Thanks Jim, I found your writeup very useful.  Since I have all of the 2.1
components, I'll probably bring over the FI system and related components.

Rick

On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 6:41 AM, Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I have a writeup on my website on this subject.  I used the existing 1.9
> cooling and FI system for simplicity. I used my existing auto trans, but it
> would probably be better to use the manual box in your case.
>
> http://www.oldvolkshome.com/19to21.htm
>
> Jim Thompson
> 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
> 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
> Full Timing From March 1999 To January 2012
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> On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 7:49 PM, Rick Cooper <rickdcooper@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I've been fixing up a 1983 Westy that I got for cheap last year because it
>> needs major repairs to its manual transmission.  This past week I found an
>> '86 tintop in reasonably decent shape that was being sold because it leaks
>> coolant when the engine gets hot.  I haven't had a chance to remove the
>> engine shrouding yet, but the leak is a stream that appears at the lower
>> part of the shrouding under the right hand head.  I'm guessing this is a
>> head gasket problem.  The vendor tells me that the leak had just happened,
>> not far from home, and that he'd not driven it since.  I added some water
>> and drove it 5 miles home -- no leak at all until I let it idle at home a
>> while and the temp gauge was up past the half-way mark.  I killed the
>> engine at that point and have not touched it since.
>>
>> Can I swap both the transmission and the engine (once repaired) into my
>> 1983 Westy -- which is now freshly painted, interior restored and awaiting
>> a transmission.  It would be great it I could replace the 1.9 with this
>> 2.1.  If this is doable, what other components do I need to bring along
>> with the engine?  Which reminds me, where is the ECU in an 1986 tintop?
>> Not in the LH rear corner as per my '83 Westy and not under the seat as it
>> is in my 1987 daily driver.  Is it the electronic device in the RH rear
>> corner adjacent to the air intake pipe; if not, what's that?
>>
>> So much to learn about these vehicles but I've sure been having fun with
>> them!  My wife says I've developed an addiction.
>>
>> Rick
>>
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