1998 Vw Jetta TDI - Project / donor car

Update feburary 28th
Car is still available as a savable beater daily. Or as a complete donor car!!!

1998 Volkswagen Vw Jetta TDI Turbo Diesel - Parts / Donor / Project Car
located Nebraska
$1500 fIrm

1998 Vw Jetta TDI
AHU - 1.9l Turbo diesel engine - Just installed new timing belt this week along with tensioner
5 speed Manual Transmission
217,000 - miles shown on the odometer
Silver body is rough - dented fenders, doors , hood , broken grill , part of rear bumper cover missing, passenger headlight might be broke , missing interior lower glove box.
Interior is FILTHY - dirty - tons of dirt , rocks , gravel and previous owners trash still in the car.
Steel wheels with tires that hold air - not sure they are good but they do NOT go flat.
Battery is DEAD - will start with a JUMP START.


Car needs brakes - car will need towed!!! The brake pedal is soft and wont build pressure - you can pump them to slow down but i would NOT DRIVE THIS - TOW AWAY

I bought this Mk3 TDI as a donor car for an Mk2 Jetta Coupe Project ( for sale ) that i have decided to bail on. I bought this car not running , previous owner ran it out of diesel.
I primed the pump got it running and noticed the timing belt was in very bad shape ( old , needed replaced ) so i decided to do it so it didnt break and cause engine damage )

I expect this car to be a donor car to used in Jeep , Suzuki Samurai , Old Vw like i was going to do?

Car has NO sunroof , manual windows , cloth dirty interior , i dont know if the radio or Ac or heat work - you put a jump box on the battery, it starts right up. Previous owner has black tape covering the Check Engine Light on the cluster - i have NOT scanned it to see why its on. Its does NOT run in limp mode - cant really get it up to speed since there are NO brakes - master cylinder is full of fluid so i am assuming the brake booster is bad - but that is only a guess.

Did i mention the Jetta is FILTHY and i do not plan to clean it.

SOld AS IS WHERE IS - Outside Lincoln Nebraska - WILL NEED TOWED - Once you pay for it , you can drive it / tow it away - no test drives since it has no BRAKES.
These TDI swaps sell for good money - i did timing belt so its ready to drop into another car or fix up this beast and get 45 MPG all day long.

My daily driver is another 1998 TDI. I love it.

402-671-0355 - TEXT ONLY - if you have questions.

I might consider a trade for an older Volkswagen Rabbit Pick up truck - diesel or gas - or an older Jetta , corrado or dune buggy ? Manx ?

still here.

its NOT rusty - can not make myself part it out.

That is wayyyy too much for a donor car. So don't be surprised it has not sold.
that's like a $500 jetta tops

How much for the chassis?

so why would someone have given you more than you were asking for the whole car for just the motor? Seems kind of odd.

SkyRyder55 said:

so why would someone have given you more than you were asking for the whole car for just the motor? Seems kind of odd.

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A pulled, verified running engine is almost always going to be worth more than in an unsafe donor car. I parted out my car the same way. Once I separated the engine, I got more total value.

Let me see if I'm understanding this correctly.

You sold the engine on December 27th and now you're asking $1500 for the remainder of the vehicle?

It's still complete as post 1. Ended up pulling differnt motor

this thread is full of conflicting info ... glws

Edited and deleted my confusing posts.

Read first post. Should clear it up

And I said. I sold the motor swap $1500. Ended up using a different car for motor. Turned down 5 ebay offers of $1200 for only the motor.. Sold 5 of these mk3 tdi's in the last 5 months. Not on this particular site. Cuz everyone here knows what cars are worth obviously.

Still available