Mk2 16v Thermostat straight swap with mk3 16v?

[Neo Badness]

Sweeeet, I love it when that happens. I had something like that happen with an brand spanky ABF ecu that I picked up for 40 delivered, like you say, seemed rude not to purchase it. 

I'm going to have a rummage for a hub, just the drivers side that's knackered so i might just change that, maybe get my pet grease monkey to get his paws dirty on my behalf as it needs done, it's cold, i'm lazy and I have nowhere to work. However, I might be getting a loan of a garage from a friend of a friend for gratis....

[rubjonny]

yeah tell me about it, did a bit o work on me cab yesterday chuffin freezin 

[Neo Badness]

Gotta love working on your car in the uk man... Builds charater and that...
I've been paid so going to track down a theromstat for my car this weekend, providing it isn't snowing I'm going to get stuck in about it. Maybe, if I'm feelin ambitious, try and re instate the power steering...Previous owner removed it. Got a new pump and sundries, anything to keep an eye out for?

[rubjonny]

main thing to note is the universal joint is different on PAS cars, apart from that you got a couple brackets etc but these are probalby still bolted on somewhere. You could use MK3 bits too, though the reservoir needs a bit of work to mount up, and the rack would need the track rods swapping for MK2 ones.

Is the rack still fitted or was a manual one shoved in there, because a rack swap is one of the more difficult things to do especially with the engine still fitted!

[Neo Badness]

...? As far as I can tell the previous owner just removed the power steering pump and drained the system. The steering is really heavy compared to my old mk2 which didn't have p/s. (drove my mk3 other night and almost over steered it into a parked car the steering is so light by comparison ) If it's going to be a pain in the @rse I might just leave it till i do the engine swap as it saves on gym membership...

[rubjonny]

ah, problem with that is the pas racks dont like being run dry so it might be trashed inside now
if it was me i wouldnt chance it,  wait till engine comes out then put in a known good pas rack

[Neo Badness]

Ah, makes sense, wouldn't be surprised if it's shagged now. @rse. Still better to find this sort of thing out now. Will add that to the growing list of parts that I'm needing to purchase.
Electric window packed up, alarm wouldn't open doors, kept cutting out at idle and made me late for work today. Couple that with no heating and would have traded it for a bus pass this morning... But window started working again (loose wire), idle seems better (doogy vacum hose) and got to slaughter a tarted up old skool scirroco on way home, the mountains and valleys of vw ownership