got myself an abf :-)

[Conker]

Or you can pay some monkey firm to do it for you, if you lack basic mechanic skills, like the ability to weld.

Do you mean radweld.  I can use radweld.

 

[rubjonny]

clearance can be an issue if you have a 4 branch, some seem to fit ok with the tall block, some do not!  You can get round this sometimes with a bit of ultra violence directed at the bulkhead
If you can find one the G60 downpipe and cat bypass are a direct fit to a 16v manifold and exhaust system, but if you can weld there is no need to go out of your way to get one.  The 16v downpipe is a bit of a pain though as it has the resonator which means the rack has to be taken off to fit and/or subframe dropped.  But then again if you can weld you could chop it out!

[ghimph]

So if you wanted to carry over the speedo head possibly A/C etc can you swap the toledo dash including plumbing and loom into the MK2?

[Diamond Hell]

Probably - not something I've got any interest in - you're starting to remove the Golf2-ness and add far too much weight to the car in that situation.

The standard speedo drives right on the cable-change box, although IIRC you'll need an early 90's Passat speedo cable to drive it.  I've probably got the part number somewhere.

[ghimph]

Aye, but I was thinking about retaining the ABF management for diagnostic ability etc.

[Diamond Hell]

Absolutely.

The standard ABF management is as good as it gets.  As I've said on various occasions on this thread, doing the wiring is the tough part, especially from a Toledo, as the loom is all integrated together - it needs to be stripped out.

This requires you to be very methodical and work very carefully.

But you'll get the most benefit and easiest, most reliable power.

About the only nice thing on the Toledo is that there's a big multi-plug on the engine, which means the whole loom can be disconnected from the sensors et al - Golf3 might have this and on Golf3 the loom is a separate unit, too - better get yer ABFs out of Golf3s - they need to die anyway.

[ghimph]

In the main I don't like the idea of donor cars yet Toledos leave me cold plus I can take up to 10 years off the steering, suspension, brakes etc.

[oakgreengolf]

Im starting to get a bit concerned about the wiring now its been mentioned a few times  . Is it plug and play or do the wires literally need to be moved about/ cut etc?.

[danny_p]

wireing is only hard when you don't have diagrams or pinouts and have to do magor adjustments.   anyway i posted up ALL the infomation required for the abf's enigne loom some time ago.

TBH chances are you don't have to do any wireing all your doing is stripping the lighting loom out. all you need is logic patience and loom tape ,  enjoy

[Diamond Hell]

Wiring.

M'mmmmm, wiring.

Wiring will be the death of us all.

Except DannyP.  It'll be the Peroxide that gets him.