'79 Rabbit L TDI

[drrtybyl]

my ghetto welded downpipe

[Rabbit on Roids]

the d/p is temporary right? that flex section is grossly restrictive, it goes down to around 1" in places.

[drrtybyl]

the d/p is temporary right? that flex section is grossly restrictive, it goes down to around 1" in places.

Ya... My goal at this point is just to get the car drivable.

[dbk]

put some fuel in a bottle and run a line from it directly to the pump and try that. it's easy to do and will eliminate your fuel supply system. crack your injector lines while it's running and see if the cylinders drop out if they are all firing your black and white smoke is probably injection timing   

[drrtybyl]

prothe door handle fail:

At least my old handle was in decent shape and I was able to slug in the new lock. Hey, $15 for new chrome inserts and a matching set of locks still isn't a bad deal.

Let the carnage begin!

[Rabbit on Roids]

seeing that last pic, i would run far, far away from that mess of medusa...

[drrtybyl]

So I was able to get everything organized and tagged - and it's all ready to go into the car, but now I'm seriously considering going mTDI instead.  I'm liking the idea of mTDI because:
-Cluster swap is extra work/fab. The mTDI setup wouldn't have a tach, but the speedo would still work, and there are aftermarket tachs a plenty.  Swapping to the TDI cluster means getting a unit to convert speedometer output from my dinky old 5sp
-No pedal swap/throttle cable removal
-Lots of work left to port the fuse box into th car

I'm thinking I'll go ahead and continue with the electronics transplant -- going back is always possible.


Going to use the one on the right or the stock TDI IC.  The Volvo IC isn't going to fit without serious core support/panel cutting.

[drrtybyl]

13 years: time for some updates  Thanks for keeping the forum alive- it's a great resource for these cars.

[fatmobile]

He's baaack Ha ha,
 How's it running?

[ORCoaster]

Hopefully he doesn't post one of those pictures where the car is abandoned and the windows are broken out and the entire interior is trashed and one big happy mold factory. 

Although he could slap a sign on it that says Ran when Parked, 7,000 dollars.

[oblique]

Bump. would like to see it as well.

[RabbitJockey]

hell yeah lets see another mtdi on the road.