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sk8too

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some may know others may not. I'm in the middle of swapping in an OBDI VR into my OBDII 2.0 Jetta. I was under the impression that to make it "easier" I would just swap out the entire fuse box and the entire harness, I have a complete parts/donor car. So my question is what is the best way to remove everything without cutting anything? Or do I even need to take out the fuse boxes? :beer:
 
Would have been easier with a OBD2 swap, but it can be done. I'm not too sure on just swapping the fuse box. They should be pretty close to the same. I've heard about guys swapping in the fusebox from a mk3 into a mk2, for the swap, but that's pretty much something you need to do while doing that swap.

Let me do a little more research and get back to you.
 
I would say, swap the fuse block. Just be safe and do it. Mark everything down with tape and write it down on paper. Put stuff in zip-locks, just be over anal about it and it should go fine. You got this.

Pun intended
 
Fusebox shouldn't be that bad. Get a Bentley and look at the diagram for the back of the fusebox. All the connectors are labeled. When I removed my engine harness, I marked the connectors (G1, G2, etc.) and it was easy enough putting back in.
 
This is what I'm seeing too, just label your connectors. Most of them should be the same color. The pictures I included with the how to should help too if you don't have a bentley.
 
Discussion starter · #8 ·
Ok figured out out the wiring issue, just going to use my fuse box and I pulled out the wiring harness and other stuff that i have to use from the donor and left my stuff in. Hopefully all works out when I go to crank:cool:
 
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