missing gearbox plug/cap??

Hi
Just wondering if anybody can tell whats meant to be here (see picture)



is it still safe to drive like that?
thanks
mick

There should be a plastic cap there, with a removeable centre part. It's used by the VW dealer, who would have pulled up the centre bit to insert a VAG gadget to check the timing on the flywheel.

It doesn't give access to the innards of the gearbox, just the clutch.

You don't need to worry about it not being there, except in the following scenarios:

You might drop enough oily fluids in there (during servicing, by mistake) to ruin the clutch.

In a one-in-a-million fluke, a stone (loose-chipping kind) might be flicked into the hole and cause damage to the clutch, etc.

You decide if you think it's worth going to the breakers to get one off any mid-eighties VW gearbox…

Think i may have a spare one, let me check, yours for the postage

Hi
thanks for that, best to just get it replaced then ASAP last thing i need is a knacked gearbox.
thanks
mick