Dave's 20vT Mk2

[JC]

  I like the pink 

[Dave_IOW]

I like the pink 

Will be disappearing soon though and not returning.....








Yet.

[Dave_IOW]

Some right old technical shannanigins tonight;




Gearbox split, technical stuff discussed, casing to all be cleaned.

Still have to buy bearings, shims, sealant etc but interesting to find out how things work

Tomorrow may see cage feet completed, all the sound-deadening stripped from the floor and maybe first few steps towards sorting the loom.

Happy days

[jonrandom]

Looks good mate, would be afraid to do that, nice work 

[JC]

Dave was afraid too, VERY afraid 

[Dave_IOW]

Looks good mate, would be afraid to do that, nice work 

So was I

Had VW 's top protégé mechanic on the case and when you actually pull it apart, you can work out how it works, relatively easily.

Still need to drill the rivets out of crown wheel to swap over to new diff but have all of the monthly 'car budget' to spend at the dealers on Tuesday when they reopen so will slow progress on everything else. 

Lucky I've got a big box of wires to keep me busy for a while 

Not that much to buy now though;

4x Toyo t1r / 888
2.5"Jetex
Diff fitting things
Non PAS aux belt
Passenger seat fixings
Front braided lines
Vr6 MAF housing

That will get me somewhere pretty close 

[Dave_IOW]

Cage cut and in the right place, almost.




Need a bit of gentle persuasion, but it's certainly not bad.

Need brackets welded onto legs of cage, feet are tacked in already.

Also need to finish off last spreader plates for the rear 2 points, unfortunately they are being made out the worlds toughest 3mm steel, with the worlds most rubbish cutting disks

[Diamond Hell]

Dave learning another new skill.



I think he's been overcome with emotion at this point.

Either that, or his head is full.

[Dave_IOW]

Well, from the above post, you might be able to gather, tonight, has been loom night.

Please take note, I had NO idea what I was doing, even with the most thorough diagrams available. This is real headache stuff. Luckily the wiring demigod that is Mr Trigg from VW was at hand to show off his skills.

By the end of it, I actually had a pretty good idea what was going on, every engine plug has been labelled, no matter how obvious it is, every wire from the ECU has been labelled and virtually all the wires that are to be run inside the car have got what type of connection they will need, also what amp they are to be fused.

This is an absolutely monumental step in getting this thing finished, really can't thank Mike enough for his help.

All the wires coming inside will have to be extended towards the fuse box, but with everything labelled up correctly and checked, should make things pretty easy. I'm 90% sure that we can put CE2 plugs on the end of most things to now make this fully plug and play which will help immensely if the worst ever does happen when this finally reaches the road/track and everything needs to be reshelled.

This is how it is now, I'd say over 85% of the wiring I had was unused, this, is a good thing!

Full OEM setup, working diagnostics port and every sensor catered for and working.



Shame I've got work tomorrow, else I would be getting very, very drunk!

[Dave_IOW]

1 year and 2 days we've been together

1 year ago, it ran