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#60
by
giulianot
on 10 Jan, 2008 08:09
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I know how you feel! as for the wiring loom I stripped everything to do with the gas engine management, computer , coil, and harness. the power wire that went to the coil now goes to the i.p. solenoid. the tach wire that went to the coil now goes to the w of the alternator. I added a push button in the cabin and a relay under the hood for the glow plugs. Oil pres and temp gauges are the same! :wink: if you have any more questions don't hesitate to ask and good luck with your swap
sorry i may seem like an idiot here but what do you mean by an i.p. solenoid? did you just connect the origional tach wire straight to the altenator without modifying the tach then?
I.P. = injector pump sorry for being such a lazy typer
I had to remove the cluster and mod my gasser tach to work on the alternator's w signal. The FAQ section has a realy good wright up on how to.
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#61
by
cal
on 10 Jan, 2008 14:22
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lo sorry for asking so many questions but how did you calibrate the tach to read properly?
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#62
by
giulianot
on 10 Jan, 2008 18:28
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fine tune calibration requires a function generator and a Osciliscope, but if you dont have all that you can turn the thim potentometer on the circuit board, while the cluster is pluged into the car at what you KNOW is idle. + or - a 100 rpm is better than no tach
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#63
by
cal
on 10 Jan, 2008 18:51
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i've got a friend who's got an osciliscope so i guess i could work it out from that reading alone?
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#64
by
giulianot
on 15 Jan, 2008 19:28
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Success ! =) the cabby runs again! The head was installed this morning and torqued down to 75ft-lbs. The car runs really well now, it has no overheating issues at the preset time. I do notice that the temps start to creep up under long hard pulls. here are some pics
rockin the 14" bbs
lower a arm brace installed
Rockin the 14" snowflakes with gislavad snow tires
3 vdubs in 1 shot, 2 cabbys
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#65
by
foxracer1
on 15 Jan, 2008 20:44
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Damn who roosted the bug?
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#66
by
giulianot
on 15 Jan, 2008 22:15
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Thats the wife's 01 beetle tdi w/ technine chip, 215 injectors, no cat. It goes like snot!. Today i wanted to see how my cabby aaz/t3 would fair against the beetle, so i challenged the wifey to a friendly race and........ no challenge what so ever, the cabby pulled on the beetle in every gear :twisted: I never had to use WOT and never boosted past 16 psi
I love this car
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#67
by
giulianot
on 21 Jan, 2008 13:26
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I just completed my fist tank of fuel today, so 50L of diesel bought me 625 km which equal 8L/100kms. Not too bad considering i was not driving conservatively and the motor isnt broken in yet. Power is good through the rpm band and the turbo is at full boost (23 psi ) at 1800 rpms I also noticed that on long hard pulls the motor tends over heat slightly. I think im going to have to install a front mount oil cooler and get rid of the oil to water heat exchanger or run a larger rad :twisted:
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#68
by
giulianot
on 23 Jan, 2008 15:54
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Well the motor is dead ! the #2 crank cap came unscrewed, fell of spun round and put a hole the size of my fist through the block on piston #1 just above the oil pan
Now can i put the blame squarely on the engine builder? More updates to come soon.
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#69
by
burn_your_money
on 23 Jan, 2008 15:56
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Wow that really sucks man, this was a beautiful build, I hope you keep going with it
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#70
by
giulianot
on 23 Jan, 2008 16:02
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what such even more is that it still runs fine, dosent sound like anythings wrong, other than the fact that there is a gaping hole in the side of the block
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#71
by
burn_your_money
on 23 Jan, 2008 16:28
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So you have a 1.4 TD?
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#72
by
giulianot
on 23 Jan, 2008 20:20
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All the connecting rods are fine it performs like a 1.9l td with a hole in it :cry: I suspect the crank cap bolts were not replaced during the over haul of the short block and the old stretch bolts were reused causing the #2 cap to come loose get caught on counterbalance of the crank and spit it out the side of my block :x :cry:
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#73
by
giulianot
on 24 Jan, 2008 10:08
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#74
by
burn_your_money
on 24 Jan, 2008 15:42
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ouch :shock:
JB weld it up