Finally refueling a very long KR to ABF CIS conversion

Some of these questions are related to the 16V engine section but most related to my engine swap so hope that's ok ?
Is it best to use the ABF downpipe I have ?
temp sensors on the left of the cyl/head appear different connections from kr to abf ? I know why but can they be swapped for my conversion to CIS wiring ?
the engine for the swap has low kms but been sitting for a long time so was thinkin reseal and headgasket ?
There will be more questions as I move on and the kr is around 40% out of the car,donor motor in storage but hopefully here next week ,cheers

 

Thanks for the prompt reply,got you on the coolant flange , one on the abf was different,seem to remember it was a plastic one,I really dislike plastic coolant parts besides.
I don't have the ABF altenator set so will use the bits off the KR ,altenator was fully rebuilt before I bought the car.
Engine has been outside for a period but well covered so crossing my fingers here,checked it yesterday and its seems ok,cheers.

 

Few more questions and hopefully answers will be easy as not that schooled up on 16V stuff....
Kr motor ? is there a harmonic balancer on the the crank pulley with early motors ?,I haven't taken it off yet.
Can't use ABF pulleys as most have been "robbed" by my so called mate who sold ready to swap motor !!!!!!.
Weird waterpump pulley with idler ,some sideways play ,seems it is ok bearing wise and spins without noise ,is that going to be ok ? .

 

Thanks John ,thought it would be,just hope the rubber isn't all cracked up,when these go bad they can slip the outer and the timing mark won't line up,had this with one on my Mk3,had to bin that one.

 

Got crank pulley off and found the damper in great condition,however the idler pulley on the waterpump is buggered....what to do,parts like this are pretty hard to find in my country,KR motors are pretty rare.
What is the purpose of this part,I fail to understand why it is needed and can't get my head around it ??.
I have some other normal pulleys but appears the offsets might be wrong,my other option maybe to weld it solid.

 

Thanks John ,makes sense now so got you on that one cheers,can't use it anymore but have mk3 90amp altenator and ABF crank pulley,however don't have the mount/tensioner, should be able to find one of those.
Cheers.

 

Still hunting for altenator mounting plate/tensioner and ribbed waterpump pulley,have the plastic coolant flange and on to some leads ,the mk3's were imported here in fairly decent numbers but plain jane models have very low value many not still on the road now and scrapped long ago.
John in answer to your question about possible water damage from storage,checked the ports and they were a bit crusty but cleaned up,found valves had light rust marks that cleaned off and none of them leaking @ TDC.
Engine turned over easily with plugs out,think I dodged a bullet here.....happy camper as I was a little worried.

 

Wondering if a alternator bracket from a 8V 2.0 AGG will fit as I have found one on an auction site,can't seem to find part numbers so need to ask if it will work ?
The system on the AGG is crank pulley 6 rib from crank to tensioner and then alternator,rest is driven via vee belt off outer crank pulley...correct ?
My 90amp alternator came off a 92 mk3 golf and pretty sure it will work and besides is an upgrade from the small KR 65amp unit.

 

Thanks again ,never seen that spring tensioner before,I guess its because all the mk2's I have worked on or have owned had A/C because most or all have been Japanese import cars,nowever my 87 GTI didn't have this setup and that was a UK import so a little confused.
I have the plastic offset water pipe so no issues there with the mk3 type bracket tensioner
I do have a spare RV mk2 1.8 longblock so I will check the bracket on that as maybe I could go back to vee belt drive altenator to make things easier.
Update,checked the 8v engine and the bracket appears to be the same offset as the KR 1.8 one so no use really,I do have the pulleys off this motor so I can maybe mix and match but again its about sizes and offset....what a PITA.

 

Oh ok ,my VR6 and two 8v mk3's all had A/C so that would explain why I've never seen that bracket ,anyway moving on I have decided to go back to the vee belt system,took the waterpump pulley off the 89 8V 1.8 ( part number 027 121 031 ) and found it was the same size as the KR crank pulley.
Swapped back to vee pulleys and found the alignment was spot on between them,however the altenator alignment is out a bit ,I believe this has been like this for some time judging by the heavy side wear on this belt,I have a way to fix this so not too worried.
As per pic this is what I will end up with,thanks John for the image ,yes I did steal it but hope you don't mind ?

 

Cut some off the bracket inwards to block and re spaced alternator, after measuring carefully found the drive pulley was 6mm out of line,went over the service history and the alternator has been replaced and the second one rebuilt !!!!,I think the replacement one had wrong drive pulley offset....can't think of another reason.
Need to get off my ass with the ABF and get the old 1.8 out ,cheers.

 

Reasonable progress between doing other non VW chores,ABF is starting to look more than just a longblock now with most parts swapped over.
Went to swap over oil filter mount and found the KR one won't fit the ABF block ,hunted around and found one of an mk3 that was correct and had a better oil cooler as the one off the KR was corroded on the coolant side to pipe.
Have fitted the ABF exhaust manifold as think its better to use that as it came with the motor,the KR one will stay on that motor which would be a good core unit for someone what to fit it to an mk2 on carbs or what ever.
Fitted new crank seal as when moving the engine it leaked a fair amount of oil when tilted too far over,found out why as the seal carrier had been damaged by some muppet and one of the dowels was damaged and the seal wasn't running concentric to the crank so crank was very grooved out in one spot, I repaired this problem and my replacement seal is now running clear of the damaged area as the lip offset was different.
Will report on further progress,cheers .