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B3 wagon, getting a tdi this week

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thegimpster:
I have been buying some cars off of another shop who is looking to clear out some space. I bought a mk1 jetta coupe, a jetta ecodiesel, and yesterday I picked up a clean 91 B3 Passat wagon 16v auto for like 500. I towed it home yesterday with my mk3 tdi jetta.  We started pulling it apart at 10 or so and by 2 the motor was out, dash was out, wiring was pulled, and more was done. That included lunch too. I've got to get the shifter box out and the pedal cluster and axles and i'm ready to go in with the TDI stuff out of a wrecked b4 I bought for 800 a while back to put in my mk2 jetta coupe that has been at the body shop for like 5 months now. Hopefully I can get the tdi out tomorrow and all of the stuff pulled out of it. I'd like to have it done by Saturday but I expect with other stuff going on in the shop it will be sometime next week when its done.

Drove Ben's Passat today too and it was fun. now i'm looking forward to mine more. Need to get a black leather interior for it but that's not a big deal. Need to get a trailer hitch first.

CRSMP5:
if your rear bumper is white with no damage stop... someone cut huge ugly hole in mine.. for a improperly mounted hitch.. but how id redesign it will pul cars cross country and make use of ugly hole.. told ben when he ready to do his we would swap covers and build him the best i know so it out of way when not in use... aka hidden receiver..

refoam heater box with new heatercore too.. id use the b4 box so the r134 stuff converts over...

b4 rad/front mount system... b4 ic stuff direct fit..

main subframe... tdi different themm b3.. 3bolt vs 1 bolt rear  mount... also steering racks different too.... so make sure you note what pieces you use..

thegimpster:
my car is like a faded blueish silver color, not white. Sorry. We talked a little about your bumper hitch design, i like it and wouldn't mind one. I planned on refoaming the heater core while i was in there. I vacuumed all of the foam out from underneath the dash with the shop vac while i was in there. Just sucked it all off the wiring harnesses while it was still attached.

On the A/C im going to play it by ear. I sold ben one of my compressor hoses off of the b4 a while back because he needed it. I may keep the r12 stuff because the system is fully charged and i have an r12 machine at the shop with a full tank. it just depends on if i can mount the compressor to the tdi block and swap to a serpentine clutch on it. If not its custom lines or change a lot of stuff out to use all of the r134a stuff.

I haven't dropped the subframe yet because i still need to roll the car around some to get the b4 up on the lift and i have an e30 to work on friday.

CRSMP5:
you can use mk1, mk2 diesel with air ac/alt set ups.. but you cannot mix match r12 and r134 pieces.. aka brackets, clutches so on..

sux you sold that... but with heater box out.. thats the hardest part of the swap...

if your doing serpiteen belt.. it is r134 conversion.. with box out.. its just swap boxes.. then 2 hardlies round strut cake w engine out.. ac and rad out for room.. i mean.. really do the r134 swap as you got all but 1 of the lines...

thegimpster:
I guess i could bribe him to sell me his hoses back since his ac doesnt work. I don't have a problem swapping over to a v belt setup, i've used em for years. Thats what my mtdi caddy has one it, but its just a single belt because its non ps, non ac.

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