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Morning chaps... advice please, the gearlink boot on my mk1 is Moeg!! Bought one a year ago from Goldwagen for my son’s cabby.... now the tell me discontinued and no stock...?!? How now?! Any advise...?Image


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if you managed to find a place selling discontinued VW parts , please advise me as well. i'm looking for a steering rack knuckle boot for my golf mk1 , based in the Eastrand
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Got one for you. Inbox me. Brand new original part. Bought for my 2005 Citi 1.4 and never got round to fitting.
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VW SA still has some. Bought for my 2 door a while back.
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Pieta wrote:Got one for you. Inbox me. Brand new original part. Bought for my 2005 Citi 1.4 and never got round to fitting.
Thanks pall as soon as I get to my PC... please hold it for me...


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EX-DOHCTOR wrote:VW SA still has some. Bought for my 2 door a while back.
I tried in Middelburg Witbank and Lydenburg... must say their enthusiasm said lots also....


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Duncan@96 wrote:if you managed to find a place selling discontinued VW parts , please advise me as well. i'm looking for a steering rack knuckle boot for my golf mk1 , based in the Eastrand
That I got from Goldwagen no problem


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Gts88 wrote: Fri Jan 29, 2021 3:15 pmI tried in Middelburg Witbank and Lydenburg... must say their enthusiasm said lots also....

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I'll try find you the part number, makes it easier for them to find when they don`t have to do any actual work.
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Gts88 wrote: Fri Jan 29, 2021 3:15 pmI tried in Middelburg Witbank and Lydenburg... must say their enthusiasm said lots also....

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I'll try find you the part number, makes it easier for them to find when they don`t have to do any actual work.
Iv got the part number, but the olks told me its discontinued from 2020.... they were not keen to search now old stock for me....

Its 171 711 195c


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Gts88 wrote:
Pieta wrote:Got one for you. Inbox me. Brand new original part. Bought for my 2005 Citi 1.4 and never got round to fitting.
Thanks pall as soon as I get to my PC... please hold it for me...


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Pieta, are you around Sir.... not sure my PM are reaching you?!......


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Big big thanks to Pieta for sorting me with a Rubber Boot!!!!

This is why a community platform like this one adds tremendous value to a Petrolhead’s life.....

Thanks Again.....


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I know a guy who can make the plastic dust cap that goes on the bottom, if you need it.

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EX-DOHCTOR wrote:I know a guy who can make the plastic dust cap that goes on the bottom, if you need it.

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Thanks Doc, ill remember. Mine is still 100d’s and previously I used 8mm tufnol disc and just cut a groove into it on the lathe.....

Does he 3D print them?


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Think he has a mold of the original part and reproduces from that.
2014 - VW Jetta 6 - 1.6 TDi DSG
2000 - VW Golf 3.5 Cabrio - 2.0
1980 - VW MK1 GT - 1.8 Carb - https://www.vwclub.co.za/forum/viewtopi ... 1&t=153861
1971 - Mitsubishi Colt 1100F - https://www.vwclub.co.za/forum/viewtopi ... 1&t=220503
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EX-DOHCTOR wrote:Think he has a mold of the original part and reproduces from that.
Great...... will remember that!!


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