hello transplating an engine and gearbox from a 87 polo into my brothers 83 mk1 golf, golf is 4 speed and polo is 5 speed. all other engine mounts apart from the nearside front gearbox mount have been swapped over as the golf fits with three studs onto the 084 gearbox and the polo fits with two bolts similar to an 020 gearbox. we have tried a gearbox mount from a scirroco but it doesn't fit, what can we do? trd
can you get a mk1 golf 1.3 five speed box? anyway why would it be different? oh and the engine and gearbox have only done 40k
1.3 golf box is the same.... 085 They didnt issue the mk1 chassis with the 085 'box to the best of my knowledge so you cant get the mount (unless summat wierd like a mk1 scirocco 1.3 had a five speed?) Your best bet is to have one made or make a jig your self and weld it up. I ran mine without a mount as I am lazy but I figured it had a front mount, a back mount and a mount on the alternator end so it might last a while before it shit the box on the floor.... (it was fine BTW) Edited by: jake
mk1 golf 1.1 & 1.3 were never available with a 5 speed box from the factory so you will have to make a mount from scratch this mount holds the engine & box weight the back & front are only there to stop it rocking so dont drive with out it or the engine will soon be on the floor and will twist you engine mounts on the body shell
ah sorry i thought it was like a GTI shell having the right mounts in the right place, you'll have to fab one up yourself to install it, the only mk1 5 speed would be GTi but this still wouldn't help you out,
its only the mount at the alternator end thats different on the small engine cars, the rest are fine.
i'm puttin a polo GT engine and box in my golf - i chopped the polo mount and the origional mount in half today with an angle grinder, takin them home tomorrow to tidy them up and do a trial fit and bolt them together in the right position. then i'll get my mate to weld them together, will post pics in a couple of days mike
sorry, totally forgot about this post - just took some pics now, thats the golf 4-speed mount chopped up a bit (i need to take some more off it actually) the polo 5-speed mount .....chopped up a bit thats the kind of thing i want to end up with, need to chop more off the golf mount, and get my mate to weld them together, very busy at the moment so it wont be a while probably mike
ive done what mickey c done, welded the two mounts together. it worked fine, and is still in use now. it was for the same conversion too
may sound a fool here but wont a mk1 gti mount do? they look more like the polo mount(box end) than the mk1 4 speed mount its 4 inches from bolt hole center to bolt hole center. not sure on depth,maybe thats where your problems are? Edited by: riley
i thought that, from pics i thought the gti mount would fit, i bought one and it definately doesn't. the block on a gti is wider, so the gearbox is further over, if you look at this mount and comare it with a gti one - where it mounts on the 'box is more in line with the big bolt through the bush on a gti, where as with the 1.3 its offset quite a way
Which linkage would you use for a Polo GT 'box? Any modifications to the rod/gearshift lever for said 'box?
I used the same linkage as the golf driver, I used the little joint bit from a polo as it was in better nick than the early 80s golf one.
i used a combination of the polo and golf bits for the shift mechanism they are very similar anyway. the actual gate is the hardest - the golf one isn't wide enough for the 5th gear, but the polo one is just plastic as the tub thing mounts from underneath the car rather than from inside (or something like that!) mike
