Removing and installing gearbox input speed sender — VW
Removing and installing gearbox input speed sender on VW: 12 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: platform codes 5C7, 5C1
- Opens: gearbox oil
📋 Procedure
- Drain ATF .
- Remove sump .
- Remove ATF strainer .
- Remove valve body .
- Unscrew bolt (1) from gearbox input speed sender G182.
- Pull out gearbox input speed sender from gear housing.
- Push gearbox input speed sender into gearbox housing onto stop.
- Tighten bolt (1) for gearbox input speed sender G182.
- Install valve body .
- Install ATF strainer .
- Install sump .
- Fill with ATF; check ATF level and top up .
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