Ray Amir

Ya I would go with a 5 speed if I didn't have a choice. I'm not a big in changing million gears just to get going. Lol I'm going to call and see if I could get the parts for my 6 speed today. Keep my fingers crossed. The only thing I need now is a tool to torque the out put shaft nut and another tool that holds the shaft. Hopefully I could make something.

Well after few hours of engineering and making special tools to take the old nv56 apart, I found the problem. It's the 6th gear on input shaft. It looks like it came apart from where the synchronizer engages to the gear. Hopefully the parts are available. Other than that all the bearings and bushings look really good.

.73 6th gear ratio and .75 on 5 speed there isn't much of a difference buddy. I agree on 3-4 but over drive is the same. And to be honest I wouldn't tow anything heavy in 6 gear anyway.

I worked for VW and Audi for 12 years before I called quits. I wish you could see the things the manufacturers are doing to keep this cars running till they run out of the warranty. It's a shame nothing is a fix anymore, it's a patch so it runs little more till poor customer runs out it of warranty. I was tired of doing this to my customers that's when I decided to quit.

You could read all you want on web sites but the trouble started in late 2000 and to my knowledge it still a problem with the older pre 2014 models and 2013 below v6 Q7. It's sad to see so many people come in on a tow truck. I worked for Rusnak in Southern California and to be honest with you there wasn't a day that someone wasn't replacing a high pressure fuel pump. There is a reason that Audi extended warranty to 120k and in most cases I seen they warranty it anyway regardless of miles. I quit in 2014 so I'm not sure if the new ones are any better( it's possible). What I know is they never change the design of the fuel pump and they keep installing defective pumps. So everyone 30to 50k customers would come back for the second round....then again California has stripped all lubricants from the fuel so it's more pronounced in my area then other states.

How do you post pictures?

As soon as my wife gets home And take care of the kids, I will go and tear that transmission apart and we will go from there. I hope it's a 500$$$ part ....

Old 1.9 were solid unless you had an auto . They would go out every 160 to 180k. New 2.0 have defective high pressure fuel pumps. I replaced a lot of them. Also you have to replace all lines, injectors and low pressure fuel pump along with ton of other lines. The DSG was a great pice a ****. My wife went through 2 valve bodies and a transmission. Other then that they are very reliable

No man I'm going to put it together and sell it .... No way I'm ganna go through that much trouble. It's going to be someone else's problem....

I used to work on VW diesels I thought they have chronic problems, now I see that they were actually decent diesel. Minus the fuel injection pump....

Before I put in the NV4500 I will make sure to weld the nut so it never comes apart....

Well what are my options then? Maybe I should swap an automatic transmission into, it it seams to be holding better... Lol... Another option would be to take this junk to the dump and get 300 dollars for it then take that 300 dollars and add another 49700 to it and buy a new one....

I'm just fed up with this truck bro... I not a big diesel guy and I should have bought one. For what I want to use the truck a petrol power truck would have been better. I do have to say when the truck ran it was very fun driving it.

After almost rebuilding the whole truck from engine to transmission I am convinced that there is no such thing as a reliable truck.(at least my dodge isn't ) They all have issues some major some minor but the reputation of cummins is very high. I never thought I would find so many mis-engineered parts and problems with it. So far a cracked block then the 6th gear.... What's next the rear end and drive line, ECM, Vp44, fuel pump..... I think I pass.... This is by far the worst truck I ever worked on and owned, so many problems can't believe it. When or if I get it running it's going on CL. Done with this pice

Haha I know and the parts are very hard to find not to mention the price tag.....I think I will go take mine apart today and see if it's an easy fix if not then it's going to the local dump and I'm getting a nv4500. I just don't understand why having a 6 speed was necessary in a truck like this. When the O.D is .73 and 5 speed is .75 It does not make any sense....