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hi there all this is the 1st time I have posted on the site I am currently building a t25 panel van into a camper which I brought without an engine but all thw welding was done and at the same time I had a t25 which ran but was beyond repair so now im ready to wire in the dg engine into the df wiring loom can it be done if so how hard is it to do or can some one recommend anywhere in west midlands who can do it as I am a mechanic but electrics aint my strong point any help would be appreciated cheers nick

Don't quite understand your question..... Df and dg are the same apart from the carb.
Two ignition switched live feeds and two temp switched live feeds to the dg carb

Ignition switched feed on my dg is to the bypass air cutoff valve and choke element these both wire to the coil black
Thermoswitched feeds are to the manufold heater and the part load duct heater, this is a red wire from the relay switched contacts in the black box

Be warned neither are fused and so your wiring needs to be good or add fuses


Hope you get it sorted

hello again thank u sorry for miss explaining I have a dg engine and a df camper its only when u look in Haynes manual it looks like they a totally different it may be just me looking to much into it as normaly work on more modern stuff and also there seams to many wires from dg engine and not enuff in df engine box on fire wall cheers nik

Obviously we can't see what you can, but if it is original, non molested, there shouldn't be any major differences other than the carb....
All the external bits,( zorst , alternator, water pump , pipes ) excluding the inlet manifold and carb are interchangeable across all wbx engines...

hi thank u again for replying so quick could I take the ignition lives from the starter signal wire if I put a relay or fuse in it as I take it they aint permanently live are they I will have a probe around the weekend to see if I can find another suitable power source or original wiring lol thank u again

cooper1380 wrote:hi thank u again for replying so quick could I take the ignition lives from the starter signal wire if I put a relay or fuse in it as I take it they aint permanently live are they I will have a probe around the weekend to see if I can find another suitable power source or original wiring lol thank u again

Take the ignition live from the coil as vw intended there should be a spare spade tag on the coil just piggy back from there
As I said make sure your wiring it tip top or add a fuse

Starter wiring is not suitable as its permanent live or only swiched on cranking