TDIFOR2004BEW
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Whats up Dubbers! Posting my recent experience with the ole trans swap from auto to manual with my 2004 Jettta TDI wagon BEW. All has gone well so far. Not ready to run yet still needs more work done BUT I have the wiring complete for the swap and I just wanted to say thanks to Alphaseinor and Boertje for getting me across the threshold and quite frankly learning quite a bit about car schematics. Everything is there just not in your face as one might think and their work was priceless for the DIY-er. So, Thank you very much for your input I hope it all works. I will update when I kick the tires and light the fires. BTW I dropped out the 09A Tiptronic because it had high miles and low MPG. The trans worked fine for 230,000 mile then said it had enough. I love that I can rebirth an old wagon with a manual trans and it was especially nice since I had a donor 2004 Jetta Sedan TDI BEW. I would like to add that it would be helpful if the instructions for maintenance were car specific in the thread. Most of the time it is a guessing game for newbies whether the information can be used. So for example: Today I dropped my auto trans(09a)(01M)etc. from my 1999.5 to 2005)pick a year, Jetta (golf,wagon sedan) with engine type(ALH, BEW). This helps narrow down the hours of searching by a more definitive word search. I could be completely phooey, just my experience noImzayin!?
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