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Flywheel cover plate - open area

Hi ,

I've reassembled my engine and attached it to the gearbox. There's a small uncovered gap left in the flywheel cover plate attached to the engine just at the back behind where the drivers side driveshaft exits the gearbox. I assume this is put on afterwards to allow the driveshaft flange to slide past the cover plate when mating or splitting the engine and gearbox. (Pictured here)

https://photos.app.goo.gl/RcgR2rkCB1vi7F6Y7

I dismantled the engine myself originally but cant remember  taking a cover off, and cant find anything in my bits and peices - labelled or unlabelled - that looks like it fits this gap.

I asked Matthew Palmer if he had a plate and he has sent me one that looks close to whats needed (pictured), but doesnt look like its the right one.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/9EimyxvPnehcLhne7

I think i need a plate with two bolt holes, but I'm not sure. Maybe I've just done it all in the wrong order and I need to split them again.
Can anyone please advise me?

Thank you in advance.

Eddie
16V GTI under restoration
Learning a lot  as I go along

Re: Flywheel cover plate - open area

Reply #1 –
That's the right part you have got.
Think you have it upside down from memory.

Re: Flywheel cover plate - open area

Reply #2 –
thanks. Has anyone got a picture or diagram of it in place, please?  Or maybe a part number? I cant read it on mine.
16V GTI under restoration
Learning a lot  as I go along

Re: Flywheel cover plate - open area

Reply #4 –
Thanks so much Eddypeck.  Sorry to be a bore.
These diagrams show in great detail a KR engine with a split two-piece  flywheel cover plate (45 and 45A), (plus this small extra cover plate for the prop shaft gap - 49).
http://www.oemepc.com/vw/part_single/catalog/vw/markt/RDW/modell/GO/year/1991/drive_standart/110/hg_ug/103/subcategory/3002/part_id/3685688/lang/e#sec_29
But my engine has a slightly different one-piece plate. Pictured when dismantling.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/a8EYCZsvS67r1Lor8
 I wonder if mine has a smaller gap, or a different design. Does anyone else recognise this end-plate design? 
Like I said, I don't remember taking a small plate off around the shaft output  (but I guess my memory isn't infallible evidence!)

I think I might have to pull the gearbox back off to find out if there's another way or something i've missed.  Ah well, i'll maybe get better each time!

16V GTI under restoration
Learning a lot  as I go along

Re: Flywheel cover plate - open area

Reply #5 –
Just to clarify what is your engine and gearbox codes.
The plate goes on after gearbox

Re: Flywheel cover plate - open area

Reply #6 –
Quote from: EJYT on

I think I might have to pull the gearbox back off to find out if there's another way or something i've missed.  Ah well, i'll maybe get better each time!


Don't worry, my old GTI Engineering had a habit of blowing gearboxes. By the 3rd box in as many months I think I'd got it down to a fine art of about 45 mins start to finish; front end strip down, drop engine, box out, box in and drive away!  :))

Re: Flywheel cover plate - open area

Reply #7 –
even easier, mines resting on a pallet!

https://photos.app.goo.gl/ffHKyy5MgfARWVgk8

but im damned if i can work out from the photos what the problem might be.  Anyone else got a one-piece flywheel cover plate  like this? How is the last gap covered behind the driveshaft flanges? 

https://photos.app.goo.gl/9VSGdiXFxS67xWsCA



16V GTI under restoration
Learning a lot  as I go along
 

Re: Flywheel cover plate - open area

Reply #8 –
Hi All,

I'm still wracking my brains how to make this plate cover fit.  Eddypeck, your  diagrams were very informative, except that I couldnt find my one-piece plate cover. Its a KR engine and a 020 gearbox for a 16v.  I think im going to have to split them to find the part number of my plate, and maybe make up a plate to cover the last hole.   Puzzling.
16V GTI under restoration
Learning a lot  as I go along