Won't go into gear grrrrr!

[tut]

"IIRC the brakets can flex."

Yep, the bracket can weaken and flex, but that is easily checked and probably not the cause.


Craig

That was some drive to make the Ferry. Single track roads at a pace that would have made Sebastian Loeb proud of us. Glad that you were leading.

tut

[jamiey]

Hmmm sounds to me that the paint the passat removed was the problem I'm on the red hoes band waggon, worth checking translator bushes at the gearbox

I like you fault findings skills you're not a server engineer are you?

Rich H no Problems with 5th - apart from the usual PG1 fun.

Call Ali and booked it in he thiks either red hose or slave

Going to check for hose of red this evening but seeing as my car was built in June 00 I would imagine it would be braided but best to confirm.

JY

[tut]

No way that you have a red hose in a 00 car.

tut

[jamiey]

Confirmed no red hose. it's the braided type.

Ali's going to replace the slave.

Trip out to Ali's confirmed the symptoms fine when cold and then getting progressively worse after reaching operating temp.