Tom's Nile GTi6

[Toms306]

Just because I know you, I cleaned those dials before I sent them lol

Awww, thanks Matt! I did think they seemed cleaner than normal...its the stalks that are the worst usually though...good few mm of skin on those these days, don't understand how people don't notice lol!

I'm going to do the clutch soon on mine as the girlfriend will complain it's too heavy.

Is it very similar to doing the clutch on the HDI except it being a pull clutch?

Your car almost seems as bad as my estate when I got that, so many bodges from previous owners.

Well its similar in that its in the same place, but tbh other than that there are quite a few things different.

Firstly the airbox is in a rubbish location so you need to remove the NS arch liner to get to it and usually struggle with the rusted nuts.

There is an extra bolt on the 'box through the sump that I missed first time.

Wiring can't be fully removed due to the individual coil packs so that's kind of in the way.

The 'box is a lot heavier than the 5 speed, I've lifted several 5 speed 'boxes in myself but there's no chance with the 6 speed! It's also more awkward to manoeuvre.

You need to remove the clutch arm from the fork before removing the 'box. And line up the clutch fork with the new release bearing - again a pain on your own.

The good thing with the '6 though is there seems to be more access to everything, not really sure why but gear linkages and plugs etc all seem easier to reach.


The worst part about the bodges on this are that it's been done by a garage, who charged a lot for breaking things! I do feel sorry for whoever paid for it to be done tbh (it wasn't the guy I bought it from). But this is also why I don't like 306s, the amount of bodges and broken bits, and the more I dig, the more I seem to find!