2ed gen TDI swap

So today I started the process, of swapping in a Volkswagen turbo diesel into my 08 Tacoma. I was able to find a 06 Jetta with 166000 miles on the odometer, which is nothing to these engines.

Step two.
The tear down.

do not sleep on the wife's lable maker!
I don't really know what I'm doing, so I figure it best I lable everything clearly.
It's to damn hot. Going to get the transmission separated. And hopefully get the motor on an engine stand tomorrow so I can start working in the garage.

 

Do you know how you will mate the engine to your transmission?

 

Yes sir there a a couple ppl that make adapters for this swap

.https://tdconversions.com/products/vw-1-9-2-0l-tdi-to-toyota-2-7l-adapter-kit-automatic

https://www.doomsdaydiesel.net/2tr-fe-to-tdi
I know if you use dooms day id have to put the bellhousing from a r150 onto my r155f. The starter has got to go onto the other side of the transmission on the tdi's

 

the engine is out and transmission is disconnected.exited to get everything clean and move this project out of the sun.

 

Got the engine out of the sun, thank God. Now I can start taking it down and make a shopping list.

 

Today I got the head completely torn down, camshaft and lifter are completely toast. But that's what I was told. Stage two camshaft is on the way. had a bad glow plug and a good amount of carbon on cylinder one. Which makes sense as the lifter was completely worn through. Got the head clean and tomorrow I will lap the valves. pistons and cylinder walls look good, I can still see cross hatch all the way around on all four, going to drop the pan clean it out and and call the bottom end good. i will be sending the ECU to Kerma TDI to get the immobilizer delete done this week, and start on the wiring harness once this block is cleaned up. I really need to get a parts cleaner for all the small stuff but for now it's Rubbermaid for the win.

 

That is fantastic!'

 

Sorry I haven't had any updates mostly just studying over here

SO MANY WIRES!

getting the wiring harness whittle down, trying to figure out what wires can be deleted with out problems.

 

Ok it's been a little while, when using a self-centering drill bit on a broken bolt an aluminum part of the bit fell off and into an injector hole on the cylinder head first I ordered some arp head studs but after a wait got the wrong ones. So I continued the retrieval process. After about another hour I got it out.

Then I got all the injectors dialed in to spec. And got the rest of the head put back together.got the timing set and everything up top sealed up. Then I got the turbo broken down and cleaned and lubed really well.im about ready to order my adapter plate. And get the wiring done. Hoping to fire the engine up on the stand in a couple weeks. Need to order a oil pan the one that came out of the car has a jb weld patch job on it.

 

I wouldn’t mind throwing an old Chevy 6.2 in mine. Loved those. Super easy to work on, and they’re worthless to people.

can’t wait to see this one done up!

 

That would be sweet. I'm all about simple. You should do it.

 

Looks like someone from Mad Max with the hat on!

 

So it's been a bit since I got any work done, I gernaded my rear diff
but I've been needing to get a locker installed anyways, fortunately I did it thanks giving weekend and got Cyber Monday deals on new parts, diff rebuilt and put back in. Then I had to hook up an old air tank to my air. Another job I have been slacking on. im pretty happy with my air line and electric management, the air line is wrapped in an old 1/4 hose that was leaking then cheap wire loom from harbor freight. I got two pressure switches on the system for safety redundancy. Feeling good about it

 

what made you pick the 2L and not others like MKIV 1.9L ALH, 2.5L/3.0L V6 TDI, etc.?




another one I've heard of but don't know much about
3 series BMW diesel inline 6 swapped into range rovers

 

The BRM is a 1.9 I picked it because they are say to find with lower mileage than an ALH and it's quite a bit easier to hit that 200-220 hp mark. I'll probably be close with just the cam, tune and intake/ exhaust.

 

Ok it has been a while since I've updated, after doing a trail cv replacement, I took my truck to Texas tires for an alignment then put it straight on a trailer and moved to Colorado. I drove the truck for about three weeks thinking they did a horrible job on the alignment. I finally checked out what was going on. They didn't even tighten my tire rods down. So guess who had to go through the front end and replaced all my ball joints and bushings definitely my fault for not putting eyes on it sooner.

 

Currently working on a design for a flat bed. Going to cut about 12" off the rear end. On the note while the truck has no truck bed I'm thinking about doing a patina. What do y'all think?

 

So it's been a long time since I have updated, I have been slacking a bit since my move. But I have gotten some work donei got my pho-patina to a point where I feel comfortable it will progress naturally. And I have started my flat bed, I cut 10" off the rear end and increased my departure angles quite a bit today I got the frame for the bed started and leveled, I need to get to a tube bender to do the roll bar and fenders next.