Work more, worry less
BHW is not a paint shaker without the BSM.
Remove the trans spacer.
Finish the swap, document, be happy
Totally agree!!! It's been to long since anything got done on this. I found some free time this weekend and puts some more hours in. Tightened up all the transmission mounts and installed the starter. Got my Euro BOW accessories bracket in with Alt, PS, and AC and put the belt on. Played with the cooling hoses and started to put things all back in. The wiring harness is all installed except for a few knowns (DPF related).
As you can see from the picture below I also have my fuel system sorted out
. I should get about 150Kms on this tank!
Once I got to this stage I figured I could drop in the Euro cluster and turn the key on!
I was able to get the dash and ECU powered up but I ran into a list of issues. First thing I noticed is that when I opened the drivers door the cluster LCD displays lit up (normal). When I turned the key on the cluster lit up and the displays turned off (not normal to my knowledge). A few seconds (~10s) later the displays came back on.
Next I noticed many of the lights on like ESP, Engine, Airbags,.... I figured this would be normal for a "virgin cluster" and new ECU that needs coding. GP light was constantly flashing and the battery light was flashing at some random pace. GP light is likely due to the lack of DPF. But the battery light I haven't seen anything like before. Almost like a morse code. Anyone seen this behavior before?
After login in to some of the modules I was able to figure a few things out. Unfortunately it looks like VCDS doesn't have the label files for this ECU. I sent them an email with the logs they require so I'll have to wait back from them. This is a big one right now because this also means I don't know what the adaption coding is for this unit and right now it's set to all 0's.
Even this this pile of errors I figured I would try and turn it over. When I hit the start position with the key I could hear the starter solenoid clicking but nothing happened. I ran out of time to try and figure it out so I called it a day. My guess is one of the three things:
1) The starter gear isn't getting pushed in to the flywheel gear all the way so it's not engaging the starter motor. I'm not sure why this would be as I'm using all the FSI flywheel/transmission.
2) The FSI starter is to weak and can't turn the engine over (i doubt this because it should still try and at least get hot which it didn't)
3) Something happened to my FSI starter in the few months it was sitting. What are the chances?
Hope to get some more time in on this soon. Looks like other than the starter issue I'm going to be tackling some software/electrical stuff now.