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Engine Specific Info and Questions => Diesel Swaps => Topic started by: SpaceJanitor on March 12, 2015, 08:08:37 pm
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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.
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When life was good:
(http://i.imgur.com/iHUV7Ixl.jpg)
Then, disaster struck:
(http://i.imgur.com/BEQ9HJVl.jpg)
that cant be good:
(http://i.imgur.com/klInGVhl.jpg)
well ***:
(http://i.imgur.com/O92FCuPl.jpg)
well thats trashed, if you notice, the other valves got touched as well:
(http://i.imgur.com/mh0cPE9l.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/nSwoZPWl.jpg)
1998 Jetta donor car:
(http://i.imgur.com/6SQPqo5l.jpg)
engine about ready to come out:
(http://i.imgur.com/e81lyK0l.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/4QepTNLl.jpg)
this is going to have to get cut:
(http://i.imgur.com/lhVPoJil.jpg)
wiring mess of old AHU, and even older original wiring:
(http://i.imgur.com/HeLb3lzl.jpg)
new mounts, brought to you by tech-53:
(http://i.imgur.com/xOoO18Bl.jpg)
she's out:
(http://i.imgur.com/m2SbbSSl.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/NKfsOZul.jpg)
ah yea, there was my problem:
(http://i.imgur.com/BweQTB2l.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/Yj3AldVl.jpg)
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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.
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The work continues!
(http://i.imgur.com/Kc86L7Fl.jpg) (http://imgur.com/Kc86L7F)
freshly pressure washed:
(http://i.imgur.com/BEK4lxEl.jpg) (http://imgur.com/BEK4lxE)
let the notching begin, it still needs to be sanded, some spots filled in and then painted.
(http://i.imgur.com/nGfIaITl.jpg) (http://imgur.com/nGfIaIT)
(http://i.imgur.com/CORFJ4jl.jpg) (http://imgur.com/CORFJ4j)
Now comes the fun and long part, wires, wires, and more wires.
(http://i.imgur.com/mlt3Qv5l.jpg) (http://imgur.com/mlt3Qv5)
(http://i.imgur.com/xGSUtJCl.jpg) (http://imgur.com/xGSUtJC)
(http://i.imgur.com/kpcnsBkl.jpg) (http://imgur.com/kpcnsBk)
(http://i.imgur.com/COnpGYZl.jpg) (http://imgur.com/COnpGYZ)
(http://i.imgur.com/B5wi6W9l.jpg) (http://imgur.com/B5wi6W9)
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Awesome. Good luck.
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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
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lots of work done over the weekend, pics to come. Also, figured out how to mount the MK3 stalks on my MK1 steering column.