MK1 Jetta, 2ltr 16v ACE

awesome job dude, love jettas.

Scott

Looking good, nice job on re-locating the engine mount to.

Good work, excellent idea with the airline too !

Where did you get it from !?

Also, what size is the original metal line ???

Gold-mk1 said

Good work, excellent idea with the airline too !

Where did you get it from !?

Also, what size is the original metal line ???

Air line I bought from a local pneumatics specialist, VW used nylon fuel lines on the mk2 16v also on most modern engine fuel lines so I figured it would do for me. Its also alot cheaper than stainless lines and has the same resistance to the elements.

It cost me £12 for 30M, which is a steal, if you warm the ends up in boiling water (sweating) they just push onto the nipples on the accumulator/ Metering head.

As for the existing metal lines on my jetta ? they were about 6mm, on the 16v mk2 their 8mm on my mk1 golf 8mm I think..


Finally started the wiring today, routed the loom for the lights, horn and washer bottle. So later on this week the dash will be coming out to gain better access to the fuse box.

definatly keeping an eye on this. fancy comin duin mine hah. duin the exact same conversion as this n im lost haha

Looking good, enjoying the progress.

P.S: PM'd

Well finally got to do some more work, connected a few more wires for the ecu, notched and fitted the airbox. Still got to connect water hoses, brakes, reverse switch wires, fan wiring, washer pump….. But i'm gonna get it running then sort the other not so essentials out. Few pics below.

Take one mk1 gti air box…. And Hack





Soldering the larger wires, which were to big for the solder sleeves using the hook method, these were then double shrink sleeved.



And as I left the old girl, nearly there….

Really luving this thread, im seriously considering this for my Jetta too, so might be asking a lot of questions soon  

Well today after finishing the odds and sods off, I hooked the battery up and tried to fire the old girl up. Fuel pump primed then stopped so I twisted the key she chugged for a bit then seemed like she would fire into life….. But nothing… Bugger…:bh

So tomoz i'm gonna get some new plugs, and check the ignition system, luckilt i have two other coils to try too, hopefully i'll have some better news tomoz.

Few pics of the fuel lines after sweating them on, Lovverly and oem.

do you have a spark?

if you don't check the TCI. that's what stopped mine firing up the other day.

Managed to get some tinker time in this afternoon…

Discovered that my earth was crap to the engine block so we put a jump lead from the neg of the battery to the engine block and the engine span over quicker but its still slow….

changed the spark plugs, the ones I took out looked pretty new but they were black and wet with fuel….. so were getting fuel ( Maybe fuel pressure ?)

Also getting a spark, just need to check the order is correct on dizzy, the ones I took off were changed like for like with the new ones..

So tomorrow the plan is….

New fuel into the tank.
Use my battery from my mk3 derv.
Check leads are correct on dizzy.

If anyone else can recommend things to check, much appreciated  
 

Well she runs, albeit a tad lumpy but she works woohoo. I'll put the standard exhaust back on this week hopefully it'll be on the restrictive side but it'll do so i can set the timing up so she idles better. then get an exhaust fabbed up and then rolling roaded.

Other than the above I just need to finish tinkering with the brake lines then i'll take her for a spin

dubassasin said

Well she runs, albeit a tad lumpy but she works woohoo. I'll put the standard exhaust back on this week hopefully it'll be on the restrictive side but it'll do so i can set the timing up so she idles better. then get an exhaust fabbed up and then rolling roaded.

Other than the above I just need to finish tinkering with the brake lines then i'll take her for a spin

Nice work dude

Time for an update then eh finally found some time again….. A may have told a few of you about my cam belt issues and my worries about shells etc….
Well first a video of the problem in question…..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGvUjcgX5qc

So after stripping off the cam belt and the rest of the gubbins I found the problem…



So I put it all back together again checking that none of the other pulleys rubbed anywhere on the plate….

Fail, the squealing had gone but there was still a rubbing somewhere…… then found the belt was rubbing on the cover plate where it peels off the tensioner…. so I cut that off….



Built it all back up again to check, which left me with this….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdQAepdS66U

Which makes me a happy bunny :music:…… now to the next problem…

1/ Leaking radiator, one of the fixing slots to the top panel is leaking (nothing i've done) already have a remedy for it.

2/ Leaking rocker cover gasket.

3/ Align gearlinkage… what a bugger.

4/ Bleed brakes.

5/ Replce copper washer on fuel pump to accumulator line.

…….. at the present speed…. I'll be done next month..

Well today was the infamous maiden voyage, well underpowered but i'll put that down to ignition timing…. hopefully sorted soon. Also gotta sort the wiring nest out in the passenger footwell, and got a bit of a leak at the water hose where it joins the heater matrix hoses. No biggie though. the joiner pipe I used had no beveled edge, well thats what i'm hoping the problem is….. May still have an oil leak too, tomoz i'll know more, the wet patch will tell me i'm sure.

Had another water leak so I fixed that, filled with water and anti freeze also tidied all the wiring up in the passenger footwell then had a fettle with the accelerator pedal as I had no where near enough leverage to open the second butterfly on the throttle body. I ground the weld off and rotated the flat lever bar around the pedal and welded it back on in the  correct position, then warmed up the bar with the oxy torch and bent it down….. Now we have full throttle without fouling on the carpet/wheel tub

I'll get pics up….soon.

So then came the obligatory "Try it out, see if it works", kinell yes, and that was only n the wet country lanes I pulled back into my unit with the biggest grin.

Still over fueling, any ideas on what that normally is ?

just readint this thread makes get all excited for when im picking my engine up tomorrow! top work dude! hope mine goes as smoothly! although i know for sure it wont lol

It'll be fine, to be honest I found it quite easy. And i'm an electrician with a couple of spanners  

Well my plan today was go and get the exhaust fitted over at powerflow in Telford after i'd cleaned the beast. The freshly painted wheels showed how dusty it really was….. so en-route home from the unit, it cut out, just on the approach to some traffic lights :cry: After a gander in the engine bay i noticed a wire hanging off the coil…. quik fix and she fired into life again….. but now doesn't want to run for long, I eventually got home and left it for a few hours before I tried it again. Fired up no probs after about a mile or two the engine stalls with no throttle response what so ever…… Seems like a fuel starvation issue to me. So i'm gonna get a new fuel filter tomoz and try it. (the only thing I never replaced)

…. quick pic with the new boots on. Renault turbines. Black of course



But…. I keep looking at these rims and thinking……I wonder….. what if….. Maybe….. ermmm….

sick jetta i love th new stance.