Today I drove to South Wales and left my gearbox with Martin at Gas n Gears, looking forward to seeing some pictures of the strip and rebuild over the coming weeks.
In the meantime plenty of other stuff to do before it comes back.

Just before lunch the transmission jack was put in place prior to the removal of the last two upper gearbox attachment bolts and then after lunch the fun began with the gearbox removal. The main problem is with the transfer gearbox fouling on the engine and the propshaft as you bring the gearbox out...

This morning saw the engine support bridge assembled and installed to allow removal of the gearbox support and engine mount disconnected. The supply to the slave cylinder was disconnected and blanked and all gearbox attachment bolts removed.

Wednesday saw the arrival of the Sealey transmission jack. So today I had a couple of hours to disconnect the driveshafts from the gearbox and to jack the front high enough to wheel the gearbox out once removed. It’s the first time I’ve had the axle stands this high so as a precaution I positioned a...

Just a couple of bits done yesterday while I wait for the transmission jack to arrive. Two electrical plugs disconnected for the reverse switch and the speed sensor. The speed sensor is quite awkward as it’s located at the back of the gearbox and has a heat shield around the cable. Also drained the ...

Hi and welcome to the TTOC, not sure if there is more than one colour grey for the seats but mine are grey and the Audi name is Feather Grey code is JQ.

This is all looking good Brian. This the nearest I’ll be to a TT for a couple of weeks!!! Laid up in bed with bloody COVID, feeling absolute crap and aching, where I never knew would ache. Thank you……I’ve almost gone as far as I can go for now, waiting on a transmission jack to arrive sometime in A...

Three bi hex bolts removed securing the propshaft to the transfer box this afternoon and shaft moved rearwards as far as it would go, just about clears the pin coming out of the transfer box. Hopefully when the engine support is on and taking the weight of the engine and gearbox it will move slightl...

A couple of other bits removed on Saturday, the heat shield above the right hand drive shaft and the metal bracket that supports the transfer box (bolts to transfer box and engine block).

And also removed the subframe……..3/4” drive breaker bar proved it’s worth. Having replaced this a couple of years ago everything came apart really well, still amazed at how quickly bolts begin to corrode.