Dave, you oughtta copy this entire post and paste it into a message on
the tech auto tranny forum on vortex, if you haven't already. Hopefully
Tantalus will read and respond. He knows all. Hope you figure out your
troubles (saw your posts in yahoo, too).

'luck - Chris

One out of many daves wrote:
> First off........is anyone selling an automatic transmission valve body for
> me to examine? <g>
>
> How much power is supplied to the solenoids and AT fluid temperature inside
> of the transmission?
> Is it possible to activate the solenoids at the valve body's wiring plug
> with an external power supply to check the operation of the individual
> solenoids?
>
> From my testing of the wiring, I did a test of the valve body wiring at the
> transmission plug.
> I got a slightly high reading of 70 and 68 Ohms for Solenoids #2 and #4
> (should be 55-65 Ohms)
> I will also have to recheck #6 solenoid and I wonder why it uses a different
> power supply pin from everything else inside of the valve body even the AT
> fluid temp sensor. AND THAT IS THE ONLY SOLENOID NOT CREATING A DTC.
> Is this correct??? I kinda want to imagine what is happening before I pull
> out the valve body.
>
> (Total of 10 pins/terminals at the Valve Body Wiring Plug)
>
> Solenoids
> 1-TCM pin 22
> 2-TCM pin 23
> 3-TCM pin 3
> 4-TCM pin 2
> 5-TCM pin 24
> 6-TCM pin 25
> 7-TCM pin 21
>
> 1 pin - ATF temperature sensor uses TCM pins 30 +31 (TCM pin 31 is not
> recorded in the Bentley wiring diagram)
> 2 pins used for power supply at the Valve Body Wiring Plug both originate
> from TCM pin 18
> (#6 solenoid uses 1 of the these pins, while all the other solenoids
> and temperature sensor uses the other)
> TCM pin 18 supplies the power to the solenoids and the other pins ground
> them out as needed.
>
> Here are the results of my DTCs that force my trans to be put in 3H (Limp
> Mode)
>
> VAG-COM Version: Release 303.1
>
> Control Module Part Number: 096 927 731 M
> Component and/or Version: DIGIMAT 0811
> Software Coding: Diagnose VW
> Work Shop Code:
> 7 Faults Found:
> 00258 - Solenoid Valve 1 (N88)
> 36-00 - Open Circuit
> 00260 - Solenoid Valve 2 (N89)
> 36-00 - Open Circuit
> 00262 - Solenoid Valve 3 (N90)
> 36-00 - Open Circuit
> 00264 - Solenoid Valve 4 (N91)
> 36-00 - Open Circuit
> 00266 - Solenoid Valve 5 (N92)
> 36-00 - Open Circuit
> 00270 - Solenoid Valve 7 (N94)
> 36-00 - Open Circuit
> 00300 - Transmission Fluid Temp. Sensor (G93)
> 34-00 - No Malfunction Detected
>
>