build thread :)

[sports racer]

The meeting at Goons has been postponed to tomorrow so I'll be just around the corner.

[Pilks]

okay then, so mum banned me from doing work on the car in the week because i havent been studying enough (fair call really) so i hope to have the carb back in the car tomorrow night, and thanks to paul and goon for the help on tuesday! was great meeting you guys aswell

also, if anyone has experience with subarus. do 02-07 impreza struts fit into 00' foresters? because i know in american models they do (stanceworks tyvm)

cheers

Reid

[sports racer]

Good to meet you too. Hope you get the Golf running soon so you can start to enjoy living with a MK1.

[Pilks]

ok, so every single thing in the golf works..

except reverse. i dont know a thing about how the linkage works and dad took a look and cant figure it out either, he tried to adjust it but its still not working

this is what makes a good day bad.

[sports racer]

Should be an easy fix.

Put it in neutral and move the gearknob left and right whilst someone watches the linkages. That way you can see which linkage needs adjusting. Now adjust it longer - does it get into reverse? No, then shorten it. With a bit of adjustment you should get it to work.

And congrats on getting this far. Well done.

[Doesy]

Just making sure, not assuming that you don't, but you're selecting reverse by pushing the gear shift down and then into first yeah? The procedure for adjusting linkages is written up fairly well in the bentley manual, I can scan it tomorrow if you don't figure it out from what you've got!

[Pilks]

yeah thats what im doing, that would be great if you could doesy thanks!

[Shadow_Rusty]

After I changed my shaft bushings, I had issues with Reverse being where 1st should be, and no Fifth...
I had to losen the clamp at the end of the long front to rear shaft, slide the linkage off of the splined shaft, and rotate it a couple of teeth...

Might help yours too...

[Pilks]

ill give it a go, that clamp is at the one like right next to the steering rack yeah? and what way did you rotate the linkage?

[Doesy]

Looking at the front of the car rotate the shaft clockwise to make it easier to get to the 1-2 gate is where I would start. I'll scan the pages from Bentley at lunch time mate.