How did you get on melv?
Got exactly same problem on my 2.8

gears been a bit 'crunchy' for a few weeks now, but in the time-honoured fashion I've ignored it, until I got a frantic call from mrs. FOD saying she couldn't get it in reverse in Tesco's carpark, and every time she tried it was inching closer and closer to an expensive looking silver car parked right in front of her ("You know, one of them German one's" she said)
It's not the bulkhead itself, but the mickey mouse plate that VX decided to tack weld to the bulkhead, then bolt the pedal box to (why they couldn't have put the bolts right through the bulkhead, like they did the brake pedal mounts, gawd only knows??!?)
Hope you've got yours sorted (anyone else had this problem? Anyone got a simple solution?

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Regards, FOD