Dylan8's Vento

[dylan8]

me too!

yeah whole 02j assembly.
bit awkward to install, be easier with two people on the tools.
yeah completely different feel, mk3 feels terrible compared to mk4.

[stephen8512]

me too!

yeah whole 02j assembly.
bit awkward to install, be easier with two people on the tools.
yeah completely different feel, mk3 feels terrible compared to mk4.

Oh sweet! yeah the MK3 feels like a bit of a dogs breakfast. Its not smooth at all and it's hard to get into 5th. Sometimes when I think im in fifth, it will slot into third...

How long would you say the swap will take and whats the degree of difficulty? And where did you pick up the parts from? It's from a V5 bora?

[dylan8]

Got mine from a late mk4 I think 2l.
Exhaust and heat shields off. centre console out. Bit of custom drilling and bolts pending which way you go.
Electrics need to be changed. Tower at the box can be a bit fiddley

I need to take mine apart and add some more insulation as it's fairly noisey in the car

[HaydEn]

02a can be made better cheaply. 42DD sell solid mounts for the shifter tower on gearbox and there is solid mounts available for the bracket on the gearbox too.

Combined with a b&m shifter it is tight, positive engagement and still requires less muscle than 02j dieselgeek option.

Get this going dyl!

[Mk3 AAA]

Stop sneaking Mk4 bits into the Mk3. You don't see the early aircoolers cutting out the oval windows in bugs to install the bigger 70s ones for better visibility.

Trollolol

[dylan8]

Stop sneaking Mk4 bits into the Mk3. You don't see the early aircoolers cutting out the oval windows in bugs to install the bigger 70s ones for better visibility.

Trollolol

hahah
mk4 shifter, mk4 box, mk4/6n headunit, R32 bushes, passat carriers, mk4 rear calipers, a4 lines, rado brace, different gen/model seats, lexus lights, few 3.5 parts
think that'll be the extent of it

[dylan8]

02a can be made better cheaply. 42DD sell solid mounts for the shifter tower on gearbox and there is solid mounts available for the bracket on the gearbox too.

Combined with a b&m shifter it is tight, positive engagement and still requires less muscle than 02j dieselgeek option.

Get this going dyl!

originally went mk4 shifter to give the short shifter options like the dieselgeek, but I dont mind the mk4 one as standard.
might shorten it one day.

soooooon

[rayray086]

me too!

yeah whole 02j assembly.
bit awkward to install, be easier with two people on the tools.
yeah completely different feel, mk3 feels terrible compared to mk4.

Didn't know you did this! Keen to do the same when I do the swap, and I have the Dieselgeek too.

[dylan8]

Didn't know you did this! Keen to do the same when I do the swap, and I have the Dieselgeek too.

you had that in the A3 yeah?

[anthony--t]

Chopped O2j with dieselgeek in a mk3 was a bit ridiculous. Mine was very tight and notchy.

[HaydEn]

Needed to be hulk. Cenny coast spec.

That is the first photo of a vento front I've ever liked!

[dylan8]

Good thing it's on a Vento then ha.
Will look even better when it's had a wash and more cool bits added.

[dylan8]

Anyone got a pic of a early aussie mk3 VR fuse box in relation to the relays.
Think a few of mine are up the piss but getting a number of results pending what country I search

[KKK VR6]

Go to your local dealership with the vin, they can give u a printout of your fuse box showing what's what
Cars looking tops btw

[dylan8]

cheers!

so fuse box sorted and back in.
fuel issue was all to do with the after market alarm, they had used genuine vw plugs which threw me off when tracing wiring.

Now have issues with none of the windows/mirrors are working.
3 of 4 work via key in the door, and the switches are getting power, but they dont want to move via switch.
bit of research pointed to the wiring between the doors and pillars.
sure enough, one side had split the power and ground wires basically in two (the side not working with key in the door), the other side had cracked. both front looms seem to be ok however.
seems the wires/shielding gets very brittle, and the back doors on the vento look like they have had minimal use prior to me. so guessing on the movement since iv had it has worn them out.
wiring in the rear door of the golf was ok from memory so will probably steal that when I get home.
was planning on pulling it out to add speaking wiring to the factory locations anyway