Motor swap in a 1.8 16v

[flaatr at yahoo.com (Euroroc II)]

I am planning on a 4 day swap to pull the 1.8 and drop a 2.0. No changes to 
the electrical at this point just motor exchange and clean up... might seem 
long but I'm a stickler for detail.

Details soon... Planning on a late august transplant.

-Raffi


At 07:15 PM 7/24/2003 -0700, derrickmd18@juno.com wrote:
>I was asking because I used to work at a Toyota dealership and I seen
>technicians have a motor down to the bare block inside the car took all
>the parts out and put them in a Cleaner tank, cleaned them and re
>assembled the motor in the same day.  and only one tech is working on the
>car.  But now that I think about it I only did one motor swap and it took
>me a week to do because I ran into problems with it.  I left a ground
>strap un bolts and did see it and I got a harness wire stuck between the
>engine and trans.  took me a week to see it and by that time the harness
>was destroyed to the point where I had to get it towed to a vw dealership
>and have it repaired.  now that I have access to a lift and being where
>as though my car is currently off the road I would think about a swap.
>
>On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 17:57:06 -0700 "L F" <rocco16v@netzero.net> writes:
>Think about it, der.   Rebuilding an engine will take X amount of time,
>whether that engine came out of your car or is already out of someone
>else's car.
>  Of course, your car will be engine-less for fewer days if you rebuild a
>spare engine while you continue to drive the car.
>You can get the lift-work done in fewer consecutive days if you have a
>rebuilt ready to go in as soon as the old one is pulled, that's easy to
>figure out.
>So....what was your question again?
>Larry
>----- Original Message -----
>From: der flo
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 8:20 PM
>Subject: Motor swap in a 1.8 16v
>
>
>I have a 87 vw scirocco 16v and I need to either swap the motor with a
>rebuild one or rebuild mine in the car.  Which one would be the less time
>consuming idea.  I have a spare motor in my garage on a engine stand with
>a rebuild kit sitting in my garage.  And I have a place with a lift and
>tools for 3 days.  I recently had a fuel problem with CIS-E and now my
>compression went from 150 to 110 so I need to rebuild the motor or swap
>it.  Please hit me back on this.
>
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