Vagabond...again

[WillettRun?]

3.31

 

[gdogg16]

i dont have a tach, but at 65 it sounds like im at about 4k. nothing of real struggle. any suggestion for a good gear ratio?

Pretty sure it has 4.10 gears in it.

 

[vagabond]

ok, sorry guys, ive been really slacking on this thread, but not on the car... as you will soon see.

yoink...
tore the motor out of the blue car now its in the white one

swapping the wire harness and dash

and hvac system

put the wipers in too. they were fun...

rear harnes and interior installed

temporarily installed, but it fits without a problem obviously

 

[vagabond]

then....
pulled the motor back out to clean it

and painted the block black

welded a battery tray in

motor running

gas tank and fuel lines in. swapped it all

swapped the rear as well

exhaust put in

and... finally. it left on its own power today. i didnt get to work on it at all durning the month of october due to weddings. but for the past 4 weekends this is what ive been doing. swapping it all. and down it runs and drives

 

[wisturbo]

Kick ass!

 

[vagabond]

video of it moving. i have a large exhaust leak at the cat gasket. as you can hear. also note, i did not hit the truck...the at this time the brakes were not working yet (needed to bleed them) but i had to move it so i could do my friends oil change (girl who walks past camera)

 

[carter]

Wow that's SO much work in so little time (it seems anyway) lol Good job man!

 

[wisturbo]

That's a clean looking VW caddy/rabbit.

 

[vagabond]

thanks guys. it really did go well. ive got some stuff to finish up like working lights and signals. it was a lot of work...plus b/w all this i dropped an m3 on coil overs, and put a trans into a rabbit pick up truck, so honestly, i did this swap in 5 actual days. it may seem impossible but i did it. I think jenn can vouch for me. and when i say 5 days. i mean 5.... 16 hour days. so im pretty beat.

 

[vagabond]

That's a clean looking VW caddy/rabbit.

thats the truck i was referring to about the trans swap. its a mk3 2.0 motor and trans swap. two weekends ago we took the trans out, rebuilt it, new clutch, and a new seals. it was a friday night thing. started at 5, drove it away at 11pm. not too shabby. fun little truck too

 

[gdogg16]

props

 

[cookiemonster]

Holy ****, you got a metric **** ton done....Now i see why we didn't have the cruise! mad props mang!!!

 

[vagabond]

So i slacked on updates in this thread again. thank you for all the compliments. much appreciated.

I've been driving the ugly twin now for about a month or so i guess. everything seems ok. started on some aesthetic stuff. its too cold out to do any legit body work so i'm gonna wait until spring to do more rust repair and paint.

swapped a windshield in

swapped the whole front strut set up because including trading solid rotors for vented ones.

chopped a coil out of the front springs and put clear corners on the front. looks a little better now.

and the last time all three cars were in one spot at the same time.

blue car left for scrap

 

[vagabond]

bad hinges? this is how you fix them

http://s34.photobucket.com/albums/d120/Droptmyhead/Auto mo byle/?action=view&current=IMG_1416.mp4

 

[vagabond]

It's my old car! I knew it would run.. It was running when I parked it a few years ago. IIRC, the master cyl was shot in it.

turns out the master cylinder was fine. the distribution block down on the frame...the sensor that is inside of that actually was leaking.. when it got really cold out it really showed up. so i fixed that and now the break pedal is a lot touchier. putting myself into the steering wheel touchy.

 

[amerbritcan]

so glad this car got saved.

Kinda wish I was coming down with Jen this weekend so I could meet you/see the revamped car.

 

[XxJenoxX]

Indeed. I'm super stoked on that.

 

[qbenplaya00]

dude were are you located.. i would like to go see this beast! ... awesome thread. i am going to start one soon myself. def sub to this.. keep up the good work.

 

[vagabond]

jen i cant wait to show you the car. its not super pretty yet, but it goes! jay it would have been cool to finally meet ya.

qben, i live in easton PA. when im finished with the car i plan on selling off if i dont become too attached to it. i need to down size on the amount of cars i have. i can afford to keep them all insured, running, and tagged, but keeping them everywhere is getting to be a nuisance. But im far from finished. the aesthetic stuff ill begin short.. just pickin away at little things for now such as the grill emblem:

 

[qbenplaya00]

qben, i live in easton PA. when im finished with the car i plan on selling off if i dont become too attached to it. i need to down size on the amount of cars i have. i can afford to keep them all insured, running, and tagged, but keeping them everywhere is getting to be a nuisance.[/IMG]

not bad your about hour and 1/2... i could shoot up there good thread.