tgray
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Sep 12, 2004
- Location
- Marengo, IL
- TDI
- '02 Beetle, '05 Golf, 2000 Jetta, 2001 Jetta, 2002 Jetta
I know it is easier to buy a TDI running but when I am looking at a beautiful VR6 with a bad engine, a good low mileage TDI engine and a shop full of all the swap parts I need, I couldn't resist the challenge.
I am going to post surprises or issues through the slow build and stuff that may add to the other threads.
I had a complete donor car I pulled the wires out of but am only going to splice in the wires I need from the firewall plugs back. It looked simpler and cleaner to deal with for what I have to work with.
I am using a different approach than the wire diagram decoding method as I have physically traced every important wire to its landing point on both ends. I am doing this for 2 reasons. One I find it easier to not make mistakes when I am holding the real wire in my hands instead of looking at a drawing. The other is I think it is less labor than pulling out the entire harness inside the car.
All I have to do is land the TDI specific wires at their proper end point and I am good to go.
I am going to post surprises or issues through the slow build and stuff that may add to the other threads.
I had a complete donor car I pulled the wires out of but am only going to splice in the wires I need from the firewall plugs back. It looked simpler and cleaner to deal with for what I have to work with.
I am using a different approach than the wire diagram decoding method as I have physically traced every important wire to its landing point on both ends. I am doing this for 2 reasons. One I find it easier to not make mistakes when I am holding the real wire in my hands instead of looking at a drawing. The other is I think it is less labor than pulling out the entire harness inside the car.
All I have to do is land the TDI specific wires at their proper end point and I am good to go.