![]() I’m not finished quite yet with the swap or editing videos for what I have done yet either. In the next video we cover the rest of the cable clutch conversion, finishing up and adjusting the rod shift conversion and installing the downpipe. Motor’s in, now its time to rock und roll. It takes me a few tries to not sound dumb on video from time to time ). In video one we cover prepping your TDI for installation and cover the basics of the new motor mounts, starting on the cable clutch conversion, and starting the rod shift conversion while the motor is out of the truck.Īs stated earlier the whole process of removing the engine, swapping all of the stuff on the new motor and setting it in took about 10 hours including doing the videos which was probably about half of that time. Now that we have gone over all of the components that make this TDI swap so easy lets actually get this show on the road. This is also great for Suzuki guys wanting to do a TDI swap in their Sammy, or for anyone wanting a standalone TDI application.Įnough with the parts, Lets get this swap going! Throw your old harness in a box, tell them to ‘shutup and take your money’, and they send you back a nice and labeled harness ready to rock. The wiring harness service offered by S&P is an awesome way for most guys to get past the fear of wiring. We see the wiring harness and the diagrams in the Bentley and our minds stop working. This part of the swap is what trips most guys up. It works just fine but defiantly isn’t as pretty or flow as well. I went this route on the AAZ caddy swap I just finished up. Another, cheaper, option you could do is use the stock mk3 downpipe cut off short and then have an exhaust shop custom bend and weld in the rest of the downpipe and exhaust. While not necessary it makes the exhaust a piece of cake to do on the swap. ![]() With this you can easily reverse your modifications if you ever decide to go back to a DBC setup. I’ve seen people in the past make funky brackets, or weld tabs onto their firewall to mount one. This bad boy lets you install any MK4 DBW pedal into your MK1 with just a few bolts. If you are doing this swap and keeping it as factory as possible this beauty lets you screw into the factory O2A speedo gear and into your MK1 cluster with no changes made. Speedo cable to go from the O2A to the factory mk1 cluster. I believe they are working for an under dash setup for those wanting to put a hydraulic clutch in their MK1 and not cut up the firewall to do so. My VR6 rabbit has one on it and it has been nice. I really like the feel of a cable clutch O2A. I like this because it keeps the truck as stock as possible and is pretty cool.Ĭable clutch conversion for the O2a. You can keep it cable shift and modify the MK3 shift box to mount inside the MK1. While this part is not necessary to make the swap work. The ting I like about this mount is it has a nice beveled edge inside of it making bearing installation easier. You can use a stock gasser passenger side mount. They Also offer mounts for an O2m 6 speed if you are going that route. If you are doing an O2J swap the mount may be slightly different. Transmission Top Mount and Rear Transmission mount for O2A Transmissions. Here are the individual parts that make up the kit: In this video I cover the parts included in the kit, as well as some additional bits I didn’t have in the original video like the TT downpipe and the wiring harness and DBW pedal bracket. Lets take a look at what all you can get from S&P to make a Mk1 TDI swap as easy as possible. I would guess that the person with average mechanical skills could do the whole swap over a weekend or a 3 day weekend easy enough and have time for any troubleshooting that may be needed. So overall it has been a pretty fast and easy swap. And then I have another 3 or so hours on the cable clutch and rod shift stuff making all of that work right. This included doing all of the video work too, which takes a lot longer than you would think to do. To give you a time frame about how long the swap has taken so far (I’m currently working on it when I have the time) we got the old motor pulled out, mounts put on and everything changed and the motor thrown back in in about 10 hours. Well like all projects this one took longer to get to than it should have and thanks to another friend with a VW shop who had some down time, we got a good bit of it knocked out in one day. By VWDiesel 1 AHU TDI Caddy Swap Using the S&P Automotive Swap KitĪbout a year ago I did a review on the MK1 TDI swap kit offered by S&P Automotive on here in plans on starting a TDI swap on a caddy I had recently purchased.
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