A few notes from my recent tdi swap that some of you might find helpful in case you're interested in doing it
- I'm assuming you're swapping to manual if you have an auto, because slush boxes suck. In this case, you will need a LHD R380 box(NAS/ROW are the same), RHD will have the steering column in the wrong spot, but can be modified to fit
- Neutral safety switch and cruise control safety switch won't allow you to start the thing, ground the 2nd relay under the passenger side footwell
- remove the fuel pump from the sender in the tank, and put straight rubber fuel hose from the metal down, do not reuse the factory plastic flex line, it restricts flow under load and will cause the truck to want to stall
- If you're using a 300 out of a later disco with EGR/EDC, there are a few differences in wiring. You will need to run a new tach wire from the alternator as the normal one goes through the EGR module. You will need to remove the tamper proof cover on the fuel cutoff solenoid(total PITA) and a couple other random things
-a few other things, just ask
- I'm assuming you're swapping to manual if you have an auto, because slush boxes suck. In this case, you will need a LHD R380 box(NAS/ROW are the same), RHD will have the steering column in the wrong spot, but can be modified to fit
- Neutral safety switch and cruise control safety switch won't allow you to start the thing, ground the 2nd relay under the passenger side footwell
- remove the fuel pump from the sender in the tank, and put straight rubber fuel hose from the metal down, do not reuse the factory plastic flex line, it restricts flow under load and will cause the truck to want to stall
- If you're using a 300 out of a later disco with EGR/EDC, there are a few differences in wiring. You will need to run a new tach wire from the alternator as the normal one goes through the EGR module. You will need to remove the tamper proof cover on the fuel cutoff solenoid(total PITA) and a couple other random things
-a few other things, just ask
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