2 A2 Jetta Questions

[Larry C.]

I have an 87 german(wolfsburg) jetta that has a tranny problem. My dumb ass
dropped 2 nylon speedo gears in the thing after doing a clutch project. The
original speedo cable and gear broke when pulling the tranny out, so they
were tossed in the dumpster with the rest of the old clutch, pressure plate
and throw out bearing. This is a 9A code transmission if you're curious.

Since then, my tranny has locked in reverse, and won't move out. We lost a
bit of trans fluid when taking the tranny out/putting it back in.
We've been having a family member/shadetree mechanic look at it, and it
seems that once he gets the engine/trans up to normal operating temp that
the gear shift works like a champ, able to go into all forward gears plus
reverse.
He turned it off, and turned it on again the next day. Put it into reverse
while cold, and it's locked back into reverse again... So.. here are my
questions.

1. Could the problem be that there is simply a complete lack of fluid and
the gears are locking b/c of that?

2. If so, what's the capacity for the 9A transmissions, and what type of
fluid do they take?

Thanks for the