mark 5 polo dash into a caddy help! help! help!

[golfnutz]

hi

helping a fellow dubber with a 1990 caddy, he's got some quality plans for the motor but is looking for some help with installing  a 2000 model mark 5 dash out of a polo into his caddy  the problems we have are

what do we need and how do we go about  wiring up the speedo as its digital readout and what do we need for the gearbox end 
having engine mods planned  should i take the fuse box from the polo
will i need the heater matrix from the polo or will the caddy one be ok
any suggestions on what to do with the wiring loom
do we need the ecu  or is that only relavent to the engine the polo was running
   

as you can see were at the early stage  got access to all parts
and would appreciate any help

kev

[Dizzie]

are you installing the engine from the polo too? if not then why would you need the ECU from it? 

you'll need the sender from the gearbox to make the clocks work. that's where I'll leave you. I tried putting mk3 clocks into my mk2 and it was turning into a major headache so I left the mk2 ones in there.

matrix wise I'd advise fitting the polo one. it's another headache to make the polo's heater controls work with the caddy matrix. I used the mk3 one which was well simple once it was bolted in there. you may need to drill some new holes though.

if you're running everything from the polo then maybe changing the fusebox and every wire over in the car would be an option, but I think you'll have to do some major work on the looms and the polo isn't as long as the caddy.