MC engine swap minutia

[Mairs, James (Stimpy)]

As Huw already pointed out I bought a label maker *Label Maker Pro* from Wal-Mart for $39, and two rolls of white *tape* for $3?

The label maker provides a clear label, with as much or as little detail as you wanted.  I was able to label things clearly with a: Location, Identifier, note.  For example
Location
	D = Drivers side
	P = Passengers side
	E = Engine
	FO = Firewall Outer
	IF = Interior Front
	IB = Interior Back
	T = Tail
Identifier
I just used a word Lock, p/w window, console, console 1, a/c ETC

Note: Usually a separate tab but with specific information if something needed it.

I am sure each and every person would come up with their own ideas, but I found this method to work for me.

For the most part I make sure each item was labeled with at least 1" worth of tape, if that meant putting a space before and after I did.  1" allowed for more tape to stick around the wire and attach to itself (picture a U).  

Pros:
Keeping in mind that I had 2+ wiring harnesses to label, I found that it worked great!  And was not that expensive, should last during the conversion and I found about 500 other uses for the label maker.  The stuff I used is water proof, slip proof (stuck better than masking tape), and was bright with VERY legible (for those of us with less than stellar handwriting).

Cons:
A billion little static charge sticker backings all over the place, which wont leave your fingers!!!!!



-- Jim 



James C. Masaru Mairs          	84 VW Callaway Turbo MK1 GTi 
http://www.aprisma.com         	84 Audi 4kq 
Phone: 603-334-2401        	83 Audi Ur-Q 
email: jmairs at aprisma.com     	http://www.impellerhead.com

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Ken Keith [mailto:auditude at neta.com] 
Sent:	Wednesday, December 13, 2000 4:25 PM
To:	Quattro at audifans.com
Subject:	MC engine swap minutia

Please bear with me as I hash out some of the more simple issues 
regarding an MC conversion into my 4ksq.

What should I use to label the wiring harness and items?  I picture 
masking tape with magic marker writing on it, getting all thrashed 
and greasy so that it is illegible.  (I imagine this swap will take at 
least a month, working at a pace comfortable to me)  How about 
some clear shipping tape wrapped around the written-on masking 
tape?  What have others done for labelling?

Should I try to locate the ECU in the same location as stock, at 
the passenger footwell are?  Is there a better place?

Oh wow, I just remembered I should probably get a hold of a 
vacuum canister, to accumulate vacuum for the brakes.  Maybe 
later, I'll have the hole machined into the head for the vacuum 
pump, just to be extra safe.  Where is a good place for vacuum 
canisters, Summit?  Can I use the stock vacuum canisters that I 
remember my Coupe GT had in the fender, with the three joined 
globes?  If going that route, I would probably have to fashion my 
own check valve?

This is exciting stuff.  It will be nice to have this project be at the 
stage that it is one car getting fixed up and stuff bought for it.  It 
would be easier to justify buying whatever items are the capstones 
(does that make sense, correct use of the term?) for an almost 
finished car, than justify accumulating yet another separate piece 
of hardware that is for this grand project that isn't yet started.

That's all I can think of at the moment.  There will likely be more 
later.

Thanks!

Ken
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