Exhausted !

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Hi Joe,

I have been around peeking at all of you in this wonderland.

I should have apologised a long ago to all of you who PM'd me on the factory manuals issue since I was the one that suggested to buil a list and ask James a few sets to distribute.
I am sorry for that.
I guess work took over and I simply did not have time to sit around here and also to enjoy my SVX.

Since you asked I guess the SVX is ok but I took a lot of time on the legalisation process which is a lot complicated and expensive around here (almost 10000 Euro) and so far only made 1.5k on it.

Did you know the original owner was a member of the German SVX Club?
I was in shock when I saw pictures of a car in one meet with my car's former plate on it.
It was in fact a very strange feeling as the owner passed away suddenly and that was the reason I managed to buy the car...

Check here (it's the car with the plate AW-GK943): http://www.svx-club.de/Unsere_Treffe...ffen_2001.html

And here http://www.svx-club.de/Unsere_Treffe...1/PA130090.JPG

I was surprised to see that the transmission does not have an ATF filter as I thought a 96 version should have it.

The ATF cooling pipes go to the front radiator, on the bottom and share with the engine cooling water a litle bit of dissipation surface.

I never drove before an automatic but this feels realy great.
If you ever come to these lands please pay me a visit so I can have the car tested by a svxpecialist.

BTW, can you tell me your opinion on the following matter?

When I drove it I always did highway, around 65km each way, and when I was about to stop the car the cooling fan was always on.
Since engine cooling water was at the normal temperature and TC seems to lock up as it should the only explanation I have is for the ATF section to be too hot which means transmission must be heating a lot.
Is this normal with ambient temperatures of average 12 degrees centigrades in these driving conditions.

I don't want to imagine the heat on a summer sunny day...

Tone