Motor swap in a 1.8 16v

[derrickmd18 at juno.com (derrickmd18@juno.com)]

Well I resided to replace the rings in my spare motor and just swap it. 
On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 16:58:39 -0700 "L F" <rocco16v@netzero.net> writes:
> Sounds like a realistic time-line to me.
> 
> Larry
> sandiego16v
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>   From: Euroroc II 
>   To: derrickmd18@juno.com ; rocco16v@netzero.net 
>   Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org 
>   Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 8:04 PM
>   Subject: Re: Motor swap in a 1.8 16v
> 
> 
>   I am planning on a 4 day swap to pull the 1.8 and drop a 2.0. No 
> changes to 
>   the electrical at this point just motor exchange and clean up... 
> might seem 
>   long but I'm a stickler for detail.
> 
>   Details soon... Planning on a late august transplant.
> 
>   -Raffi
> 
> 
>   At 07:15 PM 7/24/2003 -0700, derrickmd18@juno.com wrote:
>   >I was asking because I used to work at a Toyota dealership and I 
> seen
>   >technicians have a motor down to the bare block inside the car 
> took all
>   >the parts out and put them in a Cleaner tank, cleaned them and 
> re
>   >assembled the motor in the same day.  and only one tech is 
> working on the
>   >car.  But now that I think about it I only did one motor swap and 
> it took
>   >me a week to do because I ran into problems with it.  I left a 
> ground
>   >strap un bolts and did see it and I got a harness wire stuck 
> between the
>   >engine and trans.  took me a week to see it and by that time the 
> harness
>   >was destroyed to the point where I had to get it towed to a vw 
> dealership
>   >and have it repaired.  now that I have access to a lift and being 
> where
>   >as though my car is currently off the road I would think about a 
> swap.
>   >
>   >On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 17:57:06 -0700 "L F" <rocco16v@netzero.net> 
> writes:
>   >Think about it, der.   Rebuilding an engine will take X amount of 
> time,
>   >whether that engine came out of your car or is already out of 
> someone
>   >else's car.
>   >  Of course, your car will be engine-less for fewer days if you 
> rebuild a
>   >spare engine while you continue to drive the car.
>   >You can get the lift-work done in fewer consecutive days if you 
> have a
>   >rebuilt ready to go in as soon as the old one is pulled, that's 
> easy to
>   >figure out.
>   >So....what was your question again?
>   >Larry
>   >----- Original Message -----
>   >From: der flo
>   >To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>   >Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 8:20 PM
>   >Subject: Motor swap in a 1.8 16v
>   >
>   >
>   >I have a 87 vw scirocco 16v and I need to either swap the motor 
> with a
>   >rebuild one or rebuild mine in the car.  Which one would be the 
> less time
>   >consuming idea.  I have a spare motor in my garage on a engine 
> stand with
>   >a rebuild kit sitting in my garage.  And I have a place with a 
> lift and
>   >tools for 3 days.  I recently had a fuel problem with CIS-E and 
> now my
>   >compression went from 150 to 110 so I need to rebuild the motor 
> or swap
>   >it.  Please hit me back on this.
>   >
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