Pics with the seats in? Hope the gearing helps out.

 

Its off the road for the summer and I have so many projects on the go that it wont be till fall that I get working on it again.
We drive our electric Beetle 6 months of the year and the Jeep the other (winter) 6 months of the year.

 

any update?

 

Just put insurance on it this week.
The 4.11 gears are ordered and should be here next week.
I'll get some seat pic's soon. They are a bit tall for a 6'2" guy so I may have to work on those original electric bases or figure out how to lower these.
I just used the stock XJ bases to get them installed last year.

 

I looked over your whole thread again and didn't see it mentioned so figured i'd ask...

What mods (if any) did you do to the fuel tank/pump setup?

 

None, its all stock in the tank.
I was going to run an H bypass if it became an issue but after a year its still working fine.

 

WOW!
That sort of sums up the driveability after we got the gears changed to the 4:11's.
I don't have the speedo gear changed so no real idea what sort of RPM its turning in the highway but it sure goes.
We can now actually use 5th gear and no more stalling when taking off.
Once I get a speedo gear I'll post some more info but I would say if your doing a TDI swap you want at least 3:55 but preferably 4:11 gears with 31" tires.

 

Wow, those are some pretty tall gears!

 

oops, should have been 3:55, changed now.

 

Ohhhhh okay hahaha

 

Had it out on the highway today. With the new gears the RPM is 2400 @ 70 MPH which is pretty good and lots of passing power.
Most of our highways are 90km/hr-55mph so RPM is under 2,000 most of the time.
No more stalling at stop signs and much less black smoke when shifting.
Definitely worth the cost to do the gears.

 

Sounds great! I have a 4.10 8.8 waiting to go in my xj when I do the alh swap. Just in the process of removing the wiring from the donor car.

 

You will love it.
Great power, great fuel economy and who doesn't love the sound of a rattly diesel.

 

Awsome swap! I'd love to do this to my 96 2dr someday when the 4L Dies, would you say the power is equal to the 4L with the mods? I'd love a diesel, but my past experiences with them werent the best.

One was a 83 6.2L Chevy which blew up 8 hours after purchase, (didnt like running at 3,000rpm for most of the trip home) and a 01 TDI Jetta my buddy built from 2 different junkyard cars (Which I found couldent get out of its own way without really pushing it)

And if you dont mind me asking, whats a rough estimate with all the work (tuning and parts) involved?

 

It's been about a month now; how is your mileage looking since you've swapped in the 4.10 gears?