My Dads Golf 4.. From 2.slow 8v to AUQ 180 with 6speed box in 2 days

[F17BAD]

Cheers guys :-)

The dad is properly over the moon with it haha, he says he can't believe how quick it is compaired to that nasty 2.0 8v

It does drive really well i must admit

He has now gone and bought a anniversary gearknob haha.. said he wanted one with 6 speed markings on it (the car already has full factory leathers etc so it will look pretty good)

Spoke to nick (Carbon) yesterday about mapping it, will most likely bob over to his house in Huddersfield soon 

Gotta keep it with Carbon after the fantastic work they have done to the Bad golf of mine 

[Rhyso]

Skills 

At least you had a full on workshop; me and Dai did his in his garage at sub-zero temperatures 

[F17BAD]

mate iv been doing the caddy in the outside cold temp and its not nice!! 

did a Clutch swap on a MK4 GTI the other nite and it was minus 6 and all we had was iPhone torches and some other crap lighting haha.. we didn't finish it till near midnight then bens car decided to bust a coolant hose LOL!!

[bobbarley]

did a Clutch swap on a MK4 GTI the other nite and it was minus 6.. we didn't finish it till near midnight then bens car decided to bust a coolant hose LOL!!

Was it difficult?  I've got to do that soon with just a Halfords tool set and some axle stands!

[F17BAD]

did a Clutch swap on a MK4 GTI the other nite and it was minus 6.. we didn't finish it till near midnight then bens car decided to bust a coolant hose LOL!!

Was it difficult?  I've got to do that soon with just a Halfords tool set and some axle stands!

na its pretty easy mate, major pain in the ass to get the box out of the car and even harder to get it back in, not much space. make sure theirs a few of you mate.. 2 people to hold/jiggle the box back into place and the other to get a bolt in !

very faffy job, was not ideal doing it in the dark and freezing temperatures!!

i did the one on my dads engine while it was on the engine crane before it went in the car and it was just pure bliss haha 

[bobbarley]

Does the starter motor need to come out to get access?

[F17BAD]

yea it does theirs 2 bolts that hold it in, also have to remove gear linkage off the box, remove both driveshafts from the box and then you have around 6 or so bolts that hold the box to the block, these all have to come out obviously (might be more than 6 or less can't remember but you get the idea)

we also removed the air box too


you will need size 17, 18 and 13mm sockets

[bobbarley]

Every cloud and all that, the starter motor needs stripping greasing and putting back together, least I can tackle two jobs at once!

[richw911]

Top work as said it looks like a factory 1.8T 

[F17BAD]

Cheers Rich mate 

Bob, its a fiddle but nothing you won't be able to do, its just getting box back into place tests the real pain in the ass part LOL