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• Re: 5 speed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:41:07 -0800
  ...PM, "Stacy Schneider" <vwcrewman@gmail.com> wrote: > > If it had a five speed I Would only take it to sell and use the > money...
• Re: Transmission Advice/Condolences? (w/pics)
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Thu, 13 Jan 2022 15:39:03 -0600
  Rancho did the five speed in my 1983 diesel Westy. I shipped it to him from Alabama and it was worth it. Nobody else...
• Re: 5 speeds, was: Noisy transaxle??
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Tue, 22 Oct 2013 16:15:33 -0500
  ...Fourth and fifth on all but your very steepest hills, > that's what you get with a five speed. There is no pushing down...
• Re: SA 5sp/Syncro gear swapping
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Mon, 31 May 1999 23:03:21 -0700
  Weddle will sell you a five speed for ypur syncro, but it won't be 4wd anymore Todd Hill wrote: > bpchristensen@MINDSPRING.COM writes...
• Re: I'm about to buy VW LT 4x4 - anyone with exepience with these?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
  Tue, 9 Jan 2007 15:38:33 -0800
  ...There is about 160.000km on it, front and rear differential locks, five speed, power steering, seating for seven and a straight six 2...
• Re: Trans. Oil filler plug?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:24:01 -0400
  ...Don Hanson On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:25:54 -0700, Stuart MacMillan <macgroup@COMCAST.NET> wrote: >Where did you get the five speed...
• Re: Flywheel Lightening
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Wed, 10 Mar 1999 17:12:08 -0600
  ...75 mph in a 1.03 fourth gear (I have a five speed .70 is > fifth)@5000 RPMs easy. The mods should give you...
• Re: cheap EV camper
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Wed, 8 Aug 2012 14:29:38 -0700
  ...a nice inexpensive base platform for a 2.5 TDI and five speed > > manual swap. > > > > > > -- > > Casey > > > > > -- > Neil n > > 65 kb image Myford Ready For...
• Re: Is there a 5-speed out there?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 08 Feb 1997 09:10:19
  > Is there such a thing as a five speed that would fit in an 81 air-cooled >Vanagon? > > How much are they? (new/used...
• Vanagon Diesel
  Historical mailing list - J. Stefanovich
  Fri, 18 Sep 1998 07:54:08 -0600
  ...While I was in the Netherlands last year I rebuilt the engine and at the time looked around for a five speed because I...
• Re: Tranny musings (or, getting stuck on my lawn)
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 28 Aug 2014 09:34:43 -0700
  ...say around 6.03? > > The ARS (and ASS) were five speed transmissions found on the 1.6TD vanagons, their first gear is only marginally...
• 5 Speed update and Re: Re: shifting from 1 to 2- reply
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 8 Mar 1999 03:58:20 PST
  ...The five speed better fits the various speed limits better than the four speed. Engine RPMs at 70 mph in fifth are 3200 with...
• Re: looking for wolfsburg jump seat female wire seat belts and suggestion on mountin
  Historical mailing list - W Monk
  Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:57:05 -0500
  ...COM> wrote: > > I forgot to mention that they do make a five speed for our vans. Jon at >> FAS >> in Maine >> has a few...
• Re: [Syncro] Re: 2.6 SA engine kit
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 27 Feb 2003 12:31:49 -0500
  ...THe five speed .457 SA gear box matches up well with the RPM band of the modified WBX... You can build the WBX to...
• Re: TDI transplant?
  Historical mailing list - robert leduc
  Thu, 18 Nov 2004 14:47:03 -0500
  ...I've also just totalled my 98 Beetle with a TDI and five >speed. Has anyone successfully transplanted one into the rear of a...
• Re: ISO front five speed transmission mount
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Wed, 29 Jul 2020 15:08:24 -0400
  If you look at the transmission mount it is basically a round mount with a flat metal plate welded to it. I need the...
• 1.9L TD update,`82 D-Westy conversion!
  Historical mailing list - Bob Bellanca
  Sat, 19 Jul 1997 08:09:13 -0700
  ...That should be as sufficient as any, short of a five speed. It should be back about Wed or so. Lots to do. Bob...
• Re: Thinking swap? Engine options are only half the story...What ...
  Historical mailing list - Karl M.
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 22:07:29 -0400
  ...VW also is using the .457 five speeds with the 2.6L engines because > they can handle the power the I5s put out. Oh...
• Re: Tampa Classifieds
  Historical mailing list - Pat
  Wed, 25 Nov 1998 19:13:04 -0500
  ...There are some early Vanagon >Diesel built in 1980, but they are not five speed. And Vanagon >Diesels are all 1600 cc. I never...
• Re: 91 vanagon 4 spd to 5 spd gearbox
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 2 Mar 2001 13:49:13 EST
  Bruce, Weddle Enginering-- www.2weddle.com I would get the South African .457 five speed. Or have a .457 ring and pinion put in...
• Re: Trans. Oil filler plug?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:25:54 -0700
  Where did you get the five speed? I'm out of date, but on my '84 I had to detach the shift rod bracket...
• Re: Power Window, disfunctional
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 2 Nov 2015 22:39:05 -0500
  ...He's got parts in now for his five-speed version, and he's talking seriously about intending to make a power window setup...
• Re: AT and high RPM
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 21 Feb 2003 09:06:30 -0500
  ...The RPM range of the engine is 1500 to 5800, which is with the five speed gearbox a mph from ~25 to 80 in...
• Re: Oldest
  Historical mailing list - Charlie Swanson
  Fri, 7 Oct 2011 13:36:16 -0700
  ...bus Fourth van 90 vanagon new Fifth van 83 diesel westy five speed Sixth van 91 Vanagon GL automatic On Fri, Oct 7, 2011...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 25 Mar 2001 - Special issue (#2001-367)
  Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
  Sun, 25 Mar 2001 18:24:53 -0500
  ...and four speed stock, to a four speed air cooled trans, > ( or a five = > speed diesel trans) and a 1.6t.d. engine for...
• Re: Boogie Woogie Bus(was 32 mpg camper)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 14 Mar 2003 22:01:48 -0800
  ...No wonder they sink valves and burn pistons! A typo? Five speed trans? Or is it the Boogie-Woogie cloth? Has anyone heard of...
• Re: [Q] Decreasing gear ratio
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Fri, 20 Jan 95 17:29:30 PST
  ...The ultimate > solution would be a five-speed tranny. Are there any possibilities > here? Or were the German engineers pretty smart when they designed...
• Re: Thinking about the 5 speed tranny switch?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Wed, 3 Mar 1999 08:53:49 PST
  ...300 Shift linkage= I am still debating the switch over to five speed linkage. This is the total price for all the linkge parts...
• Re: VW of Canada Remanufactured Diesel Engines?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 13 Feb 2015 13:00:04 -0800
  ...Mine is a five speed which > is > > a plus right there, and I drove it in NA form for 160,000 miles before > > adding...
• Re: Anyone out there have an AAP 5 speed transmission (other than me)?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 24 Jul 2015 05:18:01 +0000
  Hi Peter,I have a AAP five speed Trans.What exactly isn't right with your installation?Robert1982 Westfalia '95 Golf engine AAP (112hp...
• Re: Need 1982 coolant reservoir
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:07:41 -0700
  ...1.6 > NA diesel, and the rare (on this side of the Atlantic anyway) five speed > transmission. That's five real forward gears, not...
• Re: teenagers and vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Wed, 11 Oct 2006 12:16:11 -0400
  ...and vanagons do mix - my first car with 18 was a five > speed vanagon. someone should have just instructed the poor guy before he...
• Re: Trip report: NA diesel in north carolina mountains
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:36:09 -0400
  ...It's a diesel 1.6 NA with a five speed. I camped in Pisgah National Forest, probably no more than a few hundred...
• Re: Couple of VR6 Vanagon Links
  Historical mailing list - Dan Nims
  Fri, 9 Jun 2000 08:12:35 -0700
  ...in their cars is rated 190 hp) Coupled to a nice five-speed over-drive transmission, this would make our wonderful busses a marvel...
• Re: 5 speed eurospec tranny's
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Tue, 26 May 1998 09:24:22 -0700
  Sam, my understanding is that these are true origional vanagon five speeds. Todd Hill is on the list, does rebuild them and apparently can...
• 4-speed to 5-speed?
  Historical mailing list - John C.
  Mon, 22 Oct 2001 01:08:36 EDT
  ...like an over drive? Or does it drive like a regular five speed that you`d find in any other car? Thanks for the...
• Re: [Syncro] synrco trans swap into a non-syncro vanagon
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Thu, 29 Aug 2002 19:03:44 -0400
  I have this sneaking suspicion that http://www.2weddle.com/ has a five speed vanagon tranny but I could be wrong. Realisticly the main...
• Re: 2006 VW Van
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 3 Dec 2005 20:09:10 -0600
  ...The 2.5 TDI produces 80kW and 280Nm transmitted to the rear wheels through a five-speed gearbox. This translates to top speeds of...
• Re: Wasserboxer into a T1?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sat, 12 Aug 2000 01:32:02 EDT
  ...You can even drop in a five speed with some fabricating for the front mount and shifter. The problem is solved the way the...
• Re: VW foxes (no van content)
  Historical mailing list - Milo
  Mon, 19 Nov 2001 23:39:17 -0600
  ...FYI, a five speed is nice, as is air. Otherwise, they're all pretty much the same. The ride is surprisingly heavy/firm for...
• Re: [Syncro] synrco trans swap into a non-syncro vanagon
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Fri, 30 Aug 2002 07:11:21 -0400
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >>I have this sneaking suspicion that http://www.2weddle.com/ >>has a five speed vanagon tranny but I could be...
• Re: transmission woes ('88 westy with a '98 2.0 L)
  Historical mailing list - Drovdahl, Mark
  Wed, 6 Oct 1999 09:15:06 -0700
  ...van if it had a five >speed tranny put in? >2) Has anyone sucessfully installed a five speed with a 2.0L motor? If...
• Re: Backup lights not working
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 27 Sep 2013 10:44:17 -0500
  ...Jim Felder wrote: > > > Neither of the backup lights on my 83 five-speed 2wd is working. I had a > > chance to pull the bulb...
• Re: Car Talk
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Redford
  Tue, 20 Sep 94 22:21:59 PDT
  ...Woman called in and said she had an older Datsun with a five speed that was slipping out of 5th. Ray told her to...
• AW: I will have a WBX "My Way" or nothing else...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 8 Dec 2002 23:35:51 -0800
  ...Change to gearbox to a .457 five speed Plus some other changes to create an engine -- gearbox combo that IF VW made there would...
• Re: 83 VW pickup
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 14 Mar 1999 22:53:10 EST
  ...A five speed is most desireable for these pickups and AC on these is pretty rare (desireable). Both of these options on a diesel...
• Re: 5 speed
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:33:59 -0800
  ...PM, "Stacy Schneider" <vwcrewman@gmail.com> wrote: > > If it had a five speed I Would only take it to sell and use the > money...
• Re: Audi motors vs. VW (reformatted) vs Modified Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Pat
  Sun, 13 Dec 1998 01:48:04 -0500
  ...Simply coat the >heads and the head leak problem goes away... > >Robert > >Modified 2.1L 88 GL Wolfsburg >With a five speed Tranny >Top...
• Re: TiiCo engine vs. Eurospec
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sun, 27 Aug 2000 17:46:03 EDT
  ...That would get you the changes to the WBX AND a five speed SA gearbox,PLUS a lot of the FI parts replaced... <<For...
• Re: Five-speed trans. needed.
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Mon, 19 Apr 2004 17:46:37 -0700
  On Apr 19, 2004, at 11:18 AM, Jim Felder wrote: > Also, my shop seemed like prefer me to find the transmission, send it...
• Rather odd EV `road test'
  Historical mailing list - M. Grant
  Fri, 1 Mar 1996 20:08:33 +0000 (GMT)
  ...injection, 5 cylinder, 4WD, rear diff lock, electric windows, central locking, five speed gearbox, rev counter, heated electric mirrors and ABS. Cost in the...
• Do not give up on the Wasserboxer just yet, the power is there...
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 12 Dec 1998 21:23:15 PST
  ...to tie in with the case breather port. -Racing clutch bolts -Five speed Transmission .70 fifth gear Hope to have it built soon, main...
• Re: What are the Mercedes wheels that fit the vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - James Felder
  Sun, 4 Sep 2011 06:23:08 -0500
  Ben; I want to change wheels to expand my now-dwindling tire choices for my 1983 diesel Westy five speed. I am not looking...
• What's a South African Vanagon Adventurewagen camper worth?
  Historical mailing list - Karl M.
  Tue, 15 Jan 2002 03:58:20 -0500
  ...market, utilizing the 2.6 litre five-cylinder engine and factory five-speed transmission, all new parts form South Africa. This is a well...
• Zoltan is back
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Sun, 20 Oct 2013 11:16:48 -0700
  ...The turbo diesel high top camper with it’s five speed tranny has worked out fine. At one stage I had to give it...
• Re: WBX Nightmares
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sun, 13 Aug 2000 21:31:25 EDT
  ...I have been doing testing at greater speeds, simply because my five speed tranny drops the RPMs below that of a stock four speed...
• Re: Opinions on old diesels with AT
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 25 Feb 2005 10:32:53 -0600
  ...I drive a five-speed diesel and would hate to be running four. Three's not company in this case. Jim On Feb 25...
• Re: six cylinder vanagons
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 16 Jul 1998 19:31:14 -0700
  ...I don't need a turbo or >>anything, just six air-cooled cylinders and at least a five speed >>transmission. > >"Practical" options for the...
• Re: Rebuilt transaxle grinds
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 29 Dec 2014 08:31:40 -0600
  I had the second gear grinding problem when I reinstalled my newly rebuild five-speed about ten years ago. I was pretty freaked out...
• FS: 87 Syncro in Albuquerque
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Sep 1997 09:12:50 -0700
  ...I peeked underneath, and all seems in good condition and in order (no hanging parts, no visible scrapes, etc.) Five speed w/single differential...