I recently had a shop replace my clutch on my 2006 VW Jetta TDI 5spd manual...likely could have done it myself, but lacked the shop space during hunting season, lacked friends who were available to help, and most importantly lacked the confidence to tackle it myself! Now that I've had the car back for a bit, I have a few questions that I'm hoping someone can help me with!
1) I found this bolt in the engine compartment, mechanic never reinstalled it. I've attached a picture, where is it from?
2) When adjusting the shifter, the dieselgeek video (which has been recommended to me many times) talks about taking the slack out of the cables with the cable catches, but I can't tell if they are pulling the threaded section in, or pushing it out of the cable catch. Any idea?
3) I have had a hard time with the shifter since getting the car back...I've replaced most of the shifter bushings, and have to replace the shifter cable catches (spring loaded mechanisms that hold onto the threaded ends of the shifter cables). Are there different cable ends for front/back and side/side? Some sites sell the same one for both, others have them identified as separate.
4) Is there a way to lubricate the shift tower? Mine seems to be tough to move up and down to get into the home position (always takes me a minute or two to get it there). Not sure if that's normal or not.
Any help is much appreciated!
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1) I found this bolt in the engine compartment, mechanic never reinstalled it. I've attached a picture, where is it from?
2) When adjusting the shifter, the dieselgeek video (which has been recommended to me many times) talks about taking the slack out of the cables with the cable catches, but I can't tell if they are pulling the threaded section in, or pushing it out of the cable catch. Any idea?
3) I have had a hard time with the shifter since getting the car back...I've replaced most of the shifter bushings, and have to replace the shifter cable catches (spring loaded mechanisms that hold onto the threaded ends of the shifter cables). Are there different cable ends for front/back and side/side? Some sites sell the same one for both, others have them identified as separate.
4) Is there a way to lubricate the shift tower? Mine seems to be tough to move up and down to get into the home position (always takes me a minute or two to get it there). Not sure if that's normal or not.
Any help is much appreciated!
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