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February 10, 2007, 06:04:01 pm

superman293

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gas to diesel?? how much work?
« on: February 10, 2007, 06:04:01 pm »
I was thinking about buying a 81 rabbit truck with a gaser and swaping itout for a 1.6 diesel, It would seem to me that's it woudln't be much differnt, am i wrong??
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Reply #1February 10, 2007, 07:48:02 pm

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gas to diesel?? how much work?
« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2007, 07:48:02 pm »
It runs on one wire....
With practice, a one day job to have evrything working.

Reply #2February 10, 2007, 08:10:51 pm

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« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2007, 08:10:51 pm »
The hardest part would be retrofitting the glowplug wiring, which if you had a donor car would be quite simple
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Reply #3February 13, 2007, 03:14:29 am

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« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2007, 03:14:29 am »
It can be a fairly simple swap,  I am going to do a Gasser A2 Jetta to TDI-M. I could do it simpler but, I have gotten it in my head to swap over just about every O.E.M. diesel specific part I can including the wiring harness but, the car has a history with me so I wanna do it special.

It can be done very simplly with a 1.6 IDI in an A1 though and pretty quickly.

Some links
http://www.dubnetworks.net/showthread.php?t=457
http://www.vwdieselparts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2189&postdays=0&postorder=asc