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Hi all. Now finished re-plumbing the Scooby 2.2 with RJES manifold. :D I have to say I have a much better feeling now I'm running a thermostat, although it runs a little warm (probably just the gauge over-reading). Richard's website is the biz with loads of good stuff. I used his method for filling ...

Just stripped out the dash (pain in the preverbial!) and removed dead blower motor. I hope I can remember where all the wires go!

New blower motor from Euro Car Parts £56.00 plus VAT. Don't go to VW for this one, you can get it for a third of the price! Albeit not OEM is suppose!

Ric

Guys, Top advice all round. Ditto Beetlecrushers experience of winter driving, mine never moves off the cold mark either. Am also looking for someone to do the job for me. Any ideas ? Clive, Cheers for the emails, pics, schematics etc. V. handy! Beetlcrusher, whereabout in the UK are you. You mentio...

Harryman, Conversion done by TSR Dragracers (AMR Motors) in Cambridge. No thermostat fitted to the engine. Something to do with the returning flow from the heater matrix bringing cooler water back into the thermostat which then remains only partially open and cooks the engine. Only problem is, the e...

Steve, Cheers for the offer. I've tried emailing you but no luck. Could you email me your phone number. Cheers.

ric_smiff@btopenworld.com

Ric Smiff

Fellas, Been away for a while. Have been running the 2.2 Subaru lump for about a year now and it's great. I do have a bit of a snag with cooling though. There's no thermostat so it runs cold. Not too good for the engine in the long run. I remember some time ago someone was doing a conversion to reve...