[Vwdiesel] '98 Jetta convesion stick/auto

[brian gochnauer]

Kurt,

Thanks!  Nice link, with it, I found a auto diesel tranny in Texas! (800
miles away) lol

Not sure why it was rebuilt, he said he bought it with a known bad turbo and
decided to rebuild the engine too, which is not that expensive, if you can
do all the labor yourself. Starts way better than my '04 jetta, I'm thinking
it might have a couple bad injectors in the '04 jetta because on a 'hot
start' (sat only a short time) it fires like it's running on two cylinders
and cranks for more than 4 seconds before it finally stumbles to life, but
acutally starts very well when it's cold.
The '98 jetta starts at the "flick of the switch" hot or cold.

On 8/12/08, Kurt Nolte <syncronized_turbo at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
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> www.crazedlist.org searches the Craigslist database nationwide.
>
> Why was the engine rebuilt at only 181k?
>
> -Kurt
>
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> brian gochnauer wrote:
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>> I wish Craigslist was more easily searchable nationwide, there's nothing
>> in
>> Des Moines, IA.
>> Seems pretty improbably switch, searched nationwide auto 'recyclers' and
>> found 5 automatics in all of the US.
>> I sure there's more but it is an indicator.
>> I just bought the car, it has 181k but the engine was just rebuilt by the
>> previous owner he is also an aircraft mechanic.
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 6:00 PM, Matt_Lisa <matt_lisa at sprynet.com> wrote:
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>>> Rather than put a perfectly good manual transmission out of service, why
>>> not find yourself a mk4 TDI with an auto?  Those things are coming out of
>>> the woodwork!  I find them all the time on craigslist/ebay/etc.
>>>
>>> -Matt
>>> http://matt_lisa.home.sprynet.com/
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
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>>>
>>>> From: brian gochnauer <brian at gochnauer.net>
>>>> Sent: Aug 12, 2008 3:56 PM
>>>> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
>>>> Subject: [Vwdiesel] '98 Jetta convesion stick/auto
>>>>
>>>> Has anyone ever tried a conversion form manual to automatic
>>>> transmission?
>>>>
>>>> Got a nice '98 Jetta TDI with a manual 5-spd, but the wife's hip can't
>>>>
>>>>
>>> take
>>>
>>>
>>>> the pressure (of the clutch)
>>>> wondering if it's practical to convert it.
>>>>
>>>> I figure it would require a ;
>>>>  Flexplate from a flywheel
>>>>  Console shifter
>>>>  transmission -diesel (seems kinda hard to find)
>>>>
>>>> ? tranny computer ?
>>>> if so, is the wiring there for it?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Brian
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