Well been a LONG time since my last update.
I had almost everything assembled, had to install a push button starter switch, since I guess like alot of these MKIII's it had faults in the ignition system. I did it smartly by installing a 15A fuse inline, so not to fry things. Had it towed up to the exhaust shop to have a custom built exhaust built for it (the town I live in can/will pull you over if your exhaust {or lack thereof} is too loud).
After a couple days of it sitting in the driveway and trying to finish up small little electrical gremlins, I realize there's a giant pool of oil under the car. The oil pan I had sourced for the swap didn't include the drain plug's gasket, so had to buy another. Put it on, and it still leaked, so slopped a bunch of RTV/FPIG between gasket and pan, and leak stopped. However noticed that the dipstick would never get a reading on the oil level, since I completely forgot that when swapping from front sump to mid sump pans, the dipstick has to be altered/relocated. Plus the engine was leaking oil in between tranny and engine (probably from being overfilled).
So yet again, I had to pull the motor to relocate the dipstick, get the oil pan hot-tanked and checked for cracks/holes (should have done this before-hand), but between the wife and I (and 2 not very knowledgeable friends), we got the engine undone and out and onto stand in under 4 hours. So today's agenda is get the 13/32 drill bit needed, drill a small hole, then larger and larger then 13/32 hole for dipstick, take oil pan to machine shop for tanking/inspection.
Then depending on how long the machine shop takes, I'll wire up the push button a little better and more discreetly, so there's not an obvious red wire running from the battery into the car.
