Engine Protection Tinware

[Wolfsburg Willy]

I haven't got any. When I bought the van it was all (except for two bits) missing, probably following the engine change from JX to mTDi. The two bits that I do have are the left/right bits bolted to the forward bulkhead (one bit has the soundproofing attached , although it looks like so much compost now). Can anyone tell me, or even better show me piccies, of the tinware that I should have and how it fits. The engine bay has filled with so much shi-ite as a result of driving in the recent snow that I'm going to find or fabricate what should be there to keep it out. Ohh! Whilst I'm at it, there is no protection kit on the gear linkage either; is it available or can it be made? The reason I ask is that yesterday, I dropped the linkage off the onion joint to access the gearbox filler and it was full of ice!! Now drained and full of grease with a drain hole drilled in the bottom. As a result I started to think about protecting the rest of the linkage; hence the standard protection kit.

[Aidan]

I would expect that syncrospares will have the tube and associated bits for protection of the shift rods, note the rear onion is exposed though so if boots are shagged then water can get in.

[John Potter]

Rubber Boot available from VW Van places, not too much money IIRC. Think it was cheaper than JK when you add the P&P.

My '87 Syncro van seems never to have had the gearshift protection pipes on it - were they only fitted to later vans ? Is it worth getting some ?

[Wolfsburg Willy]

Thanks for the info Guys. Anyone out there with pictures, or know where to find them?