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December 1, 2009 at 1:09 am #6597
Chris S
ModeratorIs there a blanked hole on the pass side on the golf you could use?
or could you make one with a hole saw?December 1, 2009 at 1:46 am #6598Housey
Participantif you read my post once more
you’ll se my problem
the problem is that the abs harness comes from the passengerside on the car, not on the drivers side as the passat (LHD)
December 1, 2009 at 1:54 am #6599Housey
Participantanyways, took some pics today

this is where i left it yesterday


and this is pretty much where i left it today
damn this car has a lot of wires

hopefully not many days until this finds its way down under the hood

December 1, 2009 at 2:21 am #6600Housey
Participantmakes me wonder if i’m just going to ditch the abs crap and go with regular brake booster and master cylinder
December 1, 2009 at 3:27 am #6601Chris S
ModeratorSorry, I read it wrong.
If you pull the original motor & box out and you will have soo much more space to work in, then a solution to the wiring problem may become evident, if not I have a “passenger side” EDL wiring harness I will swap you for your drivers side one, if you want to pay the postage both ways?
December 1, 2009 at 3:31 am #6602Housey
Participanti’m in the thinkig corner, wondering if i’m going to remove the abs completly. 9″ booster with sharan master cyl
December 1, 2009 at 4:03 am #6603Chris S
ModeratorSkyping with you and Pascal now [
]December 1, 2009 at 4:47 am #6604Housey
Participantoh yeah, theres a ****load of pics here: http://foto-garasjen.net/bilder/syncro/
many which is not posted
but for your enjoyment, here they are
December 2, 2009 at 2:19 am #6605Housey
Participantdid some more today, not much tho, only took out the abs unit
not too much job 
started the evening by emptying the brake reservoir using my good friend, the vakuum driven brake bleeder
(genious tool)
when the reservoir was just about empty (can’t empty all if it it seems). then i removed the 3 nuts that secure the bracket for the abs unit (3 13mm from the inside of the car)
when that was done, i took the brake lines of (3 in total)
and then just pulled it out


oh yeah, and started to strip some of the interior too, need to remove the seats and the carpet, makes it soo much easier to run wires

heres the old abs unit

December 3, 2009 at 12:26 am #6606Housey
ParticipantA really short day today, too tired from all the working these days

but, I managed to get the main engine harness out
crappy job tho. cut myself when I pushed open the rubber seal though the body as well
December 4, 2009 at 3:18 am #6607Housey
Participantso, been doing some more work today
took the dash out preparing for a heatercore replacement (and making it easier to run the wires for the conversion)anyhow, lets start with some pics of my garage (pretty messy one too)

this is “my” corner

and here is the corner for two of my friends who i share this garage with

and a small pic of the enginebay, which needs a good cleaning


heres the complete engine wiring harness for the 1P engine, totaly uncut and in good condition


and last photo of the day, interior carnage
lol
December 9, 2009 at 2:15 am #6613Housey
Participantengine is finally out


needs a lot of cleaning, and some rust-removing under the battery. and then the modifications for the new transmission with hydraulic clutch assembly
heres the old sucker, no one actually knows how far its been driven, but somwhere between 250 000 and 400 000km. but thats just a guess


i’ve also ordered a new cambelt and tensioner for the G60 engine
better to be safe then sorry i guessDecember 9, 2009 at 11:43 pm #6614Housey
Participantstarted something really boring today, cleaning the enginebay

didn’t finish, because i got bored. but, i’ll finish it one day
some pics too, one before and one after todays little work

December 15, 2009 at 6:31 pm #6622Housey
Participantwell, took the K-frame from the golf of, just to clean it up, mount the passat servo unit and passat control-arms..
mounted it back together yesterday, but forgot to fit the swaybar (stupid me)
so, today, i was going to do this, mount the swaybar from the passat, but, that just does not fit, there is no way its going to fit using the Golf Frame and Passat arms. and the Golf swaybar wont fit with the passat arms..
so. what are people doing when they make the golf widetrack at the front?
heres some pics i took (i didn’t measure the passat vs the golf arms in lenght, but its obvious that the passat frame is wider)
heres the golf k-frame, with golf swaybar and passat controlarm and steering rack

and heres the kframe with the passat swaybar, as you can see, it just CAN’T fit

heres a closeup of on of the sides when the passat swaybar is on

heres the golf swaybar with passat control arm, does not line up, even tho that eye-bushing-tingy broke when i took it of the golf arms
December 17, 2009 at 12:59 pm #6625Housey
ParticipantDid some measuring on the front subframe today
Control arms side by side

The golf Control arms are 390mm long

The passat control arms are 415mm long

The Golf swaybar is 1130mm long

The passat swaybar is 1145mm long

So, it seems to me that using the passat controlarms with golf subframe and swaybar should work
the passat swaybar won’t fit



total width of subframe with the golf control arms is 1350mmish

total width of subframe with the passat control arms is 1385mmish

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