audi 80 '89 auto wont select forward gears

[DVR68U]

hey guys ive got a audi 80 that worked okay up till about 1hr ago, the car first wouldnt reverse then it would and i could drive forward. but now i cant drive forward and i can only reverse ??? , the fuild level is past the dots when warm. does it have to be read cold or warm ? i put in an extra 500mls to see if that would fix it but it didnt.
any ideas
cheers brenton

[Jmac]

Hi mate , to answer the question about checking the oil you check in in park warm. What was the gearbox behaving like before this happened??? Did it change up and down before this happened??? RBP gearbox me thinks from memory , reason i ask is the first thing i thought was clutches, as pressure must be ok if reverse is good.
Jmac

[DVR68U]

yeah the auto seemed alright before , only problem was sometime it would shift between 2 and 3 at around 80 and not make up its mind untill you flattened it. the guy i brought it of reckoned he had the auto rebuilt 6months ago. but maybe that never happened. i have used it less than 250kms since i brought the damn thing. but it did seem to pick all gears well when i bought it. reversed up hills easy and manually selected all gears.
cheers brenton

[DVR68U]

ps 3 speed auto ive been told is out of a late kombi
cheers brenton

[DVR68U]

any ideas i need this **** box to run lol
cheers brenton

[Jmac]

The main part of the box was fitted to Mk1 Golf , Kombi and T3 and some of the older Passats code name 01N box code RBP. Standby mate with some ideas mate
Jmac

[DVR68U]

cold i get a mk1 box and swap out some bits and pieces into the audi ? i really dont wanna do that . i would love to not have to 2 do much work too it
cheers brenton

[Jmac]

Hey mate ill be home Sunday night, will be back in touch Monday with some ideas for ya, maybe sooner , doesnt sound good at this stage, but lets have a look, im sure i still have some stuff on that 01N. Stand by
Jmac

[DVR68U]

thanks mate i owe you a few beers already lol
cheers brenton

[Jmac]

Do ya????? whys that??? Hey wont argue Im Scottish man never refuse a beer mate LOL i say as i have a swig, like i say will be in touch soon.
Jmac

[DVR68U]

the help with my t4 last time , the over fueling 2 the max one .
cheers brenton

[Jmac]

Ah yeah what was the out come there??? cant remember so much going on mate.
Cheers
Jmac speak soon with this box

[DVR68U]

yeah i got the van running like a clock, changed the engine loom and it fixed it all lol and all the other things i did have probably helped it work well now.
cheers brenton

[Jmac]

Bad news about the box sound like forward clutch has ko,d or the hub for forward clutch has cracked , they were bad for that. Availability of parts not good, best to fit a usedy or get yourself a recon, but its good night irene for that one im afraid.
Jmac

[DVR68U]

lol damn . what other cars have the same auto ? would a '89 caravelle ?
cheers brenton