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BOUGHT a '83 turbo jetta for parts...
by
79rabbit4dr
on 08 Mar, 2011 15:57
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#1
by
Quantum TD
on 08 Mar, 2011 18:59
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Any end-end play is usually bad. Axial play of less than a mm is usually ok.
Libbybapa has a post with a pic of the play. Not sure where it is. Try the search function.
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#2
by
79rabbit4dr
on 09 Mar, 2011 01:13
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Any end-end play is usually bad. Axial play of less than a mm is usually ok.
Libbybapa has a post with a pic of the play. Not sure where it is. Try the search function.
Thanks! I searched and searched for turbo end play etc, but never with Libbybapa's name to narrow the search, only took a couple clicks from there... as long as THIS is the one you were referencing
http://www.vwdiesel.net/forum/index.php?topic=21899.0
Thanks again!
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#3
by
R.O.R-2.0
on 09 Mar, 2011 13:21
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yea, thats his video..
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#4
by
79rabbit4dr
on 26 Mar, 2011 23:13
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I bought the car, $350 (more than I wanted but hopefully worth it).
1983 2door Jetta Turbo Diesel. Been sitting in a barn for 8 years. Story goes they parked it because it was blowing coolant hoses off. According to some of my classmates who were "diagnosing" it in their Alternate Fuels class, the rings are bad and the head is cracked really bad (I've confirmed the head as it is currently off).
IP looks really clean on the outside,
Turbo is tight, sprayed it down with PB blast hoping to free it up a bit, we'll see if that helps.
Manifolds look good.
What is the "checklist" (if you will) of differences between the NA's and TD's?
Intake manifold
Exhaust manifold
Turbo
Oil feed and return lines
Injection Pump
Injectors
Hard lines?
Head?
Cam?
Block?
Pistons?
Rods?
Crank?
Pulleys?
I'm trying to decide if I should swap the turbo parts (manifolds, IP, lines, injectors) onto my current long block, OR, take my time and completely rebuild the turbo engine and THEN swap it all in as a whole. Either way, is there a post or list of engine parts that are different/the same from the NA's to TD's?
Pix to come very soon.
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#5
by
Quantum TD
on 27 Mar, 2011 00:49
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Do both. Put the turbo stuff on your current block, and run it. In the meantime, build the TD block.
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#6
by
mystery3
on 27 Mar, 2011 01:45
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Is there any major body damage? If not that shell is worth much more than $350.
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#7
by
bajacalal
on 27 Mar, 2011 02:49
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To answer your last question:
- hard lines are different, specifically 1 and 2, I think 3 and 4 are the same but 1 and 2 have to be different, to clear the injection pump boost compensator thingy
-head, at least with all the stuff on it is different, I think, I don't believe the bare head is though
-factory turbo blocks had oil squirters for the pistons
-pistons are different
-iirc the lower rotating parts are the same as are the pulleys, but I'm not 100% sure
I would definitely use the whole turbo engine, rather than piece together a turbo conversion, I think you end up with a more reliable engine that way though plenty of people have stuck turbos on n/a cars.
Small cracks between the valves on these motors are not uncommon and if they are not very wide, aren't really a problem.
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#8
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mystery3
on 27 Mar, 2011 03:07
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Small cracks between the valves on these motors are not uncommon and if they are not very wide, aren't really a problem.
Make sure to have the head pressure tested, sometimes small cracks between the valves that look totally normal or are within "spec" can leak big time.
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#9
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nathan_b
on 27 Mar, 2011 03:09
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I am sure you could make some money or trade someone that mk1 coupe for a nice condition 1.6td....
don't cut up a coupe,,,
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#10
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Rabbit79
on 27 Mar, 2011 04:49
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Any chance you'll be parting out what you don't use on your caddy? Those seats look to be in pretty good shape and mine on the old Rabbit are falling apart, so I could use some newer ones (if they'd fit).
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#11
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theman53
on 27 Mar, 2011 10:17
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That Jetta....does it have the small bumper turns that would go into MK2. Like the ones in my MK2 in the which bumper do I have thread in the troubleshooting section.
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#12
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RabbitJockey
on 27 Mar, 2011 12:04
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man i think i'd rather put that jetta back together and keep looking for another engine for the truck, its a 2 door factory turbo diesels, i've only ever heard of one other one
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#13
by
RabbitJockey
on 27 Mar, 2011 12:06
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oh man and its a factory non ac car with a shift light... you gotta put it back together that thing would be hot
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#14
by
RabbitJockey
on 27 Mar, 2011 12:11
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i'm really sitting here freaking out to the thought u want to use the parts from a mk1 jetta coupe factory turbo diesels to make a caddy a turbo diesel, but then i again i hate caddys because they all rust away... really you gotta fix up that coupe