If I had to re-wire a Mk1...

[juliemac57@hotmail.com (Julie Macfarlane)]

I'm nostalgic I guess. I kept the dash but the display is an MFA with some 
extra mods.
Wait till Cincy boys. Eat your hearts out!
(them sounds like fight'n words  :)



Julie Macfarlane
Menlo Park Research & Development
Internet Application Developer
www.menloparkrandd.com
www.montgomeryweb.org
Amsterdam NY





>From: "Ken B" <indiana_red@hotmail.com>
>To: "Julie Macfarlane" 
><juliemac57@hotmail.com>,<jtoomasson@yahoo.com>,<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Re: If I had to re-wire a Mk1...
>Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 15:02:54 -0700
>
>This is exactly what I did.  Only I put in the 16V dash as well.
>Ken
>'79 Scirocco 16v project "McFly" -getting close
>'81 Diesel Caddy -needs heart transplant
>'86 16v parts car - not much left
>VORTEX:  "Indiana Red"
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Julie Macfarlane" <juliemac57@hotmail.com>
>To: <jtoomasson@yahoo.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 6:07 AM
>Subject: Re: If I had to re-wire a Mk1...
>
>
> > I did a re-wire on my 16v conversion. I left the rear harness intact but
>cut
> > the connector and spliced it in.
> > Not a super hard job, but make sure you have a diagram of both harnesses
>to
> > start with.
> >
> >
> >
> > Julie Macfarlane
> > Menlo Park Research & Development
> > Internet Application Developer
> > www.menloparkrandd.com
> > www.montgomeryweb.org
> > Amsterdam NY
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: Jeff Toomasson <jtoomasson@yahoo.com>
> > >To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > >Subject: If I had to re-wire a Mk1...
> > >Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 21:26:16 -0800 (PST)
> > >
> > >
> > >Tobias and I ran into a non-lister Mk1 owner in the yards last weekend
>and
> > >the guy was yanking the whole loom out from the 80S we found. (yes, we
>told
> > >him about the list!  :)
> > >
> > >After he had it freed, it really didn't look that imposing (as compared
>to
> > >my 16v loom).
> > >
> > >Preliminary investigations into my new mk1 have led me to believe that
>the
> > >wiring may not be in the best condition.
> > >
> > >Given that I'll be going to after-market EFI (and the CIS-E is going to
>the
> > >cabby anyway), would it be that much more difficult to swap in the
> > >remaining 16v loom/fuse box? Is there any benefit ((and I'm completely
> > >speculating) better grounds, Buss fuses, newer wires...)?  The one area 
>I
> > >could see being a problem would be the instrument cluster, but other 
>than
> > >that, just basically running the wires?
> > >
> > >Anyone have experience with this? Thanks, JT
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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