The old blue rebuild (1983 1.6 TD)

[GEE-BEE]

get the adapter ( oil) from McNally, screws into the oil filter housing

oil psi/ oil temp

I have 1/4 firejacket for you egt wire if you need it

I spent top dollar on my build and I want the best gauges for my readout

Mcnally is aircraft type, backlit with a button that shows max temp/and boost

GB

[87vr6]

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Its the only 83 TD that i know about in our state.
Probly at least a couple few others somewhere out here, but they are scarce. Only know of one 84 TD.

There's bill and Jess's 84 TD, my buddy in wilmington has a caddy TD, another buddy in wilmy has an ECOdiesel, so kinda a 1.6td. And my newly acquired 82 will be a TD eventually.

[dankcorey22]

get the adapter ( oil) from McNally, screws into the oil filter housing

oil psi/ oil temp

I have 1/4 firejacket for you egt wire if you need it

I spent top dollar on my build and I want the best gauges for my readout

Mcnally is aircraft type, backlit with a button that shows max temp/and boost

GB

hi GB ill look at the adapter from mcnallys, Whats the firejacket do for the EGT probe? Wont it be ok like it is? I dont have one on my ALH.

I have a combo boost/EGT gauge from mcnallys for my ALH, but this car is a budget car only no expensive parts unless necessary

Corey

[GEE-BEE]

It just protects the wire from the turbo, its what I make for the aircraft industry

search Firesleeve or firejacket

aircraftspruce.com

I just started making it in blue, looks like a new 997C4s ( Porsche cabroliet  All wheel drive ) if the product takes off

Gee-Bee

[dankcorey22]

Finally got the timing gear bolt off...


And everything else.








heres the bolt before i had to beat the crap outta it

[Smokey Eddy]

That bolt can be a tough explitive to get out. looks like you're progress is coming along swimmingly. Get that thing cleaned up and shiny! it's in excellent shape - no rust!

[dankcorey22]

Thats right its at the machine shop right now. i hope they press thos tough intermediate shaft bearings in, if not ill have to figure up a way to press them in

[Rabbit on Roids]

theres a way to do it yourself, and its outlined in the faq section..

[dankcorey22]

ah i see thats a pain in the ass i hope the machine shop just puts 2 bearings in there

[Baron VonZeppelin]

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Its the only 83 TD that i know about in our state.
Probly at least a couple few others somewhere out here, but they are scarce. Only know of one 84 TD.

There's bill and Jess's 84 TD, my buddy in wilmington has a caddy TD, another buddy in wilmy has an ECOdiesel, so kinda a 1.6td. And my newly acquired 82 will be a TD eventually.

Mr.& Mrs.Wolfsburged's 84 TDGL is the one i was refering to.  
Factory Mk1 TD's are few and far between in these parts.
UltraUltraRare
Heck, 85-86 TD's are very scarce items too, around NC.

I just got back last night from a trip to Tylertown/Gilesville Canada in my 81 TDTruck (that Bill located) and brought back a complete running 85 TD engine/tranny and a hydra TD longblock/TD inj.pump.

The guy i bought my white 85 TDGL (that Jess located) from last year, has a white 92 ECO car he couldn't get to run. I think $400-500 would buy that ECO car.

A local good friend of mine drives a kinda beat up gold 85 TDGL daily (i found this one), with working ice cold A/C and an excellent drivetrain. He just bought a nice identical colored 86 GL Gasser non-running, for parts.
So after some body panel swaps and interior swap, it should be a pretty good looking car again.

[Baron VonZeppelin]

... Todd - I still need to see these trucks of yours!

The 81 Truck has come a LONG way from its as-bought condition.
It was a great candidate, and have no regrets.
The biggest cosmetic issue was the passenger side quarter panel (you might remember). The entire passenger rear wheel was exposed, it was knocked in so hard/far. Got that pulled with hydraulics just in time for the Canadian journey. It came out rather well - no bondo work on it yet - just the metal work.

Now the whole passenger side is semi-black, along with the hood.
Driver side and tailgate are factory gold.
So its an Appalachian State two-tone jobby.

Was able to get about 500 test miles on it before going to Canada.
Then about 1700 miles on that expedition.
Probably about 1500 pounds (500 pound factory limit) of campershell bedliner tools cargo and engine misc packed into it coming back over those crazy azz W.Virg and Virg mountains.
The HD rear suspension did its job completely.

Truck has now received all its merit badges and gold star awards after completing that Extreme Tour of Duty.
Will keep it forever.

The 82 Truck - done nothing with it yet.
Except robbed its rear HD step-bumper to swap onto the 81.

Pardon the interruption.
Now back to the regularly scheduled program ....

[dankcorey22]

Bad News guys the machine shop called me today and told me the head is cracked between all the valve seats the head is wrecked 

So im going to have to find a good used one, how much does one cost for a 1.6 TD CY?

Does anyone know if i can put a natural asprated head on my engine?

[Baron VonZeppelin]

Bad News guys the machine shop called me today and told me the head is cracked between all the valve seats the head is wrecked 

Perfectly NORMAL for an older IDI, in most all cases.
If a dime will not fit in the cracks ... its good for another build.
Try and go get some pix if possible and post them.
They usually grind and dress the cracks, and proceed as normal.

You aren't using a diesel oriented shop, just one that will try to do diesel parts and gladly accept your money. Most shops are hurting for any and all business they can get. And will try to work with anything they can get in through the door.

You can use an NA 12mm mechanical head - if it comes to that.
You'd want to install your TD valves into the NA head for best result.
99.5 % of any used IDI head you find will also have cracks between the valves.

[theman53]

Yeah I wouldn't worry too much until they fit that dime. Air cooled engines plus did my head for under 500 shipped and used all stainless under cut swirl polished valves. I told him to weld the cracks and machine it and he laughed at me. Said he has seen cracks almost 5mm and ran for 100,000 miles no problem...I went his way, it was cheaper

[wolf_walker]

I would not have a shop that isn't aware of this issue with the cracks doing machine work on a VW diesel, unless they are really very, very, very verifiabliy good.  Unfortunately that does not leave you a lot of choice in machines shops.