so i have a mk1 coupe td, and i'd like to drive it

[RabbitJockey]

well, probably three years ago i cracked the head on my jetta, i thought it was just a hg so i went ahead and got it painted before fixing the engine.  that turned into a fiasco the guy had it for a year and a half or 2 years, did a half assed job, destroyed some stuff and lost some stuff.  but i was younger and had no nuts so i got shat on, it happens.  anyways i got the car back from him, put a new wiring harness in and a brand new fuse panel.  I got into my new garage in june 09 and pulled the head so i could stick a hg on, and there was a big crack in the head at cyl 3 going from the prechamber to the valve, it was quite disappointing.  



after that i didn't really do anything with it, only cause i had alot of stuff changing for me, i got a gf and moved out and all my car time went to my dd rabbit and gfs pos mini.  then her minis trans died and cost 9k to fix at the dealer, so its still sitting today.  no one rebuilds the mini cvt trans and a refurb is 4-6 grand itself, her warranty was up so shes stuck making payments, and paying full insurance until we can get it traded it or something.  so i bought her a 90 cabby and then that started taking up some of my time.


My brother bought a house with a 4 car garage and my jettas up there now.  i am in the middle of buying a house(i settle the 18th) and i really wanna drive my jetta this summer and take it to atleast one car show.  Its a busy time for me but i'm tired of having a car i can't drive and just doing nothing with it.

 

So far i measured the bores, i forget the numbers but they're with in spec, and actually this engine is already bored .020 over.  i checked the ring gap in cylinder 3 and it was .030.  so now i am in need of atleast a rering (bearings and everything else look great) but i have another block i bought of tyler a long time ago, and also a 1.9 head to go with it.  this block also has good bores and i want to go over it and do a total rebuild and repaint it.  but i dunno if i should just put my old engine back together or build the totally new one, or just take my new engine and head to a machine shop and have them put it all together for me.  if i do my new engine i'll get the aaz ported and do upgraded hardware through out.

i started cleaning the new engine up, pretending to know what i am doing haha.

[RabbitJockey]

i'm torn for what to do which is probably why i am still not driving it.  i'd love to do it myself as much as possible, i just never did this stuff before, and it's not that i am a dumb ass or anything, just have no experiece here to know what is really ok and what isn't.

[truckinwagen]

do the rebuild yourself, it is not that hard, and will do nothing but good for you personally.

and you need to post a pic of the hood ornament in the background of the last pic.

-Owen

[RabbitJockey]

haha it's funny every time i post a pic with my rabbit in it someone wants to see that.  it's not bunny ears so i hope u won't be disapointed

[8v-of-fury]

Sorry just a quick sidetrack, but the 1.6D on the back of the block, have i read somewhere this determines a 12mm block? or am I smoking something? Cars look good, i wish you luck. sorry for hijack

[burn_your_money]

Slap the AAZ head on it and drive it for the summer while you rebuild the block I sold you. Then over the winter do the old switcharoo. I'm assuming you will be using head studs so you will only be out a headgasket and fluids.

[RabbitJockey]

Sorry just a quick sidetrack, but the 1.6D on the back of the block, have i read somewhere this determines a 12mm block? or am I smoking something? Cars look good, i wish you luck. sorry for hijack

i think when it says 1.6d is indefinitely a 12mm block, and when it says 16d it can be either or, its not really that hard to tell either way tho you can just check the crank sprocket bolt size if its 17mm its an 11mm engine if its 19mm its a 12mm.  ok i remember figuring mos tof this out a while ago i actually posted it on here, if it says 16d it can be 12mm or 11mm, it says 1.6d is defintely a 12mm can even be a hydro block, or a td block.

[RabbitJockey]

Slap the AAZ head on it and drive it for the summer while you rebuild the block I sold you. Then over the winter do the old switcharoo. I'm assuming you will be using head studs so you will only be out a headgasket and fluids.

  the block in the car is solid lifter and i have a super nice solid lifter td head with no cracks between the valves i'll probably sit on if i rering it.  the head may need a valve job tho.

[RabbitJockey]

ok i will check that, i think i'll be alright tho because it was a pretty fresh engine before i destroyed it

[rabbitman]

its not really that hard to tell either way tho you can just check the crank sprocket bolt size if its 17mm its an 11mm engine if its 19mm its a 12mm.

Mine has a 17mm crank bolt and 12mm headbolts.

[8v-of-fury]

Mine has a 17mm crank bolt and 12mm headbolts.

factory?

[2mAn]

glad to see this thing is getting worked on again

[lovinthedeez]

Mine has a 17mm crank bolt and 12mm headbolts.

mine too

[RabbitJockey]

glad to see this thing is getting worked on again

i'm trying haha

[RabbitJockey]

dropped the rods off at the machine shop, getting arp bolts put in, big ends checked and resized if they need it, and also polished and balanced while they're in there.  woot woot