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Tiptronic gearbox service and sorting a few issues out

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I just used a couple of pieces of wood approx 2 inch thick which gave more than enough space to get the filter off and drain the oil.
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Replace coolant changeover switch

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I also need to change the coolant changeover switch to address the temperature warning light flicking on the dash and I can hopefully get access to that while doing the gearbox service.
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I also need to change the coolant changeover switch to address the temperature warning light flicking on the dash and I can hopefully get access to that while doing the gearbox service.
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Use her...........................and start dealing

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Hopefully with this done I can start using her...........................and start dealing with my leaking targa roof
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I also need to change the coolant changeover switch to address the temperature warning light flicking on the dash and I can hopefully get access to that while doing the gearbox service.
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I just used a couple of pieces of wood approx 2 inch thick which gave more than enough space to get the filter off and drain the oil.
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Hopefully with this done I can start using her...........................and start dealing with my leaking targa roof
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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

After a summer of doing nothing with the car, I really do need to sort out a couple of days and sort out a few jobs so I can hopefully get a few days out in it before winter! It needs the filter and oil changing and I have everything needed for that but, I no longer have access to the ramp I'd arranged back in May or whenever it was so, I'm going to have to jack it up in the air and put on 4 ramps but, will that be high enough for me actually to get underneath and work on it or, am I going to have to find someway of getting it even higher? I also need to change the coolant changeover switch to address the temperature warning light flicking on the dash and I can hopefully get access to that while doing the gearbox service. Finally, the big one! The last issue the car gave me was it failed to start one day - just absolutely nothing, not even a click. I then moved it from Park to Neutral and it started first flick. So, I'm guessing that either I'm going to be really lucky (unlikely given the issues I've had with the car!) and find that it's just a build up of 25 years of crap stopping the switch failing to engage so it won't start as it's not detecting that it's in park? If I am this lucky, is it easy enough to move the gear lever trim to get in there and clean it up - I don't want to break any trim! If it's nothing as simple as a build up of crap, I'm guessing that it's going to be be the selector switch? If so, where is it and and is it easy to access and change? Hopefully with this done I can start using her...........................and start dealing with my leaking targa roof

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Recently done oil and filters and good news is that you don't need to jack it up. I just used a couple of pieces of wood approx 2 inch thick which gave more than enough space to get the filter off and drain the oil. Just make sure you have at least a 10L oil drain pan

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I thought the car had to be level to do the gearbox oil/filter change?

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The driveway has a slight slope downwards so it’s as close as needed

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