79 gld

[GRN_VAGN]

I have said Plate spare, might be willing to part with it

[dom123]

Went to pick up a roof rack in Abbotsford this evening around 6 and as I pulled up to the house the clutch cable forces its way through the firewall!!
Me and my 34 month old boy on the otherside of melbourne in dwindling light, I figured it was time to get some epic bush mechanic on..

with only a blade screwdriver and a hacksaw blade I managed to make a retaining plate out of the centre console dial blank, with much difficulty i jammed on my contraption and drove home to west footscray 13 odd km's of inner city suburbs later..
Is there some kind of regular fix for this? I have heard of it happening but unsure of the remedy. Make a larger washer?

excuse the picture quality..

hahahahaha i love it! this exact same thing happened to me just on friday!!! i called the nrma and the bloke gave me a washer that did the job till my appointment with Al (Alex G) that night.

only difference mine pulled through the retaining plate that some bush mechanic had whacked on there, so we just cleaned it up rewelded and painted and good as new.

EDIT: I remember hearing as well that this was a factory recall on all mk1s it was that common, you would take it back and they would install that reinforcing plate.

[killingwithasmile]

hahahahaha i love it! this exact same thing happened to me just on friday!!! i called the nrma and the bloke gave me a washer that did the job till my appointment with Al (Alex G) that night.

only difference mine pulled through the retaining plate that some bush mechanic had whacked on there, so we just cleaned it up rewelded and painted and good as new.

EDIT: I remember hearing as well that this was a factory recall on all mk1s it was that common, you would take it back and they would install that reinforcing plate.

hmmmm, maybe i'll drop in to a VW dealer and make a claim

Its a bit of pain, the other crappy part is i'm not back at work until tomorrow so i've been running the plastic face but will wizz something up at work till i know i'll have access to a welder

[GoLfMan]

man I've got a OEM reinforcement plate sitting in my polo door pocket!

[killingwithasmile]

fresh off the sponge..

[dubmc]

looking nice mate, it's come a long way since steve owned it...i like it! not 100% sold on the stickers though, however each to their own...keep it up

[dom123]

more photos please mate! deadset one of my favourite mk1s nice and unique!

[Jace]

Cleans up alright after the biannual wash.

[Preen59]

Ha, Jace..

Looks good dude.

[chesymoon]

wow!!

this is what I was exactly looking for.. as mine all cracked and the clutch cable came inside and no pressure on clutch cable..

so i had to make L shape plate and screwed on to firewall....

Now I can get this and weld it on !

thank you

Nope you need one of these.



Bit hard to find these days. GSF used to sell them.

There's usually a few on UK ebay.

VW GOLF MK 1 GTI BULKHEAD REPAIR PLATE SCIROCCO | eBay

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so I can still get it repaired for free at the VW dealer now?

EDIT: I remember hearing as well that this was a factory recall on all mk1s it was that common, you would take it back and they would install that reinforcing plate.