jim,
many years ago, a very wise man told me,  " Son, you probably need to
rebuild that transmission, but go over to Motor Bearings (friendly local
flaps) and buy a can of TransX, a transmission filter, and enough fluid
to change your fluid. If it doesn't work, the TransX folks will give
your money back."  I did and drove that transmission (early 70's
chyrsler/amc) for 150k more miles, repeating the process every 30k
miles. Cannot say I have direct VW experience with your problem, but I
still follow the man's advise.

Good luck, drive well.

Jim Henry
Durham, NC
84 westy

Jim Morgan wrote:

> I am new so please be kind. I have a 86 GL that I have recently
> purchased from a friend. Only 193k on it. now the automatic trans
> will not go into reverse when it is cold . Will go in all forward
> gears ok and reverse when warmed up. the bently is usless . I   figure
> it is trans time but would like to know what is wrong before we do the
> transplant. Any info or prayers would be appreciated.

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