Hi - finally got round to taking the gearbox off... again! So with the gearbox off I can move the lever throughout the full length of travel (about 10 o clock ish), whereas when the box is on it is only going to the 9 o clock position. So this leads me to believe that the clutch release plate centre ...

Hi, yeah I do have that on the end of mine, I don't think its that, because I can get to the end of the physical lever travel and it still will not disengage.

Very strange!

Hi, car is in Stoke-on-trent! I thought that to be honest, but the even with the physical lever (on the gearbox) all the way at the end of its travel (or so it seems) It doesn't want to disengage the clutch, real strange problem I know, I hope I'm not missing something obvious!

Oh right, no that's not the problem, I did a full visual check with torch after I put it back together and had no bolts left over but thanks for the advice, really want to get on the road before the Sun is gone!

Hi yeah, sorry for late reply! Also thanks for all the advice, seems like a great forum - I've just moved house and have only got the internet... The plate that sits on the clutch fingers seems ok; that is the one with the indent for the release bar isn't it? Yeah, definitely got all the slack out ...

Sorry yeah, just the way I wrote it, just meant the same gearbox was put back on afterwards... I kind of get the feeling the gearbox is alright, but that I can't get into gear because the clutch won't disengage the flywheel from the engine, so I am effectively trying to change gear without dropping ...

Hi all, Need to ask the experts what my problem is; -Had my Scirocco delivered, it drove off the back of the wagon and up my driveway fine (its the 1.6 manual clutch, carb engine) done around 80k miles -Once stopped, the next day it has been impossible for me to get it into gear with the engine on ...