I decided i was having today off, No pissing about with clio`s, No helping my mum out. So i was quite suprised to find that it was not raining when i got up this morning. So i thought, Bugger it lets do that bloody linkage on the golf and then have a family trip out round the coast in it.
I have to be honest and say it was a total breeze compared to the water pump! I did have to phone a friend (Thank you steve!) when it came to the gearbox mount part of the linkage as the new one had a cut off bracket that didn`t reach from the diff across to the up mount on the subframe. After speaking to steve i decided to leave my bracket in place
Compare the old still oil soaked from the old oil cooler seal problem with the new up-rated one.
You can see what had failed on my linkage and was making fifth gear such a problem.
As i had been told the worst part of the swap was setting the new linkage in the correct place. The first attempt (and i thought id got it first try!-Ha) Saw first gear taking the place of reverse - whoops! But this was soon corrected. Now the gearchange is so sweet!:hurray:
This is the linkage now fitted to a rather filthy engine (I wish my bay looked like mikes.
We had a great afternoon out in the old gal. She even got a good clean before we went.
This trip out and giving her a wash has given me another problem though.... Emma has told me that i absolutly must not ever think of selling it, Even sat in the passenger seat she says she loves it! It looks like i will be loosing it this week as she has blagged it for herself to go to work in, Now its fixed!
excellent, i know them linkages can be a real pain to set up
Ok it might have been due to the fact that we were inside the gates (and therefore deemed to be weekenders?) And were in a shinney car and not caked in mud like everything else there? I want to belive it was thought worthy? I did bottle it when we got round the track to the show and shine area as i knew the mine was not upto the standards that i saw infront of me. The waether was fantastic and the golf was brilliant and didn`t miss a beat even when faced with an hour and forty five minute que to get out! I guess thats karma for sneaking into parking that we shouldn`t have been in?:rolleyes:
