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

[indiana_red@hotmail.com (Ken B)]

This is exactly what I did.  Only I put in the 16V dash as well.
Ken
'79 Scirocco 16v project "McFly" -getting close
'81 Diesel Caddy -needs heart transplant
'86 16v parts car - not much left
VORTEX:  "Indiana Red"

----- Original Message -----
From: "Julie Macfarlane" <juliemac57@hotmail.com>
To: <jtoomasson@yahoo.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 6:07 AM
Subject: Re: If I had to re-wire a Mk1...


> 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
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> >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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