to get this one figured out short of a complete rebuild?
Cal
There may be something to both hardware and software issues. Check the recent posted article from Sonnax regarding a facelift "thump" fix.
Wouldn't be nice to get this one figured out short of a complete rebuild?
Cal
09-15-2008, 01:21 PM
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After rebuilds, it's still there
Was on mine. But I did not replace the valve body. Gabor knows how to fix the dropout, but the hunt hasn't been mastered.
09-15-2008, 01:29 PM
#13
I would like to drive in to a ZF facility
and have the VB gone through .Like the link that was posted from Germany
For about $550! you got to be kidding! (IT looked like that includes a fluid and filter change too!)
And then, if the hunt and thump continues, a rebuilt TC and transmission "freshening".
Can I really get a facelift S for my car and $4k? (Honestly, I like the looks of the prefacelift)
Oh! where lies the evil??
CalG
For about $550! you got to be kidding! (IT looked like that includes a fluid and filter change too!)
And then, if the hunt and thump continues, a rebuilt TC and transmission "freshening".
Can I really get a facelift S for my car and $4k? (Honestly, I like the looks of the prefacelift)
Oh! where lies the evil??
CalG
09-15-2008, 01:46 PM
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As far as I know, my valve body was not replaced either...
But my car was in their shop for over 3 months, which is inexcusable. By that time, they could have probably disassembled and rebuilt my CAR 5 times over. Too bad they didn't know what they were doing.
I was only 18 and was pretty ticked at the thought of getting the run around because of my age. I had to fight tooth-and-nail to get a rental car.
My experience sounds like that of some folks who dealt with Phoenix Transmissions!
I was only 18 and was pretty ticked at the thought of getting the run around because of my age. I had to fight tooth-and-nail to get a rental car.
My experience sounds like that of some folks who dealt with Phoenix Transmissions!
09-15-2008, 02:25 PM
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Just for the proverbial record.
Just for the record, I have approx. 144,000 miles on my 99' and it neither hunts nor thumps (knock on wood), with the sole exception of slowing to a stop coasting uphill. (Maybe, it was already rebuilt, I'll never know). Could Audi have started early putting facelift trannies into pre-facelift cars? Mine is fairly close to the line of distinction by manufacture date.
09-15-2008, 04:16 PM
#18
Neighbors 97 Thumps, but no Hunt!
Nearly 200K miles , over the road miles, very little around town. Less shifting means less wear and tear!
OH! and 135K on the second timing belt ;-))
Are these A8's great or what!!!
Cal
OH! and 135K on the second timing belt ;-))
Are these A8's great or what!!!
Cal
09-15-2008, 04:23 PM
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Well an off the self NEW transmission would do it!
From ZF with a Torque Converter.
But "a couple of thousand" is only half the ticket! But par for high end transmissions.
I Want one!
Cal
But "a couple of thousand" is only half the ticket! But par for high end transmissions.
I Want one!
Cal