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I have taken the advice and tried VW dealer for the linkage parts - has made life easier than hunting the web and as was said "not too expensive really". However the VW dealer has identified a few parts that they say are obsolete any ideas where to source the following bits the 2 guide blo...

sounds great - just what I want to hear

but what is "wasn't that expensive really" mean?

my definition is influenced by the amount I had to pay for the recon gearbox

thanks for the thoughts and links Gaz

forgot to say that have already fitted the gear leaver repair kit from Brickwerks, which has helped alot.

any thoughts on sourcing the shift guides and the boot and spring in the selctor box under the lever? i haven't seen these anywhere on the web.

paddy

Hi having just suffered a gear box failure and now with an expensive 5 speed recon gearbox, have just fitted the short shift kit - which is great, but I thought it would be a good idea to rebush the gearbox linkage to achieve maximum benefit. I'm having a bit of difficulty in locating all the parts ...

I have a 1987 1.6td - it has two belts one driving the waterpump and one from the water pump to the alternator don't know if yours is the same? I had a similar problem and it was the water pump belt that was loose. Its tensioned by means of removing shims from betweeen the two halves of the pulley, ...

Now had a chance to jack up the van, results are; wheel moves freely (clutch engaged) even after jiggling wheel a bit gear selector at box still has same limited movement and can't select any gear positively tried to get selector into what seemed as close to a gear being selected - started engine, r...

Good to hear you solved the problem

just as matter of interest - how much did it cost to get your gearbax sorted out - I'm suffering similar problems at the moment

https://club8090.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=52028

feel free to ignore or tell me to myob

I'm back at work tomorrow - so will have to try jacking it up and moving the wheels, later in the week. the selector rod is not quite vertical and won't move in and out of box by more than about 5mm, possibly moves forward by about 1/8th of a turn but not by the same amount in the opposite direction...

:cry: I've dropped the linkage off and tried to select gears using the shift lever at the box - not quite sure what to expect but, only get bit of movement but definitely not a clean selection of 5 gears. Is this definite proof of a box problem or would jacking up a wheel and jiggling it about a bit...

Aidan thanks for the advice -excuse the ignorance but... with the linkage off the ball on the end of the selector shaft - not quite sure where you are suggesting separating from the linkage - I have attached a picture from "Bentley" -?am I looking in the right place - this is the set lever...

Aaaaargh waiting for the AA to relay home driving along - some difficulty in gear change. managed a few but eventually unable to select any gear at all, not completely in neutral as some noise of not quite meshing gears when clutch fully released - but no drive bushes at bottom of gear lever appear ...

worked a treat - all squeals gone, reasonable tension on the belt and a free running pump (thanks peasant for the warning but seems OK) it spins relatively easy by hand no real resistance

thanks for the help

the website above and repeated here http://www.germanfilters.com/xref2_search_result.php?mann_search=WK+842%2F3&Submit=Mann+Filter+Part+Number+Cross+Reference gives this UP part no.5301 and 5322 as equivalent/compatible part plus lots of others the same web site gives UP gfe 5308 as the equivale...

Thanks for the suggestion
I have found this source pof belts of different sizes - not much luck with local motor spares or halfords

http://www.camskill.co.uk/products.php? ... mode=print

I'm going to try it out tomorrow and I 'll post the result - fingers crossed.

Hi Thanks for the help and offers Some more research has shown the following; 1.6 TD 01/87 > 12/87 (Eng:JX) seems to have had a different fuel filter to those before and after, but the same as that fitted to the Jetta at some point. the best source I found was http://www.buypartsby.co.uk/filters-fue...