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.well, since there was no alcohol for me today, I decided to go to the garage and do something useful 
so I’ve reassembled the front subframe, seems to me that it will actually work with the passat control arms and golf swaybar so that is good, and since the passat control arms are a bit wider, I don’t need to shorten the driveshafts
so its soon getting ready to put the PG engine in
just need to change the cambelt first (which I guess will be a PITA, because of all the pulleys on the G60)
hopefully I’ll get the pulleys off tomorrow with not major hassle we’ll see
so, this sux… i have to split the transmission 
there is a hole in the transmission that on of the PO’s have epoxy’ed shut.. and i was going to remove this little blob of epoxy.. and what happens.. well. the blob disappeared INTO the ****ing tranny.. so. now i have to split it, to get it out, since i’m not able to get it out from the hole.. so i might aswell split it. and have the hole professionally tig welded.. if possible, don’t have to look great, but has to be leakfree..
so, thats my christmaspresent to myself… splitting the ****ing tranny
splitted the transmission yesterday.. good thing too, since i found the casing part that was chipped of due to the inner CV joint failing
heres the transaxle just ben opened (real pita btw)
heres the casing part that i found. good ting that didnt get into the gears while driving
heres the hole from the inside, going to get it welded shut
and heres a thing that bothers me the most, there is a part of that magnet missing, and i can’t find it anywhere
hopefully it has just dissovled, there are noe marks on the gears, should i get a new magnet, or just reinstall this one and smile and be happy?
Since I have to wait until after the new year has begun with ordering parts for my transmission, I thought that I might aswell fit the ABS unit and pedal assembly
it worked out great, all I had to do was to drill two new holes and it all fitted like a glove and remove a “welded in stud” underneath the dashboard
so, things are coming along now
still missing some parts like the IC and some other bits
the abs wiring loom is now installed, mostly, need to make somekind of mounting for the ABS/EDS ECU underneath the rear seat somewhere
made myself a new hole, just left of the two thats for the engine and lighting looms. turned out great, but the wiring is few cm too long.
so, it does not look very good at the moment, and too bad i can’t move that grommet that is on the loom, if i could do that, i could pull the wiring more into the car
plenty of space inside the car for the loom
hopefully, if i’m not having a big hangover tomorrow, i’ll be able to piece the interior back together
did some more work today, most of the interior is now back together, new heater core is installed, dash is reinstalled
carpets are back in. and most of the wiring so. things are getting along now
the transmission casing was delivered for welding today
picking it up on wednesday going to run me €100. but it has to be done
the transmission is almost finished now got it back from the welder yesteday,and started the assembly
whats left on the transmission is a sealring, (which i have bought today) and refitting of the angle drive
and ofcourse, fill it with new fluid
so, well. some pics even though nobody replies here, its fun for me to post to myself
Heres the casing with fresh welds. looks good, hard to get a good photo from it, but it looks really good in the metal
inside of the casing:
outside of the casing:
transmission almost completed, needs a new sealring (bought)
and need to reinstall the angle drive
