Former VWDieselParts.com Forum

Will a 1985 MK2 motor/trans fit in a 1982 MK1 Caddy without needing mods or extra parts? Im just wondering if it will swap right in.

Thank in advance

So sad...thank you for all your infinite wisdom and willingness to help anyone my friend. You have left us with incredibly valuable knowledge!

Rest easy...

hagar wrote:freinds ; I am still alive ,,,, BUT just barely.

hagar

PS :Happy is fading.

Your friends are thinking of you hagar...

PS : this at a time when they bragg abut 42 MPG for new models. Agreed...I have been laughing at "them" for quite some time now, especially the price they want for a whopping 42 MPG new model :lol: I just picked up a TD motor for my Caddy and cant wait to get it in and play with hagars EC...

Looking for feedback on this seller and wondering if anyone has bought an engine from them?

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Thank you

I finally found this one http://www.autoshoppingcenter.com/Volkswagen/vw_enginescode.html Its pretty close to the Wiki link but I think the years would run more like 1986-1991 rather than 1983-1991. This motor is supposedly imported from Germany and planning on swapping it into my Caddy...the poor l...

I just acquired a TD long block but cant find any info on it.

The block is stamped with JR 433 924. I have searched quite a bit online but cant find the JR code anywhere.

Any help is much appreciated.

Thank you

hagar wrote:SAGA : why do I not write more often , despite Requests ? simple , I do not want to look like a real A,hole occupying top line.


hagar.

hagar, you are top line. There is no way anyone could think you are an a-hole

Great to see you are still posting!

No sweat Fat and thanks for responding.

Im all for clean/organized threads for obvious reasons so feel free to delete my posts in this regard.

Cheers

82vdub, they were definitely moved or deleted as confirmed by licnep. The post he last linked was the one I was responding to yet I cant find my responses anywhere on the entire forum. Page 165 can contain a total of 15 posts and when I responded there were only 2 posts on page 165 so it had many po...

Yes, posts are definitely being removed.

Can we please have the courtesy to make mention as to why and where the post are moved since I was in the middle helping a new member...Thx

Is it me or are posts disappearing from this thread?

hagar wrote:What exactly is counter-boring ?

Im sure nobody would recomend c'boring to this degree but Im with Surfcam regarding sealing surface

I dont doubt your getting 60+ mpg. Especially after trying your wax trick with an increase of 4 mpg last Summer in my na. Checking mpg by sucking a few mils of fuel out of a jar will most likely show different results than running a full tank :) Hopefully I will have a TD motor by this weekend and w...

hagar, have you checked your smileage based on a full tank of fuel yet since this is how most folks do it? It would be interesting to see if you get the same smilage