IT RUNS! (Jetta conversion. Short VID too!)

Vanagon Nut

Hi all.

Finally got it to run. Short story why it wouldn't start:

Cracks in wires on engine portion of harness,
28 pin connector from engine harness to ECU Portion of harness needed cleaning.
Knock sensor plug plugged into the MAF on air cleaner!
RPM sensor had incorrect plug plugged into it.
Possibly a few other details I can't recall right now.

Short 1.5 MB vid:

http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ItRuns.mov

It's not totally right yet, but a big hurdle has been passed.

THANKS A LOT FOR THE HELP!

Smile

Neil.
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1981 Westy DIY 15º ABA
(VW Gas I4)

1988 Westy DIY 50º ABA

VE7TBN

ChesterKV · Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 8:55 am Post subject:

Nice a$$.... the van I mean

.

Congratulations..

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1984 Wolfsburg 7-passenger stock sunroof
1992 Subaru Legacy EJ22 boxer motor installed.... van is now sold.... currently playing with a 1987 Toyota MR2 with 1.6 liter twin-cam motor. Better than the Subaru boxers....... I'm impressed. Well, okay, in an "apples and oranges" kind of way. Smile

foodeater · Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 9:55 am Post subject:

Sweet. I'm glad to see you're making progress on it.
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89 Bluestar-2.5 Subaru Powered-RIP
'84 Westy Tiico-daily driver-sold
'82 Caddy diesel-sold
'87 Vanagon Syncro-RIP
'81 diesel rabbit-sold
'82 Vanagon auto-RIP

Vanagon Nut · Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 10:28 am Post subject:

Vanagon Nut · Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 10:28 am Post subject:

outwesty · Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:53 am Post subject:

Nice job. I have an ABA 2.0 in my westy also. You will love it! I put over 12,000 miles on mine within 6 months with no major issues. I just picked up a wrecked 98 jetta TDI this week so it may be coming out soon. Good work!

Vanagon Nut · Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 12:20 pm Post subject:

Thanks Outwesty. Appreciate that!

Still lots to do, and I hope the exhaust I'm making doesn't suffer too much cracking. Likely I'll be installing a flex bellows.

How has your exhaust faired? Any cracking?

Is your ABA a 50* with the 1.8 head?

I did mine at 15*. Some virtues, but I think more work than 50*.

I'm now adapting Jetta cooling system to the Vanagon. Little things like finding out that the coolant housing at rear of head, can be swapped for a "manual transmission" type. Less outlets on it.

My engine came from an automatic jetta.

A question if you don't mind.

I used the KEP "Vanagon" flywheel. On the Jetta, there was a shim between the flex plate and crank end. I kept that on the Jetta engine.

But....

There was a thinner shim between the heads of the bolts holding the flex plate on, and the flex plate itself.

I didn't transfer this shim to the Vanagon, as the stock Vanagon FW doesn't have that. Also, there appears to be a version of clutch for Jetta/Golf that is almost identical to the Vanagon.

I doubt it's needed, but IF your donor was an automatic, did you install the thin shim between FW bolt heads and FW?

Thanks for any direction on that matter.

Neil.
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1981 Westy DIY 15º ABA
(VW Gas I4)

1988 Westy DIY 50º ABA

VE7TBN


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