Kansas City Tdi & CoolAirVw Repair
01M to 5
speed conversion
Although 01M’s have a reasonable lifespan
of approximately 150,000 miles, they seem to have a bad reputation. I now offer a 5 speed manual conversion.
Here’s a conversion I did that I
documented with pics. This one failed
early with just about 100,000 miles.
But… I think it had a trouble code that was repairable and since the car
had a glow plug code and the light was on anyway, the driver just kept on going
until the transmission failed.
The conversion process eliminates the cooler
so you need to bypass it with a nipple.
Using these coolant hose clamps, and band clamp tool makes coolant loss
minimal. This is good because these
cars use VW G12 coolant, which is expensive.
This job requires a motor hanger,
especially if you don’t have all the parts.
One of the hard things about the conversion is acquiring all the
parts. Of course the other is the
wiring.
Removing the trans is super easy, if
you’re a trans expert and you have a lift and you have a 2 stage trans jack
with rock & tilt.
It’s a good idea to replace the rear main
seal while your there.
Look!
A nice new trans, but, no mount bracket, no linkage pivot, no linkage
levers, no clutch fork, no clutch fork retaining clip, etc!
Usually a G60/Vr6 flywheel clutch combination
is used to avoid the dual mass flywheel reliability issues. On some cars this results in minor noise you
can hear at idle, especially next to a building or something that bounces the
noise back at you, like in a drive through.
Also some cars end up with a low pedal “catch” that can be corrected by
removing the transmission and shimming the clutch fork pivot out some.
TDC needs to be marked on the flywheel at
this point, it is very difficult to see once the transmission is in the way.
It’s very nice of Volkswagen to make the
clutch pedal assembly “modular” so that it’s easy to changeover to a
manual.
I love doing these conversions, but your
01M can be fixed! Either way, I can
help you solve the problem with your beloved car.
01M to 5 speed conversion cost: $800.00 (you provide parts).