New MK3 Dubber!

[Mrk_Mickey]

Good luck with transmission problems! ...Hopefully my little whistling transmission noise will go away before I have to take the gearbox out lol

[Lorenz]

Cheers Mickey!

I went and bought a Haynes manual today, realised its pretty bloody hard to source a Bentley manual here in Adelaide, and still found it hard to find the Haynes one!

[bboyskidz]

... its pretty bloody hard to source a Bentley manual here in Adelaide...

I got mine off ebay $70 bucks shipped to the door - brand new.

as for the clutch problem, I had that happen... i think i posted something about it a while back. can you pull the clutch off the floor with your hand? it should stay up but then it will snap back down as soon as you touch it again.

i'll see if i can find the thread

edit: found it

http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/newforum/upload/showthread.php?t=3739&highlight=clutch

this explains what happened in my case...

it sound like pretty much exactly the same thing, so you'll be pleased to know that it will cost you about $13 to fix.

[rayray086]

Is it just a spring mechanism that falls out, causing the clutch pedal NOT to come back up? I've heard of that problem before. Gosh I hope it doesn't happen to me

Bad timing too I must say, aye Lorenz??

[Lorenz]

I got mine off ebay $70 bucks shipped to the door - brand new.

as for the clutch problem, I had that happen... i think i posted something about it a while back. can you pull the clutch off the floor with your hand? it should stay up but then it will snap back down as soon as you touch it again.

i'll see if i can find the thread

edit: found it

http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/newforum/upload/showthread.php?t=3739&highlight=clutch

this explains what happened in my case...

it sound like pretty much exactly the same thing, so you'll be pleased to know that it will cost you about $13 to fix.

I am soooo happy to hear that, thanks alot mate. Was really scared i was going to cost me an absolute bomb to fix and it was really bad timing as I need the car all weekend to move house!

Thanks alot for the how to guide, ill get it all sorted tomorrow i hope

[Lorenz]

Ok, so it appears that it isnt the same part that has broken after all. Went and bought the replacement part from VW this morning, and the same part on the clutch setup is fine, so something else has fkd up

Is there a spring in the pedal box that could have screwed up and cause me issues?

[bboyskidz]

yeh could be, i'll see if i can scan the bentley pages on the clutch/pedal assembly.

[Lorenz]

Thanks mate

Well I had a mobile mechanic come out on Friday to have a look at the car, he reckons its a screwed clutch or something major inside the box, so its off at a shop now getting a new clutch put in and sorting out, so hopefully I have it back soon. Costing a fair bit more than I anticipated so that will put off a few mods I had in mind for a while not happy but I guess I have no choice. Dont think the car has had a new clutch since new, so prolly about time it was done. 130k old now, so kinda surprised its held up that long

[Lorenz]

Well I got the car back on Tuesday after 2 weeks of getting fixed. Had to wait for parts to come from interstate so they could fix something that snapped inside the gearbox, and got a new clutch fitted at the same time as the old original one was fair shagged. Much nicer to drive now

Car sadly being towed from home



Went and took a few pics whilst passing a nice spot up in the hills yesterday. After adding the new lip and giving the car a well earned wash I thought it was only appropriate to do so!





I had a spare pod filter lying around from my old R31 so thought I'd chuck it on the Golf to see if/what difference it would make, and have noticed slight better response! Also sounds a bit better, nice grunty induction noise



When doing this I saw a split hose that will need replacing. Im not quite sure what its for, but hoping someone can help me out
Where can I get a new one or does anyone have a spare one (new or second hand) that I can get buy? Any help would be greatly appreciated

[peedman]

Crankcase breather hose. Tape it up while ur there so oil doesnt go out of it.

[Lorenz]

Little update again!
Finally have a matching dual chamber headlight after a bit of a mixup with getting the wrong parts sent haha, but all good now. Looks much better now!
Also bought a MK4 gearknob and boot off ebay cheap as, all put in but needa shorten the shifter a tad to stop the boot from stretching so much it pulls the boot off the surround. Knew this might be an issue before I put it on.
Paitned the VW badge on the front grill for the hell of it, looks better until I can afford a proper badgless one anyway








Looking at getting some coilovers made up at some point aswell. Mate of mine is now making them for all sorts of cars, just need a spare set of struts and shocks for him to use as I want to keep an original set for if/when I wanna sell the car (or get defected!).

[bboyskidz]

looks awesome bro. loving the dual chambers and the black badge.

how much did it cost you for the gearknob + boot?

[WABIT]

lookin good mate, when are you going to lower it ?

wabit

[Lorenz]

looks awesome bro. loving the dual chambers and the black badge.

how much did it cost you for the gearknob + boot?

cheers mate, much happier with how the front end looks now

think it was 35$ to my door in the end, good ol' ebay!

and wabit, will be lowered soon dont worry, just need more monies and ill get these coilovers made up

[Lorenz]

Well after a fun little cruise with the ECCA guys, but ended up being the 3 watercooled boys (Robin and Orr) today, I now have some temporary wheels with legal tread thanks to Orr (bloody champion mate!) and Robin's hooking me up with some coilovers in the next few weeks so im a happy man now

And just for the hell of it, heres a pic from today!