What have you done to your MK 7 today ?

[gfmr89]

I traded in my manual Mk7.5 PP manual in for a manual Mk8. The Mk7.5 was showing its mileage and had some expensive service work on the horizon. I spotted the Mk8 while I was looking for a replacement. It’s in great condition and came with the nice Estoril wheels. After the test drive I couldn’t say no but it was hard to say goodbye my Mk7.5.

[rowlers]

I traded in my manual Mk7.5 PP manual in for a manual Mk8. The Mk7.5 was showing its mileage and had some expensive service work on the horizon. I spotted the Mk8 while I was looking for a replacement. It’s in great condition and came with the nice Estoril wheels. After the test drive I couldn’t say no but it was hard to say goodbye my Mk7.5.

How's many miles was your 7.5 on?

[gfmr89]

Over 60k miles

[rowlers]

New boots fitted, replaced the Kumho PS71 with Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6. What an improvement! No more spinning in 3rd (still does in 2nd), massive improvement in road noise, SO much quieter and the don't transmit the knocks and bangs of minor potholes etc.
Fantastic!

[Finglonga]

Just gone over 150K miles.

[Adam T7]

Just gone over 150K miles.

👍

[Al1040]

Also just put new boots on, Goodyear Vectors, great deal from Costco. They currently have a Goodyear promotion on. They are fantastic when the going gets slippery.

[Bluest]

Busy long weekend, got it back on the road today. Decimal Tenths TTRS clutch kit, AKS/iAbED rear main seal, new slave cylinder, HEL clutch bleeder block. Hell of a job to do on the drive. Only done about 15 miles but the new clutch feels only slightly heavier than stock and still lighter than the factory clutch in my Wife's BMW Mini. Should be a all set for a.remap soon.

One unexpected side effect is the auto-hold has started acting up. I believe its because the clutch sensor needs recalibrating with diagnostic tool to account for the new clutch. Need to look into that a bit more.

Whilst I was in there, I noticed the water pump leaking very slightly too 

[rowlers]

Busy long weekend, got it back on the road today. Decimal Tenths TTRS clutch kit, AKS/iAbED rear main seal, new slave cylinder, HEL clutch bleeder block. Hell of a job to do on the drive. Only done about 15 miles but the new clutch feels only slightly heavier than stock and still lighter than the factory clutch in my Wife's BMW Mini. Should be a all set for a.remap soon.

One unexpected side effect is the auto-hold has started acting up. I believe its because the clutch sensor needs recalibrating with diagnostic tool to account for the new clutch. Need to look into that a bit more.

Whilst I was in there, I noticed the water pump leaking very slightly too 

Thats some job to do on your drive! Fair play...

[Bluest]

I was helped immensely by the spell of good weather. It's not a job to be doing in January! The worst part is wrestling the gearbox in and out past the subframe and the chassis leg. Its a heavy lump. My Dad was helping (aged 81!), came up with the idea of using a ratcheting cable hoist hung off the engine support bar to winch the gearbox back up into the car, that was an inspired idea. If we'd have thought of it early enough it would have helped immensely in getting it out in the first place too. The rest of it is just time-consuming removal and refitting of loads of stuff to make space. There's a really good video by FCP Euro on YouTube that shows the process. The Haynes manual is very useful too