April 9th - AM:
Oh... my.. fuggin... God...
So I got bored at 11pm and decided to go out and tear into this thing...
I decided to pull the seats and console so I could take the tunnel cover off and size things up...
Guess what I found....?
The vacuum line to the vacuum modulator was MIA and rotted off of the hard line coming from the engine on both ends.... So I check out the new looking vacuum hose that I thought should be running to it...
It was hooked to the end of the transmission vent tube. :wtf:
Then I looked around underneath... remembering those shift solenoid codes and realizing a real genius had worked on this trans... :no: 
Guess what else I found....?
The plug for the shift solenoids was unplugged shoved up between the body and the shifter cables... 
:wtf: :no:
I plugged it in and ran the vacuum hose to the vacuum modulator...
I'm gonna take it for a drive in the morning and see if it shifts let alone slips... Hopefully it wasn't run too long like that to completely burn the trans up... :no:
So we'll see if the A4Ld gets a reprieve and I get time to rebuild the C5 so it's fresh when it goes in.
So, here's some floor pan shots to make you east coasters jealous. :devil: 
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April 9th - PM
yeah... no.
It shifted into all the gears after lots of coaxing... but it's slipping. Not reliable enough to drive. Out it comes.
Here's what I started with:
Here's what a couple of hours with purple power and a tooth brush get ya:
Why? Cause I hate wrestling with greasy ass trannies.. and if it doesn't work and I need to rebuild it.. it saves a step. Plus the rest of the sploder is pretty clean... so it will match.
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Later that same evening...:
There you go folks... that's all there is to a C4/C5... that's why they are so easy to rebuild.
For review. C4 vs C5 valve body:
All ready to go in. :yay:
