I went for the donor vehicle, as well.  Really makes the project go much
easier, and is a great way to offset the costs of the conversion.  I'm
going mTDI, so I was able to sell off the wiring harness, turbo and
injection pump.  The engine ended up costing me somewhere around $600 after
selling of the remaining vehicle parts

On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 11:36 AM, TJ Hemrick <x53gunner@gmail.com> wrote:

> I should add that I have the *complete *donor car (harness, cluster, etc.)
> so I plan to use a lot of that.
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 1:55 PM, TJ Hemrick <x53gunner@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm looking at comparing what's out there in the market but don't see
> much
> > available except for what Ken has @ Vanagain.  Anyone have any experience
> > with that specific kit?  Can any of you oil burners (or anyone) out there
> > offer up any info on who's got a kit (partial, full, or otherwise) to
> put a
> > diesel (mine from a 2003 Jetta) into a Vanagon.  For the record, It's
> going
> > in straight up and while years ago I was vehemently opposed to raising
> the
> > deck lid, I've changed my mind on that for a number of reason we won't
> > start a flame war over.  Oh, yes, it's going in the 87 Syncro. It can use
> > the extra torque to move that boat around both on and off road.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > TJ
> >
>

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Casey