the dirty diesel build thread

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The blue wire is the exciter wire and should go to the D+ terminal. The black/red should be the signal for the tach and will go to the W terminal.

thanks!! now to find a cluster with a tach

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started phase one of the ebrake project. i need to get some styro tomorrow and some abs pieces and some fusor hopefully this works as planned. iff not i just ruined a perfectly good ebrake surround. if not ill just mill out a chunk of abs plastic

[myb5quattro]

in for progress, nicely done roger!

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in for progress, nicely done roger!

hi frankie!


i found what im going to get for wheels! now i need to hunt the set down!

16x8 gold and polished, OEM wheels...not sure if they offset will work out though? i know the fronts are et0

[YNO WGN]

I'm excited for you to drive this!!

[the sneakiest panda evar]

I'm excited for you to drive this!!

me too, hard to drive it though when b6lovin screwed me out of $250 for my coilovers though...what a lying piece of trash. i hope no one buys from that scum bag again. i truly hope he gets banned from this site and ill do everything i can to see that happen

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1/3 new alternator tensioner bracket came today from my buddy shane. this one is from a mk1, works much better than a mk2 bracket

i need to clearance out a little more of the alternator then im going to space out the bracket and toss it in










also bought, new antenna/base/wire, an early diesel console, golfball shift knob, and need door card speaker grills





here is how it sits in the bay normally (with a/c, please ignore the black bar its obv not there in an OEM system







this is how it sits after grinding and rotating it down into the bracket with the mk1 adjuster.

[GTIYR87]

Hey lookin good man.

Time for anyone and everyone to bomb b6lovin's threads with kittens and Sh!t talk. Where is he located?

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Hey lookin good man.

Time for anyone and everyone to bomb b6lovin's threads with kittens and Sh!t talk. Where is he located?

that kid is a tool. i added him to the seller feedback list. he lives in NC

i just want my stuff honestly. im going to put this bracket it tomorrow afternoon, and when i pull the old one out im going to powder coat it black and get rid of it

[GTIYR87]

that kid is a tool. i added him to the seller feedback list. he lives in NC

i just want my stuff honestly. im going to put this bracket it tomorrow afternoon, and when i pull the old one out im going to powder coat it black and get rid of it

Ya seriously, When you sell something it's not a "Take your time to ship" kind of deal. Just because it's a personal sale and not a business sale, people think that honesty and courtesy can just fly out the window. Lame

You build that garage or is "new" to you?

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Ya seriously, When you sell something it's not a "Take your time to ship" kind of deal. Just because it's a personal sale and not a business sale, people think that honesty and courtesy can just fly out the window. Lame

You build that garage or is "new" to you?

just finished building it. needs insulation still, and epoxy on the floor. lift goes in next year. building the new house and the other garage next year as well just behind that garage facing the other road

[GTIYR87]

just finished building it. needs insulation still, and epoxy on the floor. lift goes in next year. building the new house and the other garage next year as well just behind that garage facing the other road

Can you hire me?

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1/4 - got hardened hardware for the alternator bracket today, started working in the bay to remove the old bracket and swap this one in, i used hardened bolts, hardened flange nuts, and 3 washers as spacers

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1/5 got the alternator in the car and the new belt on 25" belt. mk1 tension arm seems to work well. tomorrow im pulling it back out to put on a pulley from a non a/c car. the nut used as a spacer isnt quite long enough and it twists the belt a tiny bit





rotated 180* down from original location

[Estacaco]

Proper

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Proper

thanks


i have a new tensioner arm for that alternator coming. custom made. i made the mk1 work, and i dont thing he got my PM that i didnt need it anymore. so im just going to swap it out for the one he made after i powder coat it. i plan on pulling tons of parts off the car and coating them black to prevent rust and for easy clean up. perks of having your own equipment

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1/6 - new console came today. the window switches will get pulled out until i have time to swap the car to electric windows, or ill put gauges in there instead. not sure what im going to do yet. pulled the cruise control controller already to sell

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1/10 - today my single round support, rear door, fender flares, door trim, side skirts, custom alternator bracket, door handles, door latch mechs, under dash trays, brake lines, injection lines, antenna, fender badges, shifter alignment tool, and weighted shift linkage came in






im going to powder these black before i put them on the car

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coilovers came today...weeks after buying them (12/14) they showed up blown/seized/missing parts. seller gave me all kinds of crap telling me that its used and i should have expected it, and that i was lucky he sent me even one of the spanner wrenches. not to mention i was missing 6 other pieces and they were broken....

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tomorrow im going to start shooting powder on some parts/brackets ill be pulling off the car. mostly as a preventative thing against rust, plus satin black looks pretty

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1/11 didnt do a whole bunch today, bought a media blaster for parts cleanup, and powder coated my alternator bracket

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1/12 - missing linkz shifter came in today im going to blast it tomorrow and powder coat gloss black. i put in my mk3 weighted rod mostly because i was curious as to how the difference felt. it looks like its a tiny bit shorter than the oem mk2 one, about 1/8" shorter?















i think ill do the relay lever while im in there as well. or i may just wait until i order my bushing kit and then do it all at once?

[Estacaco]

Nice cheap upgrade I did the same to mine. I just used my existing bushings tho.

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Nice cheap upgrade I did the same to mine. I just used my existing bushings tho.

i just want to redo all the bushings, the car has 218k on it.


you are from canadia, can you do me a favor? i need a part up there

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1/13 pulled the alternator to put the new powdered black alternator bracket in. also i powdered the short shifter black. i plan to use some lengths of square tubing so i can powder the heads of bolts (like the one on the short shifter bracket) so the will match. all this black is temporary for now. when i do the engine swap this summer ill be doing a completely different color pattern. i just want to protect the parts against rust. damage since i know i will be selling most parts later on. i suppose in the event that my engine swap does not go through til next year my engine bay will still look cleaner all black than rust covered. when my sand blaster gets here ill be blasting and painting all the larger parts (parts i cant fit in my oven)

[GTDGLI]

Nice work,
Hey I'm thinking of getting a powder coating sys. also.
This what you are using ? ( Eastwood )
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Eastwood...item35b8897b85

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Nice work,
Hey I'm thinking of getting a powder coating sys. also.
This what you are using ? ( Eastwood )
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Eastwood...item35b8897b85

eastwood gun, bench top lab oven for curing, columbia coatings powder or powder from PBTP, sand blasting gun from harbor freight

[GTDGLI]

Thanks for the tip !
We have a good sized sand blaster but was unsure about the rest,
thanks much for turning us on all on to this, all good !

Here is my man for hard to find diesel parts,
you can email him his name is Dominic :
http://www.dmfdiesel.com/index.php?lang=en

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Thanks for the tip !
We have a good sized sand blaster but was unsure about the rest,
thanks much for turning us on all on to this, all good !

Here is my man for hard to find diesel parts,
you can email him his name is Dominic :
http://www.dmfdiesel.com/index.php?lang=en

thanks! i sent him a message!

[Estacaco]

Mine has over 400k on it And yes I do live in an igloo I mean Canada.

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no more coils for me, bought a new bigger powder oven today! feel free to contact me if you need anything done!

[GTIDamien_407]

no more coils for me, bought a new bigger powder oven today! feel free to contact me if you need anything done!

Nice, i'm jelly of your garage I wish I had the room for an oven in my garage. I need to refinish my type e's

just curious got any pictures of youe table top oven? I wanna see how big it is

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Nice, i'm jelly of your garage I wish I had the room for an oven in my garage. I need to refinish my type e's

just curious got any pictures of youe table top oven? I wanna see how big it is

this is the one i was using, i bought a bigger one tonight.


im selling this one if anyone wants to powder coat on their own

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Nice, i'm jelly of your garage I wish I had the room for an oven in my garage. I need to refinish my type e's

just curious got any pictures of youe table top oven? I wanna see how big it is

which garage?

this is the one i was using, i bought a bigger one tonight. im selling it if anyone wants to powder coat on their own. interior size is 12x10x10

[GTIDamien_407]

All of them And if anything I hope to get a powdercoating gun to coat smaller things like valve covers, brake calipers, brackets etc.