..'76 Baywindow...briefly EJ20T now going superfly Tdi

Cool you got it!!!.... was that the one advertised on vzi???

mine just unbolted dude...but ive bolted and welded them in there new home....... if id of had the cash i would have just bought the Rjes one and saved myself a load of time. ( think they're £160..?)

Get that thread started

yea it was the one from vzi. bit of a bargain if i can get it running properly. got the engine bolted in the van today, just need to get my head around the wiring and sort the engine support bar out and fuel. and shouldn't take to much to get it going. if they just unbolt i might try and get hold of some. don't really wanna start hacking the old ones off.

Tell me about it !!...you lucky git, when i saw the price he was asking i nearly cried...surely the wiring loom is already done, just a matter of a few connections for power and earth...

Are you currylarger on vwkd????

no same user name as on here, yea it is but there is a few wires just been cut and not labled will start a post tomorrow.

If you need a copy of the wiring loom just give us a shout dude, i'll burn off a copy and post it over

So now we know we wont be going in the camper things have slackened off a bit ( yep even more so ).. well mainly because, she ( the one that must be obeyed ) wont let me spend any more cash on it till we get back from the holiday.....

been trying to work out how i going to get the rad to lift and lower....
Had some threaded bar lying around and thought about welding the bottom bolt so the whole bar moved up through the top bit of angle, but have scrapped this idea and going to use mini gas struts....

Then cut up a polo 6n electric window runner mech and added one wheel to the bus and one to the rad mount

Had to cut the cable down and bolted it the mount

once i knew worked i took it all out to clean up and sort some sort of cover out, only to find out the rad wouldn't fit so had to cut out and change the wheel

An oven gave up it's grill vent to the cause

Put it all back under the bus and the mech couldnt pull it up :( ..so took the rad and fan off and it still wouldnt pull it up... think the battery may have gone a bit flat ( i hope, or ill have to get a bigger window motor)..

So then, the holiday is over and it's back to the beee'atch, oh i mean bus

spent the weekend just trying to refresh myself as to what i'd been doing before... ...still confused with a few things

Got some shiney's



and routed all the wiring through the bulk head .......

...back to the wiring diagrams....

mucho respect on this project fella is coming along im in the situation im not allowed to spend due to me n the missus going on holiday tomorrow.

Keep at it dude, its come along loads since i came by. Love the rad mount idea.. uber cool yes! Did i miss it or did you get the wiring nightmair sorted?

cheers guys ...

I think i was having the problem with vacuum hoses when you stopped by dude, took me two weeks and various subaru club sign ups before i could get the info i needed ( and then i found a really small pic of it all in the manual )

Wiring wise it's been a struggle for me , it sounds like ive been over complicating things ( been told by a wise one...although he wont divulge what needs to be done, just for me to figure it out!!)..Although i think i may have it in the bag now...

Roll on the weekend ive got more shiny things

Sorted out induction pipe today..



And started working out where the water pipes are going to run ( may have been a good idea to look at these before i spent an arm and a leg on the silicone pipe )


The had to modify the charge cooler mount so i could get this bad boy in

Well havn't had a go at starting her yet as ive now been waiting two weeks for oil pipe, the poxy sandwich plate outlets are bigger than the loads of half inch i/d pipe ive got lying about so i cant even just loop it round for now......
so yesterday i tackled the hydraulic clutch..

...yeah i know ... still got to tidy up the hole....anyway i flipped the original end piece round so it would push instead of pull, cut the clevis off the old clutch cable and welded it to a bit of bar that would fit in the T25 cylinder and then with great difficulty and discomfort welded on the bracket to support it

Then played with my new toy and made up the pipe work...... just need to mount the pot and a bit of pipe before filling with fluid to see if it works ( was going to do this today but im too hungover )

its looking good mate. you got them parts yet? i hope you have more luck with it than i did with mine! im looking forward to seeing it

Gutted for ya dude, cant believe you gave up so quick......

Been slacking but...
clutch reservior in

Expansion tank in

Had to re-do the motor idea as one wouldn't lift..... so now it has two , and seems to work fine

big ol' rev counter in and wired up

temp and presure senders mounted...proper pain in the a$$ as it sits behind the alternator which had to slightly grinded to fit

And being the fool i am, i tried to screw in the water one that was a different thread and ended up snapping it clean off

Also, finally have the oil cooler pipework done ...... no pic, so have a rear end shot

So last weekend i turned the key......................... and all it did was turn over, so checked all live's and everything seemed fine ..... so with a bit of headscratching and a lot of dissapointment thought the only thing i could do was strip all the subie wiring and go through it again .......that was fun :rabbit:
Didn't find anything wrong so attached it all up and turned the key and................. bingo!!! she kicked into life..ran for ten seconds then stopped
Today i re-wrapped all the wiring and gave everything it's new home ( and when i can finally get on photobucket i'll give you a pic ) but i also realised i hadnt connected the air pipe for the idle control ( muppet )....... turned the key , it ran a bit better but stopped.. so started it ,ran round the back and feathered the throttle and could hear air escaping but couldnt work out where from even though i was staring it in the face...... i hadnt blocked the servo outlet, one bolt later and all is good and she runs sweet

Good news then dude

Can't wait to see/hear her

Cheers dude, yeah, finally getting somewhere... well if i hadnt been hungover every weekend it would have been on the road when it was supposed to ... in MAY

Good stuff mate

Always nice to hear a conversion fire to life for the first time

Keep up the good work

Cheers dude, when it sat there ticking over i almost felt a tear in my eye... then realised it was dirt

well, bucket finally let me on... so ecu and stuff mounted....

Not the greatest install, but i didn't want to get too fussy over it ( cos im too lazy )

... Then again i may take it all out next winter ( if it all stays together that long) and do a clean install, painted engine bay and all..

looking good fella would like to see this in person

realy wont a update

sorry dude, havn't really got round to doing much due to work..

bled the clutch through, which was a pain in the a$$ only to find out id used too small a gauge pipe and it wont give enough pressure to fully engage... ermmmm... oh i cleaned up a bit of wiring...


oh got a bit side tracked and went and got this the other weekend..





yeah.....say no more

nice one matey set u back much ??

got realy in to the bay window project
wish i culd do sumthink like that ... hmm maybe one day
u have wicked welding skill too

Bays coming on well there rolf, look forward to a look round it when its up and running, saw the vauxhall up at wills place the other week, cool looking car that, did you get the v8 as well?, saw one of these down in cornwall a couple of years back, another project thread to follow?

cheers Azzeer...the bay was never suppose to be the project the cab is the project but things just got out of hand.....avoid vodka !!!....
Dude, i spent too many years wanting things that i couldnt do but couldnt afford to have done ( properly )... so just though f*** it bought a welder and dived in.....

Curtis, the missus saw pics of the victor and just said buy it,i want it as a daily ...so no v8...just low and hotrod/chiccano lowrider
Ive got a 1.8 pinto and a sierra box on the way.... but things may change now as she's already changed her mind ........

....how much do cossie lumps go for