Started swap saturday at noon with bounding ambition and a pocket full of dreams. 12 hours later and zero beers I was about "fit to be tied" but only had to install battery and intake then was going to be finished finally! Then Dave hopped in car to test clutch after I fitted the slave cylinder in and he tells me "there's no clutch... S**t went straight to floor" after pumping a few times I hear a pissing sound and find that the slave piston shot out of boot and was spraying brake fluid down intake manifold. I went home then. Today after putting it off I began diagnosing problems and found I knocked slave off piston seat when installing it and nothing was actually wrong. Fabbed that bish back together and dropped car off lift and went for ride. 12 hours, a blown front motor mount, two seized/hacked off sway end links, and one rusted bolt later I was driving on i69 in 6th turning about 3k at 70 mph, grinning from ear to ear. Grinning until I pulled back into the garage and tried to reverse slightly because I pulled too far forward in my joyous state. So now I would love insight on what it is exactly I must "notch" to make a space for reverse in my car. Please help me finish this project up. Thanks.
Cliff NOTES:
Type s tranny into ep3 complete
Need recommendations on end links for progress front sway
No reverse
Need info how to make spot for reverse gear so I may resume backin into spots
Need recommendations on replacement front mount/inserts that don't vibrate excessively
Need recommendations on good replacement/performance (if applicable) ball joints