Whole lot of cleanup as much as anything else. Sealed the block up, sealed the trans up, new clutch(again, and not sachs).
Spherical rod ends and Teflon bushings for the shift linkage, and a weighted rod.
1Y intake, new downpipe for the dual outlet mani is in the works. That cast iron elbow is silly.
A1 TD intake box, moved the fuel filter to the only place left that isn't below the pump level.
Some poly stuff, k-bar and upper brace, sway bar.
Made the stupid AC belt adjustable like a grown-up bracket.
Lot of re-wiring because I'm picky.
New hoses and water pump and such all-around.
Lots of paint. Cheapass-protip, industrial black spraypaint after baking
in a toaster oven really is more durable than regular rattlecan stuff.
Found a factory oil cooler water hose that fits the tallblock off some TDI.
Bunch of other little things. It really
is the little things.
That take forever.
Like that new coolant hardpipe. I can't imagine how long it took
installing, removing, heating, bending, cooling, installing, marking, removing,
heating, bending, installing, etc, etc, etc, to get it to fit right.
Then I had to paint, and heat cure, the sections that the finish was mucked up on.
Nothing on the outside of the motor is stock, and it all kinda-fits since it's a VW, but
none of it really falls in place. And the hardware. The wire brushing the hardware.
I hate dirty motors. I chose not to bust the AC system open this time so the compressor
isn't very clean, but I don't have to touch it too often.
But it's starting to look reasonably orderly and correct.