[Vwdiesel] Its Alive!

[Ralph Meyermann]

Good work Dave! This winter thing isn't helping me either, I should have
all my parts for the 15" bfg all terrains and lift kit showing up Monday or
Tuesday. Was talking to Mike  at A.C.E. and he said to get all that done
before we do gearing rebuild/gearing changes. Its gonna be cold in the
driveway!

Velma 82 1.9L AAZ td westy
On Feb 28, 2014 11:39 PM, "Dave Cook" <davevw at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I got off work a little early and was able to get the newly-acquired TDI
> motor installed into my bus!  (Had to drive to Michigan a couple weeks ago
> to get the motor, prepped it last week.)
>
> It took awhile to get going because I incorrectly assumed that the low
> placement of the fuel filter would bleed it fairly quickly, but once the
> fuel reached the motor, it fired up and settled to a nice idle pretty
> quickly.
>
> I have a lot of work to do in terms of things like adjusting the shifter
> and clutch, I may well explore a different filter setup and some other
> things as well as build an exhaust system and other odds and ends, but I
> was able to drive it around the block.
>
> Unfortunately, freakin' winter is coming back for one (hopefully) last
> blow tonight/tomorrow so I probably won't be driving it much for another
> week or so.  Only has a rear Vanagon heater at the moment, and I won't want
> to drive it while there is salty slush all over the roads anyway.
>
>
>
> Dave Cook
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