The reinforcements...

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Just cus deep down inside I love this thing too.

Replacement show car for 07


Form over Function

[diagnosis]

Just cus deep down inside I love this thing too.

Because dings, dents, scratches, and any other sortof parking lot mishap add "character".

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Status update on the TDI. Simultaneous Dual Mass and Clutch failure. Going to be a fun weekend.

[Dreamstate]

Ouch!
Not a good month for TDis

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Throw out bearing broke and wedged a piece of itself in the pressure plate.

That would explain the extreme vibration when engaging gears.

[Dreamstate]

Are the clutch and pressure plate no good then?

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Pressure plate looks like garbage so I would say no. Dual mass is a ticking timebomb so I'm going to replace that. Clutch comes w the package so its getting replaced even though it may have some meat left on it.

What do you think are the chances are its the original clutch? 336000km. Is that even feasible?

[Dreamstate]

TDIs tend to be long distance commuters.. high kms with less than average city kms. I could see it still being original.

[Maraschino Larry]

We replaced the clutch on Hayley's Beetle somewhere around 305000? Totally possible.

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Long story short.... anyone have a spare o2j tdi tranny laying around? or know of someone with one / someone who will do a rebuilt on the cheap.

Removed the drive flange/output flange from the tranny to help get it in easier as it was just myself. What was supposed to save time has turned into wasting tons of it as the threaded plate that the drive flange bolt threads into decided to fall inside the tranny.

[Mandeep D]

Gah!

[Dreamstate]

The Source should have a bunch. Should be cheaper than the automatic.. I had to buy one for my parent's jetta a year ago.. $700.

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Might have sourced one for $200 in cambridge

He's not sure if it works but for that price I'm trying. lol

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TDI sold...

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Good grief

[Mandeep D]

Been exactly there.... It actually looks worse than it is. Once you get the entire front off the car the t-belt is easy!

When I did my A4, i used the "service position" for the rad support.

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Yep... same thing here. A/C stuff to the left, Rad/Rad support to the right. Surprisingly well thought out and definitely a better design that the mk3/mk4 I've pulled the front end off too.

Was a tense moment starting the car again though. Not sure exactly how critical the belt placement is, but from what you seem to read it's 1 belt tooth in either direction and goodbye valvetrain...

[professor science]

Holy crap. Nice work!

[Maraschino Larry]

That's awesome... I would have been shitting my britches turning it over