It Begins: The S3 1.8T into my '85 Mk2 GTI

[jayjay]

coke and hookers. it's the way of the future.

aside, this project seems to be hurrying up

[roccodingo]

Yea just so everyone knows, roccodingo has done ALL the diff/gearbox work!

Dont go blabbing about it till after you run it !!!! ( and hopefully it holds together )

[GOLFBALLS]

Ok, so it's update time.
Diff going in today and all cleaned up ready for assembly:


Test fit and bearing load test





Checking syncros






Feeding the 'dogasaurus' (selector forks)


mmm... peloquin's








more to come soon...\

[GoLfMan]

woooohooo for updates man, about time this thing got finished!

[GOLFBALLS]

woooohooo for updates man, about time this thing got finished!

TELL ME ABOUT IT!!!

People keep breaking their cars and bringing them to the workshop, in the space thats supposed to be for MY CAR!!

Soon my little children, soooonn...

[GOLFBALLS]

Here's a few more pics. The new fifth gear bolts have a different spline type than the old ones and might need a special tool That, and this corroded drive flange are the last things to address. Finding one of these 02A flanges is proving difficult though. Anyone got an uncorroded one??





Gearbox all back together after a coat of paint..



Mega props to roccodingo for spending so much time on this for me!!

[geoff_gti]

Lookin good Wade, nearly there! Lol at 'dogasaurus'

[alex g]

have you sourced/decided on a clutch flywheel combo??

[GOLFBALLS]

have you sourced/decided on a clutch flywheel combo??

I don't mean to sound rude, but I have posted it about 3 times already!

VR6 clutch (sachs) and 228mm flywheel.

[alex g]

not rude at all, im just lazy and havent been following very well

looks great by the way

[GOLFBALLS]

Real progress

well, its ABOUT EFFING TIME! But it's parked, and i started tonight...













More stripping tomorrow>

Hopefully it'll be out tomorrow and I can start making a list of all the little parts i've forgotten about!!

Cheers,
Wade

[roccodingo]

Bum, I was at Barbagallo today and would have stopped by if I knew what you were up to !!

No going back now kiddo !!

[GOLFBALLS]

What a day.
After having my $300 Cordoba break down from a faulty fuel pump on my way back up to the workshop this arvo and wasting two hours and $100 on towing it up there, I took my frustration out and got stuck in.

FINALLY the RV is out.

Stay tuned for more progress over the week...

[evorobin]

Good darts there Wade

[Jarred]

YAY! finally!

keep it up and it'll be done in no time!