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Re:Seemed like a good buy at the time !!!
« Reply #10 on: 30 November 2003, 02:15 »
also do you have any oil in your gearbox!

check gearoil by the allen key on the side of the box accesed through the passanger front wheel arch.

as soon as you unscrew the plug oil should start to trickle out if not top it up or change it.

there is a drain plug under the box it is the same allen key plug!

on newer mk 4 golfs theses plugs are replaced by vw special tool ones! >:(




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Offline Gozza

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Re:Seemed like a good buy at the time !!!
« Reply #11 on: 30 November 2003, 20:42 »
I paid ?500 for it and tis quite a tidy mota, has a few problems with bad spray job but nothing noticable unless looking close.  ;D

And with regards to the gearbox. When warm the gearbox is fine, also the crunch only seems to be from 1st to second and then from 2nd to 3rd. Does not do it if I go from 3rd to 2nd tho ?? Would this still suggest mounts ?? :-\
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Re:Seemed like a good buy at the time !!!
« Reply #12 on: 01 December 2003, 01:15 »
could be bad gear linkage or low gearbox oil..or at worse it could be the syncros! but i recon its oil related and its low on oil.
also vw boxes are known for their 1st to second gear crunch when cold....

change the gear oil! it helps!
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Re:Seemed like a good buy at the time !!!
« Reply #13 on: 02 December 2003, 03:25 »
Quote from: Gozza on 30 November 2003, 20:42
I paid ?500 for it and tis quite a tidy mota, has a few problems with bad spray job but nothing noticable unless looking close.  ;D

And with regards to the gearbox. When warm the gearbox is fine, also the crunch only seems to be from 1st to second and then from 2nd to 3rd. Does not do it if I go from 3rd to 2nd tho ?? Would this still suggest mounts ?? :-\

sounds like a hell of a deal to me! as others have said try the synthetic oils. also the selector shaft will help alot of that problem mine was knackered when i bought it and had the shift throw of an old leyland ldf.
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Re:Seemed like a good buy at the time !!!
« Reply #14 on: 02 December 2003, 09:32 »
a mk3 weighted shift rod will help dampen down the crunch also

?12 from VAG
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Re:Seemed like a good buy at the time !!!
« Reply #15 on: 02 December 2003, 13:11 »
Quote from: Gambit on 02 December 2003, 09:32
a mk3 weighted shift rod will help dampen down the crunch also

?12 from VAG


Can i get the above from euro car parts ? Is it easy to fit/direct fitment ??
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Re:Seemed like a good buy at the time !!!
« Reply #16 on: 02 December 2003, 13:19 »
no you get it from a VW dealer! part number 1H0711183

and its a piece of piss to fit
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Re:Seemed like a good buy at the time !!!
« Reply #17 on: 02 December 2003, 13:56 »

Thanks for the info gambit, does it involve me getting under the car out of interest (silly question I think). Problem is the car is sooooooooo low I cant get it on me ramps :(.
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Re:Seemed like a good buy at the time !!!
« Reply #18 on: 02 December 2003, 14:00 »
no, it attachs between the selector rod on the gearbox, and the relay shaft, and its only two snap pins that hold it on. u can get at it simply by leaning into the engine bay

ill see if i can dig an ETKA pic of the bit ur replacing

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Re:Seemed like a good buy at the time !!!
« Reply #19 on: 02 December 2003, 14:13 »
yuor replacing number 19 of a mk2:-


with number 44 of a mk3
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