Turbo continued...

Spun the compressor side of the turbo to match the alignment of the K14 on the AAZ, so now the turbo is pretty much in position.

Also made up an oil feed pipe temporarily by straightening out the original one from the Sharan and shortening it. Route is pretty much right, its just a bit wibbly wobbly in places...

Thats pretty much as much as I can do with the engine out, so the next step is to pull the AAZ, swap the engine mounts, sump and a few other bits and pieces over... then chuck the AFN in,

Pedal...

A bit of a slow couple of weeks as far as preparing for the AFN conversion goes, but Ive done a little more trimming back of the loom, and tied some more wires up.
I discovered that the wiring diagram I had was actually wrong and a few wires didnt match the wiring to the ECU.

Sourced a usable pedal from a LHD Sharan on German Ebay, pics below with comparison to RHD pedal.
This should allow me to use the complete pedal, keep it inside the T3 and still have it in a nice position under the foot.

Top pic shows the approx position, the other 2 show the LHD pedal compared the the RHD.
The RHD would need mounting too far over to the left so wouldnt be on the flat area, although I'm sure the pedal arm could be modified

The Plan...

Above is my VW T3 Multivan. Its a Bluestar Hannover Edition... I've owned it about 3 years now.
Originally a 1.6 Turbo Diesel (JX Engine code), it had a 1.9TD (AAZ Engine code) fitted prior to me buying it in Germany.

My intention is to convert from the current setup to a 1.9 TDI (AFN Engine code).
The reason for this is that the AAZ, whilst a great engine, isnt the most economical out there, its also not the most refined. The AAZ is an IDI Diesel with mechanical injection and none of the technical "doohickery" seen on more modern Diesels. In contrast, the AFN is a TDI. A much more refined engine, with ECU control, and generally accepted as a step in the right direction as far as improving economy, refinement and still keeping a reliable engine.

One of the drawbacks of a T3 TDI conversion is that none of the original T3 Gearboxes have ratios suitable for a TDI. The limit is the final drive ratios, and even the better of the available boxes will result in in engine RPM at sensible cruising speeds. For this reason, 2 years ago when I had my gearbox rebuild by Bears Motorsport I specified it should be rebuilt with a more suitable final drive to give lower RPMs at higher speed. I'll add more on this later...

So thats where we are at the moment. I have a T3 begging for a TDI, I have lots of ideas of how and why i'm going to do the conversion. All I need now is a suitable doner....