My 1.6td/aaz head and other stuff too.

[Smokey Eddy]

a bare aaz head
valves
tdi intake
egt, oil temp, boost gauges
tdi intake gasket
valve stem seals
aaz cam shaft
4 sets of rings
turbo gaskets
head gasket (DOH ITS A 3 NOTCH @$^@ :evil:  :evil:  :evil:  :x  :x  :x  :x  :x anyone need a metal three notch HG?)

cost me in excess $900.00...
did i even need the valve stem seals? I can't find the old ones on my old head. Are they stuck in there?

[vanbcguy]

The "Core Return" thing will probably work, but it's technically not legal.  For someone like Prothe who is running a business doing this, he probably wouldn't want to risk getting arrested for customs fraud.  If I was sending/receiving something PERSONALLY I'd probably go that route though - you can always claim ignorance.  As a business he can't really afford not to declare things properly.

5% GST + 7% PST of $800 CDN would be $96 so it sounds about right...

Always always try and buy stuff locally first!  You definitely got hit bad on the CAD / USD conversion with this one...

There's a couple of Canadian auto parts retailers online that have decent prices and free shipping for orders over $75.  You don't have to pay PST when you buy things out of province (most of the sites are headquartered in Ontario) so it can often end up quite a bit cheaper once all the "fun" conversion factors are taken in to account.

I've shipped quite a bit of stuff to and from the US, there's definitely a lot of things you have to know about and unfortunately you found out the hard way on a really big order.  It's a lot easier when you get the "pain" on $60 worth of stuff rather than $800... Hey, for some things it's even worse - bikes for instance have nearly 30% tax added on when they come in to Canada!

[Smokey Eddy]

Yeah thanks for the heads up.
Gotta learn somehow...

I looked at other dealers but their prices on parts was way more than i could afford and prothe's were affordable for me. Turns out i broke the bank anyways but oh well...
gotta learn somehow.
Hopefully I'll get a job today/tomorrow. *finger's crossed*

[theman53]

so somebody else has my kind of luck....
what if you gave the money to a relative or someone you trust to send it across? They could buy it here and then all you would have is shipping right?

[Smokey Eddy]

Don't know anyone in the states

[Smokey Eddy]

Ugh...

So i picked up my parts from the post office, over joyed only to find a box missing the cam shaft i ordered and the turbo gaskets and 8 intake valves.

Kinda, very, really, choked about not having the parts i paid for.  :?
I hope he will ship it express... I can't really wait another 2 weeks with no car. Not super impressed but people make mistakes.

[Smokey Eddy]

Fun picture update me excited time.






those are my cylinders in order from left to right after i used a ball hone on them very lightly with some synthetic oil.
The one with the horrid scores is the one that had the broken ring    I can't catch my nail on them but i can feel them with my fingers that aren't so rough (pinky).

i cleaned up all my valve stuff, they look new! sort of .... not really... but they're clean!!!  

And stickers for Mark  



the tdi intake fits nicely on the aaz head with the bolts off the 1.6 intake. Anyone else use the TDI intake on the aaz? it sure makes for easy inter cooling. (EDIT: i had to modify this intake. Look at a later post on this thread)

[jtanguay]

good stuff! some of the pics aren't showing though

Ugh...

So i picked up my parts from the post office, over joyed only to find a box missing the cam shaft i ordered and the turbo gaskets and 8 intake valves.

Kinda, very, really, choked about not having the parts i paid for.  :?
I hope he will ship it express... I can't really wait another 2 weeks with no car. Not super impressed but people make mistakes.

hmmm ya that sucks... i wonder why people ship things like that... i guess they want to ship whats in stock to you right away, but without the other parts it doesn't really matter, right? just more shipping charges...

and about the valve stem seals, its a very good idea to install new ones!

[Smokey Eddy]

OH no!! why aren't they showing!!! must fix that little issue!

I'm going to put new ones (stem seals) in the new head. my old valves literally fell out of the head. (Are they supposed to be very tight?)

I'm not sure why they ship like that? It's not so much a big deal anymore it got sorted out quite nicely 10 minutes ago.
i need a cam shaft from tyler though! He's being generous enough to sell me one for cheap (with a cam cover too!!!)
What a guy

[zukgod1]

I'm anxious to see how that head works for ya, Good I hope.

How does it look if you compair it with the old one as far as casting marks etc?

[Smokey Eddy]

Uhmmm
its a little rough... some shavings have fallen out of it so i shook it around to make sure there were no more.

Its rough in places yeah but all the machining is fine. If i really cared i could smooth it all out when i port&polish.

I just might.
As for the coolant passages ... it's not like rediculous. looks like normal forms that haven't been filed/sanded or anything.

[zaprzal]

Anyone else use the TDI intake on the aaz?

1.9 TDI PD 130 and 150 intake manifold is nice. I would use it.....but I have 1.6d head  :?

[Smokey Eddy]

Which do I have?
130?

[zaprzal]

Which do I have?
130?

tdi PD look like this:
http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/3121/kolektorawxkm7.jpg

[Smokey Eddy]

Hmmm Interesting.

I still don't know what i have?
prothe's site called it a TDI intake...
is it an early tdi? like pre 2000 or something



Sigh, delayed another three weeks. Oh well, at least it'll all be right by then.
I got an oil temp gauge. Where should i put the sender?