Myself, My Dad Mark & My Uncle Ernie purchased a kit from you about 4 years ago while my dad was fighting Stage 4 cancer. He passed away Dec 2021, but he heard the Bus run days before he passed away. He said "Sounds Like Shit" because it was running off of old fuel. I am still working on it today. It runs like a champ, just the interior & exterior are left, but My little sister is helping me out because I am building it for her. I cant wait for the day me and her get to take it to the cemetery.. Thanks for helping make one of my dads dreams come true.

How did you check fluid levels

Do you have the diagram which wires to connect on ignition, permanent battery

Which wire powers up the ecu so the engine can run?

Interesting,I'm putting ej20G from sf5 forester into impreza wrx 2007,I wanna know if I modify the harness like you did will it work? Then il just tap the gauge wiring to wrx cluster,

Good explanation

This looks like a better solution than the stock Ford Econoline bastardized vacuum setup where the vac lines fail and so does the shitty fan...hmmm

Good video as I’m about to work on the same calipers office 73 square back which are kind of moving but locking up when the brake pedals pushed I’m hoping it will be a little easier to get out than yours.

Can you fit a porche flat 6 in it??

l Need to talk to Mick Longley

Hey guys any new ideas since Vermont locked this option out?

Your videos helping me out a lot.

Unfortunately no longer a legal option for those of us in Virginia (and a lot of other states). Sigh. I'm trying to save a beautiful old car, but it looks like it'll have to go to the parts guy instead. So bummed.

What transmission did you use for this conversion and what changes did you make if any? Thanks in advance.

Can u talk less n do the job

Why does everyone just run it till it breaks anymore? My passat has a couple hundred miles from the 60k service, I plan to do timing belt, not from mileage but from age. And also plan to do cv boots. Not because the boots are bad, because the frigin grease has been in there for 60 thousand miles and it needs new grease.

i got headache now 😢

Is this still a thing? I clicked the links and it says page not found

Just out of curiosity, what type of transmission fluid do you use?

Thank You for the information.. I will be doing mine soon

What’s the form name I need to search for and print out? Thank you very much! I hope this still works for North Carolina

Does this still work??

Vermont no longer does this.

Is a heater necessary when doing the cooling in AC bus/Van?

Hi, We have the 4B computer, but we don't have the harness for our Legacy 2003. We're doing a conversion to VW. It's discontinued, how can we get one? Can you make the harness for us?

Saved me £170

Hello, long shot. I've looked high and low, what are the pins for ECU 1998 3plug Subaru legacy?. There are 4s and 6s but no 3plugs ? Hope you can man.

Loophole has been closed.

I want to add to this. I've done a few Subi-swap harnesses and I'm an electrical engineer. First and foremost, Pick an easy year like 2003-2005 and don't get a California spec computer (You can use one but its a PITA because its much more sensitive to emissions control and will throw more codes). Don't cut any wires for the two main engine plugs and O2 sensors. shorten the wires for both relays. like 12" from the ECU. do not route the O2 sensor wires near anything! They are super sensitive to noise even with the shielding. PICK A GOOD CODE KILLER BOARD! The Smallcar old board is the bare minimal but will still not eliminate some codes. Don't forget to default your computer to manual transmission or you won't be able to start the car. find a way to hook up a neutral switch. The computer needs to see the transmission in neutral once and a while to eliminate the code and also some year ECU's will not kill the injectors when you come off the throttle and shift resulting in a rev-hang (Depressing the clutch will cause RPM's to rise a bit in between shifts) and some ECU's will cause the RPM's to fall to fast and too low coming to a stop. This might stall the van or cause the oil pressure light to illuminate due to low RPM/potential stall condition. it will drive you nuts figuring it out. I'm researching an in-line clutch pressure switch to ground this wire to produce a "Clutch/neutral" signal. make sure your VSS (if you are using a Hall effect ring on the rear CV) is shielded and away from all other wires. This is a super low voltage signal that will cause erratic performance with no warning if the pulses get noisy. Verify with your OBD2 in live data looking at the vehicle speed while driving. Make sure the voltage leads for the O2 sensor heater circuits are not energized when the vehicle is off. A common wiring mistake resulting in a dead battery after 12-24 hours. ONLY use Densu sensors!!! eBay bought sensors are all miss-wired and can or will cook your computer in 2 seconds. Don't wire hour computer to not receive constant 12V battery voltage when key out. There is a wire that needs 12V all the time. Not wiring this up will make the computer "Forget" the learned maps and this might or will be revealed as a double-start condition (start the van, it dies in 2 seconds, start again, runs fine). for experimenters: Some ECU's can almost ignore no VSS signal but need a regular "pulse" to keep the engine happy. I have heard of people wiring up cheap adjustable flasher relays off eBay set to 130 flashes per minute or so. The computer does not use actual vehicle speed to adjust the maps. it seems to only want to know if the vehicle is moving or not. Anyone want to work on this? DO NOT BUY THE SMALLCAR WIRING CHEAT SHEET. BIG WASTE OF MONEY AND ITS USUALY WRONG. ONLY USE 3M ELECTRICAL TAPE. NO EXCEPTIONS AT ALL. TRUST ME. CLEAN ALL CRAP OF WIRES WITH PURPLE POWER! USE GLOVES AND A MASK. TRUST ME. IF YOU SOLDER ANY WIRES, PLACE A SCRAP CUTTING OF WIRE INSULATION OF THE SAME GUAGE PARALLEL WITH THE SOLDER JOINT PLUS 1/2-1" PAST EACH END THEN HEAT SHRINK. YOU NEED THE FLEX PROTECTION. USE A GOUND TERMINAL STRIP INSTEAD OF ROUTING 8 WIRES TO GOUNDS. THE MASTER GROUND CABLE SHOULD BE 8 GUAGE TO ENGINE BARE METAL LIKE THE ALTERNATOR MOUNTING BOLT. DONT USE THE SUBARU OBD2 PLUG. IT SUCKS ONCE YOU DEINSTALL IT FROM THE KICKER COVER. PURCHASE A $20 OBD2 PIGTAIL FROM EBAY AND EXTEND THE WIRES NO MORE THAN 30 INCHES. EXPECT CODES. MOSTLY IDLE CONTROL CODES. EVAP CODES ARE COMMON NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO. PLACE A SPARK PLUG ANY FOULING COLLAR BETWEEN THE DOWNSTREAM O2 SENSOR AND THE CAT/PIPE. THIS WILL ELIMINATE CATALYST CODES.

Wonder what would happen if used lump charcoal for a grille or used original shit but less

Can you tell me how much it cost total that would be of great help I have a bill of sale but no title to the car it’s a 1982 928 Porsche thank you for your help it means so much I really want to get this car on the road legally can you tell me what it cost ???

Thank you so much for your information I can finally get this car correct paperwork thank you your a whole lot of help thank you

Hell! I have a 1982 Westfalia , I will install a Subaru engine on it, so please let me know if you can help me with the harness

Hi how did you get the auto tranny to go in reverse like that?

Has anyone ever used one of those small Honda radiators and mounted them in the back? Also, if I don’t want heat, or AC, or anything fancy, just the swap. What am I looking at for cost?

On my altenator there is a fat white wire, the black and white wire and also a yellow wire, where does each I them go and do

Subaru motors suck, they blow headgaskets, they burn oil. They may have the extra hp and torque. I went with 2.3 GoWesty motor which has been reliable thus far for 80k miles now.

Can you build me a harness $?

Did you have any luck getting a Colorado title after this? What was that process like?

have you found a need to cut the 2nd lower vents to aid in air flow over the radiator

A straight shot of the tool would have been nice. Anyhow it works, made one last night for 3/8 steel tubing for my transmission. Works nicely, thanks.

This concept is stupid. The radiator will be destroyed if mounted under the vehicle. Do not do this, don't be a retard. Every mfg faced with this scenario hard pipes, 2" copper pipe to the front of the vehicle and mounts the radiator in the best location.

Cut around the center of the unit.. clean it, then epoxy it back together. !

could this possibly be modified to work in reverse ?? to have a vw air-cooled in a subaru.....for reasons lol

Hey just wondering. Seems the link didn’t work for me. What’s the name of the form? Can’t seem to find it with all of the VT dmv forms. Thanks

What transmission did you use? I’m building a bug and don’t want to blow the stock trans any help would be appreciated.

Hi Mick, as you pointed out, Pin 81 the Auto/Manual Identification does not exist on an Automatic. The identical code wire is found at PIN 75 and its Black with a Red stripe and a single silver bar. Thanks for your recent chat on the phone.

How's the transaxle holding up with a powerful 2.5 in there? You kept the vw transaxle right ?

what do you charge to do this

Hello my friend I need some wire kit like this