
Originally Posted by
CELison
Sure looks like it’s missing to me. How does that happen? Lol
Long story: 2 years after purchasing my Allroad it began having really hard clutch disengagements and I could tell it wasn’t happy. I reached out to Scotty at Advanced Automotion and he told me my transmission was going to explode. Hahaha, I think he was being a smart-ass. He can be pretty dry, like yourself

I sourced a used Allroad transmission off Craigslist up near Seattle WA, like it was a sign from above. 100,000 miles, supposedly, and the PO swapped his entire transmission for a TDI 01E. He had the work done at AMD. So fast forward to this week, I’m having VSS and drivability issues so I start asking for help. Aaron Walizer jumped on board and started helping me trouble shoot. He asked about what transmission I had swapped because a B6 01E or a late model TDI transmission never came with a tone ring because they went to the ABS style setup. I told him it was an Allroad one, but then I got to thinking. When I checked and topped off my transmission fluid after I got the lock carrier on with the transmission cooler, I noticed one of the bolts for the cover plate on the center differential behind the driver’s front CV axle was loose. Like really loose. That didn’t sit well with me.
I continued troubleshooting my VSS with no luck. Finally, I added it all up and I suspect that AMD robbed the tone ring off of the transmission I bought because the TDI transmission the PO swapped into his Allroad didn’t come with a tone ring! Only logical explanation, in my mind. I really don’t think the PO knew it was missing. So, for $200, a few hours of diagnostics, a big dose of humility, and hopefully only a few hours of repairs costing me $20, I should be set. Now I have another factory Allroad 01E to swap into my other 2.7 Auto or even my V8 Allroad.
Turns out my pressure plate had failed and my throw out bearing was seized up pretty good. That was the source of my issues, but I didn’t figure this out for years, honestly. It was only when I went to take hardware off my factory transmission did I find the piece in my fingers inside my bell housing and started investigating.
This all came out of my throw out bearing…
I suspect someone threw a new clutch in her and kept the pressure plate. I only found one of the three fingers broken off the pressure plate 🫣
So that’s the story! Ha! My wife got me that new borescope for Christmas, too. It all happened almost like it was meant to be
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