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For Sale/Looking For => Parts for Sale/Wanted => Topic started by: bbob203 on August 09, 2012, 07:55:39 am
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looking to buy one soon. location of vehicle is no obstacle as long as you live within a few hours of an airport in the us or canada.
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I've only ever seen sedan B3s here. Did VW sell B3 AAZ wagons here?
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i has one... but i made mine... 1.6td... 020 even shoehorned in.... but not for sale...
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im not aware of VW sending any to this side of the pond..
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i has one... but i made mine... 1.6td... 020 even shoehorned in.... but not for sale...
I may end up going this route. did you have to make any custom mounts? Im hoping to find something canadian maybe. could I check yours out sometime when I'm visiting my folks in akron?
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i 2nd exit in on i80... u drive right by..
020..... yes sort of... frame rail has to be cut.. 020 longer then 02a.. just bottom of it, half a inch.. shifter mount on rack... the shift tube nuuts cut, a z sorta shape piece made and splice tube back together, the shifter it taller and further back on a b3 vs mk2 so gotta get the rod lined up better..
mk2 pedals fit.. needs hammer mod where colum goes thru.. one spot is a tad tight..
tank.. supposedly a b4 tdi WAGON float fits.. mk3 different.. never work... and sedan no work... else you gotta cut off the pump tube crap and make a solid tube up.. i used nylon line with clamps.. tank holds more then 20 gal.. ive done 21 a couple times...
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bumped a thread in idi section pertaining to this topic.
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so find any wagons on vortex? took me 35 hours over a 2 day weekend to take gas crap out, strip my sedan i had all the td stuff in (built that in 02, ran it for 4 years till i put it in wagon).. install diesel stuff in to wagon...
take a 4 day weekend off.. bring all stuff here and we get ya done up real quick... that was by myself.. i know required tricks.. got tig if your doing intercooler/stainless exhausst...
so something to think abt...
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so find any wagons on vortex? took me 35 hours over a 2 day weekend to take gas crap out, strip my sedan i had all the td stuff in (built that in 02, ran it for 4 years till i put it in wagon).. install diesel stuff in to wagon...
take a 4 day weekend off.. bring all stuff here and we get ya done up real quick... that was by myself.. i know required tricks.. got tig if your doing intercooler/stainless exhausst...
so something to think abt...
sounds like a plan probably take me at least a few months to get it all together. luckily I just got a second job so it we a little quicker to pull it off. what's a more suitable car a vr6 or 2.0
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vr6 = 5x100 and +1 on suspention.. also for emissions a auto fail... no vw diesel for 93-96 till tdi in 96...
in 90-92 16v b3.... vw had 1.6 diesels in jettas/golfs so to cross plant a diesel in one just requires a but they had them in golf/jetta so dicking with epa regs not so bad if you live in a emisson requirement state.. just rember a eco diesel had cat.. na did not..
so do some reserch for your state to decide... my sedan was a 92, my wagon is a 90... if i was to ever sell it/require emissions i know i am covered... pluse got 3 more years till its 25 and theory is historical plates :) too bad i need 1 car to have normal plates... not driven my b3 in 18 months... kubvan been my travel car.. not needed a 3rd person seat in long time.. but its got plates/insurance... :P
work wise... vr6/16v.. same.. vr6 = electric speedo... 16v = cable...
ac lines... 16v hook right up to mk1/mk2 ac comp... vr6.. not.. :P but vr6 may hook upto tdi style ac comp with serp.. do not know 100% though..
id also do heater core during the build with flap refoam.. pull dash for wiring ease/pedal swap ease.. i had already done this in my sedan.. so swapped it too during the build on the wagon.. this is also a good time to swap to black carpet or better carpet if wanted... the grey/tan carpets suck/stain..
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ill probably have the car registered in ohio. would like to use a hydro motor will actually probably use eco motor asf trans and eco exhaust i just put in my jetta and just find an N/a and trans to put back in it and sell the car. 16v chasis probably sounds better I more of a manual cable type of guy opposed to being all electrified and digital. I assume the world will be mad maxx in a few years so I make my car accordingly. ac don't know if I want it or not. did any of these b3's come with sunroofs? one thing I like having in a car.
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most all have sunroofs... most have power locks/windows too... ive seen i think 3 or so over my life with manual windows/mirrors and 2 with no sunroofs... those were sedans... wagons.. cannot say ive not seen decked out..
i myself.. if you can.. find a 02a version.. reuse the 02a on diesel.. and if at all possible.. no abs.. abs sucks..
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I've seen more than one B3 Passat AAZ wagon for sale here on the West Coast of Canada, so they do exist. FWIW, the 93 Passat sedan I had was hands down the worst car I've ever owned. I ended up parting it out and scapping it after spending $1000s trying to keep it on the road. I'd never go near one again. OK, end of rant. :)
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I've seen more than one B3 Passat AAZ wagon for sale here on the West Coast of Canada, so they do exist. FWIW, the 93 Passat sedan I had was hands down the worst car I've ever owned. I ended up parting it out and scapping it after spending $1000s trying to keep it on the road. I'd never go near one again. OK, end of rant. :)
what was bad about it?
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most all have sunroofs... most have power locks/windows too... ive seen i think 3 or so over my life with manual windows/mirrors and 2 with no sunroofs... those were sedans... wagons.. cannot say ive not seen decked out..
i myself.. if you can.. find a 02a version.. reuse the 02a on diesel.. and if at all possible.. no abs.. abs sucks..
how are the fifth ratios on o2a's. what 020 did you use?
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85 golf diesel.. and 02a.. most have nice overdrive (imo comparable to most 020).. but for what you seek.. a bad auto = car value = crap... but keeping 02a/using a 02a is much more easy then 020 swap...
why i used a 020 on mine... 10 years ago 02a swaps were hard/costly to find... my 02a set up that came in my sedan needed a flywheel, starter, shift cables, clutch... at that time used parts scarce.. new was over 1k... but i got the running sedan for 300$... due to all that damage.. just needed push started and could not shift gears except 3rd/4th..
my wagon, rust free virgina car, was 500 due to no run... got the td installed and all... main fuel pump removed and such... went to deal with float unit last... found tank DRY so out of gas is why it no run... :P the plastic was not even moist inside.. i really do mean dry.. car did idle.. off the gas that was in pump tank under car.. :P i AAA it home.. could have drove it with some gas... :D
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in all honesty I think id rather use an 020 esp since your willing to help and know what to do.
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and could I just get a 16v cluster to delete the electro digi speed o meter. what's a resell on a passat vr6 motor and trans?
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no real value in vr6.. if 5 speed.. value in 5 speed swap.. more then motor.. too many bad auto vr6.. but fyi.. vr6 = abs... try to stay away from abs... too many bad abs units... reman abs unit = $1k+ and lots of bad ones out there... has no power assist when bad.. does not have brake booster.. its electric.. that pump fails.. cannot be gotten seperate..
i guess you can 16v the cluster.. but mk3 020 speed sensor should make vr6 one work... i did custom on mine..
http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?5787590-Brake-bleeding-help is a example of abs issue... im banned there so cannot even tell guy.... but when abs works properly on a passat.. all you do is loosen bleeder.. turn key on.. press brakes... will be like watergun.. shoots brakefluid out... the electric motor does this... no flow = bad unit.. you can try pressure/pump bleed.. but will never work.. if he gets it to flow... there will be in effect no rear brakes.. till electric motor fixed...
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ah shucks just can't win! :-[
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I've also never had abs on a vehicle ever so I don't plan on starting now. removing it would probably be a pain to I recon.
got a handle on one in florida now its a 92 auto 16v needs a "torque converter module" no idea what that is .guy says it runs great and is driveable but you have to shift it into neutral when stopping. I dont know anything about auto trans and such. any ideas? said id have no problem driving it if i didnt mind shifting it into neutral all the time in traffic.
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tranny junk...
worst part of abs... 1 line to rear wheels... so would have to run 2nd line, change prop valve on axle for 2nd line... but it can be done..
also.. all b3 usa versions got electric seat belts... canada had normal ones... b4 do not fit properly due to silly cable/dampener attached to the reel.. but the plastic will..
some 16v have abs btw... get lots of pics.. my sn at aol.com and forward them over when you think you found it.. ill pick it apart..
talk to crazyandy... he has the plastic and shiftboot for a b3/b4...
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1 of the worst things about any early 90's car.... electric seatbelts!! my first two saturns had them. f!@#$ garbage.