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The engine is in, hopefully for the last time. All the mounts are firmly fitted. I did find a problem though. I had made the gearbox mount with the clutch slave not attached and guess what, it didn't fit. But after some adjustment all is well. http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/lozzzzzzz_2006/Pi...

Thanks folks

Thanks 2mad

Considering the significance of getting the engine mounts done, this is pretty lame update as I forgot to photograph the engine finally sitting in the car with no crane assistance. Anyway, the engine mounts are now all finished and painted and while I have the stone-chip gun going, i took the opport...

There are updates on the way. I forgot to take the camera last time I was working on it.

Sunday night maybe.

(the engine now has all its weight on the car, two mounts complete, the third is nearly there)

More to come

Hmmm, interesting. Thanks for the info folks

Hi again, Can anyone tell me what the general opinion on these tie bars is (right in the bottom of the engine bay). Mine seems to be "missing" a little behind the drivers seat as you can see. Do I need to replace this?? If so does anyone have one? http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/loz...

I got the engine in this morning. Very excited about that :) Its only attached by one engine mount and mostly hanging on the crane, but it was a great success in terms of seeing how well it fits and checking where things might go: http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/lozzzzzzz_2006/Picture025.jpg ...

Thanks everyone, encouragement from the forum really helps keep me going.

Thanks for the kind offers too, I've sorted some bit now from a member on the TwoBrutal forum.

Thanks again

Right then! A much needed update. I've got the dials looking how I want them to now, and they're fully wired in, and fully working :) But as I was putting them in for the last time I cracked the Clear plastic (the toyota bit). I'm a little gutted but this can be easily replaced at some point when I ...

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Comments on the forums help keep me going

I made a bit more progress last night. Lots of grinding away at the old MR2 dials, trying to get the TDI dials to fit inside. On paper that sounds like very little progress, but.. I did spend a while looking at it and figuring out how it was all going to come together. I'm pretty sure I know how to ...

Thanks everyone :) I'm still mulling over the intercooler a bit, It still doesn't fit very well, a bit of a squeeze, but I'd like to get it in there and save some money. The engine started life as a 110hp TDI. The original plan was to add: solid flywheel, VR6 clutch, T5 injectors, PD 130/150 inlet m...

Hello again. I've made quite a bit of progress recently but haven't really had time to post about it. Well here is a bit of an update. I've changed the cambelt, idlers and water pump (but was disappointed to find they were in really good condition so could have saved a load of money) http://i97.phot...

No assistant, turns out my dad was free that evening, I'm gutted I didn't take him along really. I did have the assistance of a wireless remote for the camera, but that only helped in that I didn't open the shutter until I was back on the road with the car (and I needed the torch to get back off the...

Another small update. The rough running is sorted, and I've been working on the tank. Got it off the car: http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/lozzzzzzz_2006/20141130_122057.jpg Cut off the toyota float, and fixed the swing arm in place, then attached the TDI tank sender to get the right signal to...

Is anyone interested in the Toyota motor in the corner, 86k lady owner, its a good un.

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Thanks everyone, it was quite a relief to get it to run. It still runs a bit rough until I pull one of the fuses out, then it runs smooth but without the dials working. What fun! I'll hopefully get to the bottom of this at some point.

It Runs!!!!!! After several weeks of head scratching, a friend at work gave me a circuit diagram from autodata (thanks Mark), and it seems I had an earth connected up to 12v. I changed that and it ran straight away. See the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6V9oazx_HI&feature=youtu.be...

A little update on my (lack of) progress :) I've not done a huge amount as the clutch on my cr**y 106 diesel failed in a way that meant it wouldn't disengage. So I've taken the gearbox off that and am waiting for a new clutch plate to arrive. Spot the piece of metal where it shouldn't be...... http:...