I assume it’s an 02m box, therefore you need to either convert the speedo to electronic (seat Ibiza or something) or buy the £300 converter (the route I’m going to keep my 8k 160mph CE1 clocks)
I had my 020 done, diff rivets fitted as I was poor at the time, longer 5th for motor way cruising and I got a weekend of riding bike park wales whilst it was being done!
Or whilst it’s at Martin, you can grab a lightened flywheel and one of his gorgeous shifter kits. That’s what I’d do anyways but im a sucker for shiny stuff
As above, I’m happy to do absolutely anything on almost any car, but gearboxes? No thank you! Backlash, preload etc etc.. I just don’t do it often enough to know what I’m doing.
Martin at Gas N Gears gets my business for anything related to it!
So I bought complete mk2 Syncro running gear, with the plan of using that and upgrading it later, then it hit me that it’s stupid and just fit the correct stuff first time round.
So most of the early pictures are Mk2 Golf parts.
So I cut the tunnel out, and then put the prop in and measured my height.
Then started my filler sections. This was a boring job.
So I moved onto the back, diff mount made from Range Rover tow bar.
Then made a boot floor
Did some more tunnel, drilled new holes for the hand brake tubes
Managed to source a syncro console
Fitted a new battery tray
Then this happened...
And then this.. TT engine mounts, so I can have loads of space for mega big turbo!
Someone put a subframe in the way so i modified it and cut the mounts off.
Made some mounts and stuff to get it to the right height
Then mounted the diff once the engine was in place, using the TT prop.
Final welding,
Tapped and front support
Then in the car!
Then to move the prop to a more direct route, tidy up the shifter cables.
I'm almost in the same boat, parked up 5 years ago and I'd started to think we were nearly back on the road but I keep finding new problems. Hope yours can be fixed up!
