If I had to re-wire a Mk1...

[juliemac57@hotmail.com (Julie Macfarlane)]

I did a re-wire on my 16v conversion. I left the rear harness intact but cut 
the connector and spliced it in.
Not a super hard job, but make sure you have a diagram of both harnesses to 
start with.



Julie Macfarlane
Menlo Park Research & Development
Internet Application Developer
www.menloparkrandd.com
www.montgomeryweb.org
Amsterdam NY





>From: Jeff Toomasson <jtoomasson@yahoo.com>
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: If I had to re-wire a Mk1...
>Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 21:26:16 -0800 (PST)
>
>
>Tobias and I ran into a non-lister Mk1 owner in the yards last weekend and 
>the guy was yanking the whole loom out from the 80S we found. (yes, we told 
>him about the list!  :)
>
>After he had it freed, it really didn't look that imposing (as compared to 
>my 16v loom).
>
>Preliminary investigations into my new mk1 have led me to believe that the 
>wiring may not be in the best condition.
>
>Given that I'll be going to after-market EFI (and the CIS-E is going to the 
>cabby anyway), would it be that much more difficult to swap in the 
>remaining 16v loom/fuse box? Is there any benefit ((and I'm completely 
>speculating) better grounds, Buss fuses, newer wires...)?  The one area I 
>could see being a problem would be the instrument cluster, but other than 
>that, just basically running the wires?
>
>Anyone have experience with this? Thanks, JT
>
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