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