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howdy i have been offerd the parts required to convert my 88 dg to a t25 1.6td, me and the old man rekon we can get all the mechanical stuff done, but wondered if anyone could tell us wht we will have to do on the electrical side of things
what existing wire will we need to use
whish ones wont we need
and what new ones we will need
as long as you are not swapping early/late parts then the wiring is plug and play , that is the diesel engine loom will plug into the main van loom as the petrol one does.
you will need to run the glowplug wire tho as this wont be in the loom. it is however in the loom under the dsah!
are you getting starter motor/bell housing /input shaft?
next 2 need to be cut from the doner vehicle .....
how about battery tray -needed to support water bottle
rear mount plates - or you will be missing mount holes and mount bars will be too short!
throttle cable? you can bodge the petrol one which has adifferent fitting and is much shotter
front -rear plastic coolant pipes or will you bodge your exhisting ones?
no wires for glowplugs, that will be on the diesel loom you wil require from eth donor.
the loom is plug and play to the petrol van , but there is NO glowplug lamp wire in the loom upto the fusebox.
its built in from fuse box to dash on petrol vans
are you getting dash/radiator / radiator fan and loom? all td specific parts.