My 1Z TDI Rabbit Truck Conversion

vw_nut · Jan 17, 2011

Today i worked on the brake pedal, it will match the clutch pedal, just have to finish up welding it together, here is a pic of the clutch set up

vw_nut · Jan 18, 2011

I got the Brake pedal done today, its all welded up and ready to install will probably do it tomorrow, im well when it quits snowing and raining hopefully Friday i will take it to the exhaust shop and get that done, then its to the alignment shop to get it aligned. I ordered my intake, race pipe and 3 bar map from ryan today, couldnt wait any longer, hope to get it soon and get it on

vw_nut · Jan 19, 2011

The 2 pedals is very strange looking...haha...... maybe ill keep it that way.....NOT!!!!! ...The brake pedal will be on tomorrow, since were gonna have bad weather I will finish up working on the dash so I can get it down to the Upholstry shop

vw_nut · Jan 21, 2011

Well Today is another ice day, i cant get down my hill, so its back out to the shop, i got my brake pedal on and looks much better, so finially i have the clutch and brake pedal assembly all finished. Gonna try and finish the Dash up today if wife doesnt give me a bunch of hunny do's

JoaoT4 · Jan 21, 2011

Looks like that you have the two switches on the same pedal

João

vw_nut · Jan 22, 2011

There suppose to be

vw_nut · Jan 29, 2011

Today I have been trying to finish the Dash up, getting close, and then i went ahead and put my new intake on, did the EGR Delete, have to order a few more reducers to fit the intercooler piping so ill wait on that. will paint the intake and bolt it on... Ive been sanding on the doors and fenders getting it ready for paint.

dieselherb1 · Jan 30, 2011

Which intake is that? Reman. 1.6N/A? I thought a tapered style from cyl. 4 to 1, equal pressure, but may be expensive to build.

vw_nut · Jan 30, 2011

Hey herb
Its a SDI intake from Europe I wanted to get the intercooler piping completed now, the new turbo, manifold and injectors will come later after I finish the rest of the truck the paint will be next and last the interior, I will take the dash soon it will need the most work done, this next week its exhaust and alignment, then off to body and paint

dieselherb1 · Feb 12, 2011

Yeah, no update in 2 weeks!

vw_nut · Feb 12, 2011

Well Herb I've been busy with work, ill have one next week maybe, but work has to come first

dieselherb1 · Feb 13, 2011

You sound like a grownup.

vw_nut · Feb 18, 2011

today i received my chip set from TD Tuning, ill get them put in tomorrow, im finishing up the intercooler piping, put the doors, fenders and hood back on, my body man is comming over next week to do the body work, i got the materials he will need today, tomorrow i am going to take my seats and dash to the upholstry shop, he is gonna start working on them, im trying to finish by april 15th but it all depends on their schedules, they are real busy and so am i with work

dieselherb1 · Mar 10, 2011

Any updates?

cbandy · Mar 21, 2011

vw_nut,

I was needing to know if the disc break conversion needed the master cyl to be different and the proportioning valve was it used? I have found a 86 Jetta GLI with disc would that work on the 81 VW pickup?

Thanks
Chris

vw_nut · Mar 24, 2011

Yes they will, you can use the master cylinder off that GLI also,

Sorry for no updates I have been working 15-18 hour days I wont turn the work down I need the money, I have been sanding on the truck its almost down to bare metal bodyman will be over sat to do body work

vw_nut · Apr 16, 2011

Well its been 5 weeks of solid work, i havent had any time to do anything with the truck, my bodyman put me off for 2 weeks, i have all the intercooler plumbing for the water side of it i hope this next week i can breath from work and get back on it, the interior is rolling along, hes working on the dash and seats, and door pannels, when i get the truck painted its going there, its taking longer than i hoped for but the bodyman is very good and i want to use him

vw_nut · Apr 26, 2011

This week is regroup week, tired from all the work, im back out in the shop working on the truck, I have to have all my aluminum welding done, taking my resivor tank for the intercooler, my radiator and intercooler pipes over to a shop and have them welded up, im ready to hook up the AC lines I've been putting it off im not happy with the clutter so im trying to figure another solution, I've got 2 lines and the receiver dryer im trying to relocate but im not sure I can, gonna study it more and see I have a friend comming over to get his opinion on it

dieselherb1 · May 4, 2011

Didn't see it in any of your posts. Are you using the Passat steering column? If so much trouble making it fit?

vw_nut · May 8, 2011

No Herb I used the corrado column, I took it to get the body work done last fri hope to have it in primer in 10 days

DIRTYMOFO · May 8, 2011

dieselherb1 said:
Didn't see it in any of your posts. Are you using the Passat steering column? If so much trouble making it fit?

hey herb been missing for awhile but now Im back, I also like this thread, and I got a 98 tdi motor with harness and ecm for sale for any one interested. It came out of a running car and I pulled the harness myself...

dieselherb1 · May 13, 2011

Yeah I have called you a couple of times, no response. Guy called one day looking for a 1.6 for a rabbit. Said you told him to call me. Told the picknpull had one in a caddy. He got them to pull it but then they crushed the truck,crazy dumb people there.Putting a 1.6TD in one of my pickups, have one in another with a GT15 turbo WOW! spools up real quick. I still need to install the 1Z electronic into one of the trucks just not as important as other projects. Bought 2 2000 Jettas, 1 engine 1 body problems. Going to get winshield in one today, that one is almost done. Will start on replacing rings,bearings and head in other. Hope to have them finished before end of the month. Then maybe my truck? But I'm also rebuilding another 1.6TD at a friends house plus working 2 jobs.

vw_nut · May 24, 2011

I got all my aluminum parts back yesterday, my resivor tank for my water side of my intercooler, my coolent temp sensor bung for the radiator, and the air temp sensor Bung to be welded on the intercooler pipe, body work is progressing nicely

dieselherb1 · Jun 22, 2011

I see you haven't updated for a month. I know you have been working alot, but I hope you aren't just just throwing money at this truck(doesn't help us poor boys)

vw_nut · Jun 23, 2011

No Herb, Im as poor as you are and wish i could pay someone to finish it but then i couldnt say i did most of the work, right now im waiting on money to get the A/C lines finished and the bodywork ,the guy doing it his wife is in the service and she is home on leave so hes taking the time to spend with her so here i sit, yes its been slow but i had to put a roof on my house and that was $6000.00 i went with metal and its about finished, so that put a dampner on my project, it stinks but had to do it

dieselherb1 · Jun 30, 2011

We have a metal(tin) roof on our house but its over 100 years old, just keep painting it! I'm trying to finish all my Jetta projects so I can get to the Caddy-TDI.

vw_nut · Jul 5, 2011

we got the truck in prime this weekend, next weekend its block it and prime and paint it the following weekend

dieselherb1 · Jul 6, 2011

I see bed not painted(inside), what are you doing there? What make model are the wheels?

vw_nut · Jul 10, 2011

That was the epoxy primer we put high build primer over that the bed will be painted except the floor will have a wood bed the wheels were just so we can rl it around

baja_brewer · Jul 18, 2011

vw_nut said:
Well today i got the PS Resivour and line put in today and connected, i got all the front end parts , the new wheel bearings pressed in, new ball joints, a-arms, tie-rods and got them in...

Sorry, this may be a stupid question, but is redoing the front end like this required when you put in the TDI and the 5 Speed? Or did you just do it because you wanted to install power steering?

Build looks great, can't wait to see it finished...

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