[Vwdiesel] Update on Westy and parts needs

[dieseltdi at verizon.net]

Well, been a while since I have posted.  Too busy with the start of  
school, rebuilding a fence, taking one last camping trip and enjoying  
my new granddaughter (4 months old).  I have been doing a few things  
to the Westy to get it road worthy:  new brakes front and back, new  
brake rotors up front, new shocks front and rear, 85 springs front  
and rear (about 2" taller) and new front upper ball joints just to  
name a few things.  Today I tackled the reassembly of the AAZ TD  
engine.  I had previously installed an AHU crank with new rod and  
main bearings (I want to avoid the dreaded AAZ crank bolt failure  
problem) and installed a set of high flow GTD injectors to go along  
with the tweaked pump that I had done by a fellow in Canada.  Today,  
I installed a set of ARP head studs and new head gasket.  Man what an  
improvement over the stretch bolts.  Easy install and easy torque -  
80 ft/lbs.  I then reinstalled the cam, intake manifold, exhaust  
manifold and turbo, using all new gaskets of course.  Just on a whim,  
I checked the glow plugs and found 3 of the 4 are bad, will need to  
order a set tomorrow.  I have also installed a hybrid oil pump that  
includes the high output pump body(big gears) of the AAZ and the  
funny, long reach oil pickup of the Vanagon diesel.  I also loosely  
installed the oil pan (also a Vanagon diesel only part) with the AAZ  
oil splash shield in place for the pan gasket.  I have also devised a  
way to use the EGR port on the exhaust manifold to mount my EGT  
sender so I will have a Pre-turbo temperature.  I am also thinking of  
installing a post turbo unit on the downpipe, just for comparison.   
It was during the reassembly that I realized that I need a part.  I  
will be reversing the intake neck on the intake manifold to  
facilitate the installation of an intercooler.  However, the neck on  
the AAZ has a huge boss cast into it for the EGR.  Does anyone have  
just the gooseneck for the manifold, or lacking that, an spare   
intake manifold from a 1.6 TD or one from a non-EGR AAZ?  Let me hear  
from you if you have one.  I will be posting some pictures on my web  
page when I get some time (I will include some info on the Jeep Grand  
Cherokee CRD on there also).  More later.  Hayden

" Those who are willing to sacrifice Liberty for Security, deserve  
neither Liberty nor Security."  Ben Franklin
"Dictatorships all have common factors:  a government controlled by  
one party, a leader who claims to have special powers outside the law  
to keep the country "safe", secret prisons where people are locked up  
without charges or trial and government opponents are branded as  
unpatriotic and charged with aiding the enemy."

Visit my website at:  http://mysite.verizon.net/resosxp8/mydieselpages/
Proud owner of:
2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee CRD (My newest diesel aqcuisition)
1998 Jetta TDI (Wetterauer Chipset, 2 1/2" exhaust, K&N Filter,  163K 
+ miles, and running biodiesel)
1982 Vanagon Westfalia Diesel - "THE SLOTH"
And many, many, many VWs; from a 1946 Beetle (11 Beetles total), to  
Vans (5 - 3 splitties, 2 bay window), Rabbits (3), Karmen Ghia (1),  
Jettas (5), Passats (2), Dasher (1), New Beetle (1), and Rabbit  
Pickups (3) most now gone but not forgotten.