Hi All. Ive been kind of lurking for awhile now just trying to soak up some info. I just got my Kubvan back after having sold it about eight years ago. Its a mess and I am trying to redo it, I bought a Rabbit diesel as a donor and bought a few manuals/books so I am ready to start. Right now it is having a new head and injector pump installed and the auto tranny is being redone. When I get it back here I am going to replace the entire brake system. Alot of the work I can handle but some stuff has me kind of stumped and I was wondering if I could possibly get a few answers here? For starters I pulled the entire wiring harness and dashboard out of the Rabbit, both engine and dash harnesses. I think it will be a pretty simple operation to install the Rabbit harness in the Kubvan. The reason I want to install the Rabbit wiring is to have a wiring system that I can use the manual diagrams to repair/troubleshoot. I want to install the Rabbit instrument cluster as well as the factory air conditioning system. Now I know that this will make the Kubvan kind of non stock/original but honestly I am not that worried about originality because I dont have plans to sell it. Here is problem number one. I will need to recable all the controls. The heater and ac control cables as well as the choke and hood release are going to have to be replaced. Since there is no standard cable for a Kubvan with Rabbit instrument/heat /air parts can anyone tell me where to get the cables necessary and how to determine what the proper length should be? I mean I do know enough to measure the routing and all but is there a need for allowances ie: pull distance? How would one go about ordering the cable, I mean there are different types and I am sure and sizes etc. What determines what size the cable should be and what nomenclature would one use to describe the cable. Is it as simple as getting standard choke cable and cutting it to size? I did notice some of the cables were covered with a rubber or vinyl is this for a specific purpose? I just cant seem to find any information concerning these cables. The other thing is I have discovered there are two different types of alternators. Each of the diesel motors had a different alternator. One is considerably larger in size than the other but there doesnt to seem to be any specifications as to what is the best alternator to use on the diesel. Considering that I am going to install AC I would guess I want the higest output but is that a voltage regulator thing or is there a definate difference between the alternators? I apologize for the overkill with the information but I did want to provide as much information as possible so I might be able to get some help. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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16 years ago