Hey everyone so the 3rd gear on my 20vt 4wd has gone kaputo... actually i bought the car that way. regardless i think its 3rd gear the symptoms point to 3rd.
Every gear engages just fine except 3rd gear, and whenever you drive the car no matter what gear you are in the transmission makes alot of noise... so obviously im not driving it alot. only to diagnose and to the mechanic shop.
So the question starts with this... what do i do!?! I have a few options. The mechanic is a friend of the family and he will help me and open up shop on saturday to allow me to use the lift and necessary tools.
He gave me the option we can either take out the old broken tranny and swap in a used 02m quattro off of an S3 or TT or something. i would install a new clutch kit from LUK at that point with a new central slave cylinder. Then in my free time i can open and repair the old tranny to sell it and make some money back.
option 2 is to take the tranny out and then I have to open it up and repair it all on my own. then we put it back in. he could help me order all the parts etc but as far as the transmission rebuild is concerned im on my own.
Has anyone here tackled the 02m rebuild? if so are there any tips or tricks of the trade or anything i should do while I have it out anyways? (i wont replace the flywheel unless its necessary) the car has 83k miles.
My worry is if im swapping in another used tranny for lets say 450 euros or so with 40k miles who says that i wont run into another problem rather quickly ... i mean ive heard the 02m tranny is one that often has defects or problems.
on the other hand i just had a baby so time is now not my friend to do a rebuild on my own and i would have to wait maybe another month or 2 to get it done but not so bad.
Any advice on the matter would be great!
Thanks in advance!!!
Every gear engages just fine except 3rd gear, and whenever you drive the car no matter what gear you are in the transmission makes alot of noise... so obviously im not driving it alot. only to diagnose and to the mechanic shop.
So the question starts with this... what do i do!?! I have a few options. The mechanic is a friend of the family and he will help me and open up shop on saturday to allow me to use the lift and necessary tools.
He gave me the option we can either take out the old broken tranny and swap in a used 02m quattro off of an S3 or TT or something. i would install a new clutch kit from LUK at that point with a new central slave cylinder. Then in my free time i can open and repair the old tranny to sell it and make some money back.
option 2 is to take the tranny out and then I have to open it up and repair it all on my own. then we put it back in. he could help me order all the parts etc but as far as the transmission rebuild is concerned im on my own.
Has anyone here tackled the 02m rebuild? if so are there any tips or tricks of the trade or anything i should do while I have it out anyways? (i wont replace the flywheel unless its necessary) the car has 83k miles.
My worry is if im swapping in another used tranny for lets say 450 euros or so with 40k miles who says that i wont run into another problem rather quickly ... i mean ive heard the 02m tranny is one that often has defects or problems.
on the other hand i just had a baby so time is now not my friend to do a rebuild on my own and i would have to wait maybe another month or 2 to get it done but not so bad.
Any advice on the matter would be great!
Thanks in advance!!!
