Mine's officially parked for now. I just bought a 91 Golf 1.6NA to replace it. (Cost me $150 more than the repair estimate.) I'll probably tear into it in the spring/summer. The car drives fine, and I can get all gears if I don't use the clutch. No noises while shifting, so I can't see the synchros being gone. Manual clutch cable (new) is adjusted all the way out (only about 1/2" onto the threads). No fractures on release arm, throwout bearing is good, internal lever looks good, acutator rod with no damage visible on the end as I would expect if it had pushed through the plate. Starting the car in 1st gear with clutch pedal to the floor will actually move the car a bit, same with 2nd. Clutch pedal all the way to the floor, move shifter from neutral to reverse and I can get the gear, but it grinds. No clutch slipping when using Bentley check method. I tried spacers between the clutch release lever and the end of the cable to effectively shorten it up with no difference. Something in the clutch area must be broken because even with the pedal all the way in, it's still making enough contact with the flywheel to make it hard or impossible to get 1st or 2nd from neutral with the engine running. Problem is worse when everything gets hotter. If the car sits overnight, it works reasonably well until it gets to operating temperature. It's a shame, because on my last tank, I got 1026 km.
Calvin
