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So, a few weeks ago my buddy asked me to come help him do a brake swap on his car, a Mk2 Scirocco. Something about it made me really miss having a simple car, so of course my next step was craigslist. After three days, he texts me a link to a non running 89 GTI. We went and looked, and the body was perfect. Motor...not so much. So after some haggling, we agreed on $900 for the car, a full new set of door cards, a front bumper, New single light grille, and a drat near new GTI back seat. The next two pictures are all I have from before we started pulling it apart.   So, that was on a Sunday. The following week, all this happened.     And that's where I'll leave off tonight. Doing all this on mobile, as I lack a PC, so apologies if it looks hosed up. Hopefully this thread progresses somewhat quickly, goal is at least running by Christmas. Feel free to post any other Mk1/2 stuff you guys have. Scuz and fartpipe can get off my back now 
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Sep 26, 2015 04:22
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Fellow goon Cuntpunch's old Tornado Red Mk2 16v GTI was one of the best cars ever made, I think. Ever since then I've been looking for one to call my own. Clear coat is peeling hardcore. It's gone entirely on the rest of the car, so it's super noticeable there just because it's not present anywhere else. Not too concerned, more pressing is it running and driving. Commie: that's one hell of an offer, and if you're serious then sure. Just let me know how much. Email is Choppeds10 at the googles. I really need to get a less embarrassing email.
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Sep 26, 2015 04:46
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charliemonster42 posted:
Yep, 2l swap but it's a Frankenstein. 3a Audi block, with 16v pistons. That'll come up in a future update I forgot to mention it came with a spare block and head.
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Sep 26, 2015 07:39
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SouthsideSaint posted:I love this style of VW body. Also holy poo poo that engine is tucked back in there. After searching my craigslist I have found two diesel rabbits which may have to come home with me. It's super easy to get to, though. With two of us, and no cherry picker, it was about 2 hours start to finish to pull it.
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Sep 26, 2015 16:10
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Fart Pipe posted:Yea just drop that poo poo out the bottom. On the A2 chassis, it's even easier than that. The front subframe is removable, so it was literally two floor jacks and a 2x4, then just roll it out the front. Installing is gonna be a bit harder. Hoping someone at work has a crane sitting around. No work ended up happening yesterday, planned on doing a 60 mile ride on the bike and ended up doing 300 instead
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Sep 26, 2015 18:38
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So, with the motor pulled it was time to see what was wrong with it. PO reported that it had some bad knock, but was unsure of the cause. Pretty sure that's not supposed to be there. Let's dig further and see what happens.  Well, that looks good. Oil pans should always be full of stripper dust.  Obviously rod bearings are supposed to be in numerous pieces. When pulling that, all of them came out smooth except that one. The broken piece had separated, and was wedged on top of the other piece of bearing, so it was just grinding into the crank.  All of those scratches are super deep. One of them actually cut me when I rubbed a finger over it. Also pictured is kitty litter that found its way in during oil clean up. So one motor stripped, and other motor will soon begin assembly.
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Sep 26, 2015 21:08
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Seat Safety Switch posted:3A swaps are pretty interesting, but Audis of that era are much thinner on the ground than VWs in my experience. Ah, but that's the rub. It's a 3a 8v block. But it has 16v pistons, block off plate where an 8v dizzy goes, and an intermediate shaft driven oil pump. So it's essentially a 9A with Audi markings, at this point.
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Sep 27, 2015 05:41
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Not much to report. Electric bill was higher than giraffe pussy the past two months, so funds are a bit tight for parts. Motor has accessories bolted on, New RMS, and at this point I'm needing a timing belt kit, head gasket kit, and a shifter rebuild kit to get it running/moving. Then before it'll be driveable it'll need new front strut mounts/bearings. But today I started to tackle removing the lovely harnesses that are inside. Driver side still has a seat belt, thankfully, but it had a lovely g force harness that expired in 2009. Pass side I need to track down a seatbelt assembly, as it had a sparco belt that was made in 2004. Both sides are 90% removed, but I'm going to have to either pull the seats or shave down a socket to remove bolts, as they're bolted inside the god drat seat track.    As you can see, they are very safely mounted.
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Oct 7, 2015 02:11
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scuz posted:My girlfriend wanted to know what I was laughing at and when I said "higher than giraffe pussy" she asked, and I quote, "what the gently caress website IS that?" The brake swap was just going to a later front disc set up. G60 I think? And it would have went great, but we noticed as we tried to reinstall that they had sent incorrect followers and pads, so nothing fit. So it was basically a really long, pain in the rear end excuse to bleed the brakes.
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Oct 7, 2015 19:55
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Still not much work, but didn't want this thread to die. Is this approved PPE for sanding/grinding nasty poo poo?  Was sanding the coolant tee off of the head, believe this is an output from the head, and also to the oil cooler. Think this is too corroded to reuse?   Also found this under my bench, forgot I ever made this. Drunken night and scraps of wood. 
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Oct 20, 2015 02:52
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Good deal. I was planning it anyway, but good to hear others have also. The shiny spots are where my dremel sanding wheel actually touched I'll probably get a small wheel for the dremel and just use that. Also just removed the well expired harness from the pass side, since I had some energy tonight. Seat slides so much better without it. Now I just need to find an entire seat belt assembly Edit: and figure out what I'm going to do with these recaros. And find a steering wheel.
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Oct 20, 2015 03:36
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 Welp. Flipped the driver seat up to remove that lovely harness, and this is how the seat is supported. God drat POs.
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Oct 20, 2015 03:55
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1500quidporsche posted:If you want to blow your power steering in a week I've got a momo steering wheel the size of a kart steering wheel with a Mk1 adapter that may or may not work on a Mk2. Does it have the normal momo Allen bolts? I already have a momo wheel, it's just beat to absolute poo poo. And my legs hit the bottom of the wheel, so I'm either gonna need a spacer or a smaller wheel anyway I tried to take a picture of it, but my phone was at 19%...And when I took the picture it straight up died.
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Oct 20, 2015 04:18
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1500quidporsche posted:yup takes the allen key bolts. Yeah, car has summer rubber on it now and obviously no PS hooked up, but I can steer it no issue. If you wind up wanting to dump the wheel and not just the adapter, let me know. Email is choppeds10 at the googlez, as I have no PM.
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Oct 20, 2015 04:48
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Long term plan is re foam the lower bolsters, and reupholster both seats. I really want plaid. But if I can find a good deal on some better seats I'll probably grab em.
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Oct 20, 2015 19:04
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 Steering wheel picture with non dead phone. Right leg is on the brake, left leg is clutch on the firewall. Obviously doable, but a spacer would probably be nice. Or a smaller wheel.
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Oct 21, 2015 01:47
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