Date:         Sun, 10 Nov 2013 11:06:36 -0600
Reply-To:     ralph meyermann <ralphmeyermann@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         ralph meyermann <ralphmeyermann@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Fwd: Re: [Vwdiesel] rare turbo kit
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Not mine, just sharing

Velma 82 1.9L AAZ td westy
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From: "Doyt W. Echelberger" <doyt@buckeye-express.com>
Date: Nov 10, 2013 10:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] rare turbo kit
To: <vwdiesel@vwfans.com>


 Sitting on a skid in Ohio, I have the entire engine and tranny pulled from
> my rusting 1985 Jetta TD.Sitting on a skid in OhioS
>

I parked the car four years ago after the engine started overheating and
ftom oil showing in the coolant I suspected a leaking head gasket .....but
didn't pull the head and replace the gasket because the car also needed
shocks and fenders and the wipers were slowing down and the fuel tank
straps were ready to let go, the front bumper cover was off, the plastic
grill was cracked, the floor boards were rusting out, and the jack points
were rusted, risky and unreliable......etc.

But I salvaged the entire engine and transmission and air induction/air
filtering system.

I planned to swap it into another Jetta I owned....a rust-free 100k mile
1989 Jetta NA diesel with a nice clean interior and good floor pans. But
that little basic diesel ran so nice I never got around to doing the swap.

Now I see interest in this turbo kit at roughly 900 bucks, and it doesn't
have the turbo-modified injector pump or the high-flo injectors or the oil
squirters or special pistons and rods......so I wonder what my entire
engine and tranny is worth or if there is a market for it.  It has all the
parts in the kit, but the parts are stock and not subject to the manifold
design problems of the kit......so it must be at least as valuable as the
kit.... which has an asking price $895.

Anybody want to help me try to evaluate it? I'll probably never execute my
plans...I'm 83 years old and don't do heavy work on my own cars anymore.
And this list is probably the only place people who do this stuff can
discuss such things.

Doyt



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