1979 Rabbit AHU unswap, then re-swap

[SpaceJanitor]

So,

last year I bought a 79 rabbit with what I call a half swap 1.9L TDI AHU. This swap was done very well, but it used all the 79 V belt accessories, the 020 tranny and the wiring was done in the piggy back method.

Life was great, even when i got the A/C system working in this Florida heat. Then timing skiped a tooth when driving to work, exhaust valve smacked a piston, destroyed itself, the head, piston and slightly bent the connecting rod.

I bought a 1998 Jetta TDI car with 10k on the newly rebuilt AHU engine, now its time to do a full swap my way.

Goals
remove AHU/020 from Rabbit - DONE
remove AHU/02A from Jetta - working on this
remove all wiring needed from Jetta - working on this
020 5 speed removed and packed for shipping - sale pending
new linkages removed and packed with the 020 -
engine bay pressure washed -
manual steering removed -
power steering rack installed -
remove the old wiring -
install full OBD2 wiring, merge were necessary -
merge Jetta gauge cluster into Rabbit dash -
notch cross member for serpentine system fitting -
other *** im forgeting - added as necessary -

3/21
This weekend was spent removing all the wiring from the Jetta, mostly uncut and then starting on the rabbit.

[SpaceJanitor]

When life was good:


Then, disaster struck:


that cant be good:


well ***:


well thats trashed, if you notice, the other valves got touched as well:



1998 Jetta donor car:


engine about ready to come out:



this is going to have to get cut:


wiring mess of old AHU, and even older original wiring:


new mounts, brought to you by tech-53:


she's out:



ah yea, there was my problem:

[Smoker]

I've done a few of the piggyback swaps.  My next one is a car I plan on keeping for a while, and I'm contemplating both swapping the whole car over to CE2, and also notching the rad support to clear an a/c compressor.  I'll be keeping an eye on this.

[SpaceJanitor]

The work continues!



freshly pressure washed:


let the notching begin, it still needs to be sanded, some spots filled in and then painted.



Now comes the fun and long part, wires, wires, and more wires.

[otheraaron42]

Awesome. Good luck.

[air-cooled or diesel]

looks like fun; well some at least, when you get the wiring right most other things fall into place and work right, its when you have a prob in the wiring your running that can be a headache. goodluck

[SpaceJanitor]

lots of work done over the weekend, pics to come. Also, figured out how to mount the MK3 stalks on my MK1 steering column.