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Joe's 3rd Gti Progress Thread- New interior:)
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 10:31 pm
by Godderz23
Everyone should have a set of those pedals in there gti. Just look so right.
Decided on wheels yet?
Re: Joe's 3rd Gti Progress Thread- New interior:)
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 10:47 pm
by joe2612
hmm, just need the centers doing, still opting for silvery chrome colour.. but my tax is due end of this month

Re: Joe's 3rd Gti Progress Thread- New interior:)
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 4:49 am
by nigelelliott394
Where'd you get your TT pedals from Joe? I despise going to the local dealers.. they never seem to want to help me.
Re: Joe's 3rd Gti Progress Thread- New interior:)
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 8:50 am
by 6N2 GTI 00
TT pedals are just a classy upgrade

a MUST have in the GTI
Re: Joe's 3rd Gti Progress Thread- New interior:)
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 10:51 am
by joe2612
nigelelliott394 wrote:Where'd you get your TT pedals from Joe? I despise going to the local dealers.. they never seem to want to help me.
I acutally won these used on eBay for £29 delivered. Originally i wanted to go to the stealers but they quoted me 39 inc vat for the lot which in hindsight wasen't too bad however i got a mk2 tt accel. pedal thrown in aswell with the auction...
Re: Joe's 3rd Gti Progress Thread- New interior:)
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 6:16 pm
by nigelelliott394
Joe's 3rd Gti Progress Thread- New interior:)
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 7:52 pm
by joe2612
Yep those will do nicely
Re: Joe's 3rd Gti Progress Thread- New interior:)
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 12:23 pm
by joe2612
I wonder why the hell i attempt these things some times: Here's a few pictures of last weekends progress of replacing the clutch.
Inlet mani off for starter motor access:
Gearbox off:
Sachs clutch on:
And just to top it off, old clutch with p***-all wear
And then it got a bit worse , spent yesterday trying to get GB back on, Drivers flange kept hitting everything in sight so thought i'd undo it, only to be greeted by pissing gearbox oil everywhere..
So more oil is needed along with trying to get the gearbox on round 2 - fun times........
Re: Joe's 3rd Gti Progress Thread- Clutch Change....
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 1:05 pm
by Charlie_GTI
Oh dear....erm perseverance is the key to success.....
Hope you get it sorted dude
Re: Joe's 3rd Gti Progress Thread- Clutch Change....
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 4:39 pm
by 6N2 GTI 00
That's just plain unlucky!
Top marks for changing the clutch yourself though, despite it being a hassle you certainly have saved yourself a small fortune in labour charges
The Sach Clutch is very nice though, only covered 1000 miles with mine before selling the car but it felt great

Re: Joe's 3rd Gti Progress Thread- Clutch Change....
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 10:48 pm
by Endi_GTI
Unlucky dude but good effort doing it on axel stands in the garden
Re: Joe's 3rd Gti Progress Thread- Clutch Change....
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 9:35 am
by neilGTI
Getting the gearbox back in is a right pain in the backside

Re: Joe's 3rd Gti Progress Thread- Clutch Change....
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 12:23 pm
by joe2612
She's on
...and all back together and drives lavly!
Started sat afternoon, finished this morning. Had to cycle at full pelt to VW to get some gear oil before they close yesterday.
Only bad bits of the install was a damaged wire on the pre cat lambda:
dangly green one. Although there are so many GTIs being broken at the mo i should be able to source a new one.
Getting that damned gearbox back was a absolute pain in the f*****g arse. Not even sure how we did it in the end- eventually popped on!
Also discovered my gearbox mount had hairline cracks in it:
Welded the cracks up and grinded them down flush. Will definitely look at replacing these mounts soon.
Little snowy shot :
and my new pedals...

Re: Joe's 3rd Gti Progress Thread- Clutch Change....
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 12:40 pm
by Verity
great update! glad everything is sorted with the clutch! well done for doing it yourself! its the next thing that needs doing on my car, but i shall be getting my boyfriend to get one of the VW techs to do it for me, hopefully the chap who did my cambelt, as it only costs me for parts and Pizza then lol
good you could fix those little cracks as well!!
pedals looks goood!

Re: Joe's 3rd Gti Progress Thread- Clutch Change....
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 2:35 pm
by 6N2 GTI 00
Nice One Joe

how are you finding the sach clutch then?