1990 Carat Auto/ 2010 EJ25 Build :)

[wjjr]

Thanx guys for the great insight!

Ben, I admire your dedication, innovation and resilience. I appreciate your input/advice immensely, thank you.

With that said I was prepared to get some work done this evening but the out of the blue mini-monsoon we had right when I was getting off work sent me indoors for a bit more shopping/researching/internet wandering and now refocused, so (bad pun alert ) shifting gears to some auto trans shift points adjustment research, good times.

This slow start is killing me but also is helping me go over my notes some more and rethink some things, hoping to get some serious movement this weekend for I am due quite a few packages this week.

Back to the books, Voni and Wayne
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'90 Vanagon Carat auto x2
'87 Vanagon Gl Syncro
'85 Vanagon Wolfsburg Weekender (poptop)

[GrindGarage]

I sent my harness with cruise intact and smallcar contacted me. They informed me that it is easier to add it later then try and track it through the harness in my case. I did go through some diagrams and figured it is so. When I do this part of the conversion I plan on documenting it.
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-cliff

91 Vanagon AUTO
97 Single Port EJ22 all smallcar.com

[wjjr]

Well after 5 dang weeks all I have been able to accomplish is to fill the van full of boxes of new parts and get the adapter plate on! I am still waiting for my oil pan (back order), exhaust manifold (back order), coolant manifold (after rereading everything here, I my have screwed the pooch there as it seems if I go w/ earlier wiring/ecm I'll need an earlier manifold, if I'm reading what Ben was saying correctly), tach returned and 1 more of my brackets. Did get lucky on ebay and found 2 of the 3 brackets I was missing, waiting for those too. Did get really lucky and found an '86 Audi 5000 Turbo auto trans 18 miles from me for $400, talked down from $600, picking that guy up on Saturday As far as budget goes, well that went with the time line!! Not bad, just over $7g's but we have decided to redo just about everything, all the "while I'm there's" if you will. Still need to get brakes, springs/shocks and tires/wheels, that should put us right at $10g's but all new everything, do not feel too bad about that at all Things should really start moving now that I hope!!! As far as the wiring goes, I have been going back and forth on that one, maybe Ben will drop some more of his infinite wisdom on me I have been actively looking for 2006-08 vehicles but haven't had much luck, feel bad secretly hoping for someone to wreck one locally Any how here's a pic of a van full of boxes and the millionth one of a suby with an adapter plate on it

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'90 Vanagon Carat auto x2
'87 Vanagon Gl Syncro
'85 Vanagon Wolfsburg Weekender (poptop)

[r39o]

I made it a point NOT to store boxes in the van! Used the parts as I got them or put them on the table with all the other parts.

You could put a new radiator in, coolant pipes, reseal tank and do other stuff while "waiting."

Once you get a lot of stuff put in, you begin to see light at the end of the tunnel.

I have only a few things to do before I light mine off. My self imposed deadline of June 12th for the VW Classic is coming up fast!
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"Use the SEARCH, Luke" But first visit the Vanagon FAQ!

1990 Multivan EJ 22, Rancho trans 0.82 4th, Small Car front AC, CLKs w/ 215/65-16, homemade big brakes 303mm, Konis, Recaros, etc....

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