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• Split-Case/Tunnel Case Trans Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Tue, 22 Nov 1994 12:02:40 -0800 (PST)
  Howdy, I just got _the_ definitive answer on the split-case/tunnel-case conversion issue. I called bus-boys and asked. They make an...
• Re: How to split case? - Hope you guys are right
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 3 Jan 1995 13:01:59 -0500
  Hmm Thanks for the advise - I'll double check when I get home, But I'm pretty sure I got all the nuts and...
• Re: Can transmisson be rebuilt?
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Mon, 24 Jun 1996 15:43:13 -0700 (PDT)
  ...He says that a > transmisson can be found if it is not a split case, but the gear boxes can > not be found. He...
• '57 Bus Kombi...$800 obo
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Olson
  Sat, 15 Jun 1996 07:23:19 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Call the fellow in the ad... '57 Bus Kombi - uncut dash, split case trans-axle, very little rust, easy to restore. $800 obo. Mike...
• tunnel-to split conversion, sadness
  Historical mailing list - Eric Oster
  Sat, 21 Jan 1995 11:33:48 -0800 (PST)
  ...It's a pseudo-split case (Has a few split-case characteristics, like the brake setup.) which someone had already (thankfully! I had enough...
• Re: '56 kombi update - new transmission
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 01 Jan 1995 10:37:23 -0400 (EDT)
  ...arms where the reduction boxes bolt up may be different on split case trannies v. tunnel case trannies reduction boxes, you might want to...
• Re: Can transmisson be rebuilt?
  Historical mailing list - DOUGLAS
  Tue, 25 Jun 1996 00:15:59 -0700
  ...He says that a > > transmisson can be found if it is not a split case, but the gear boxes can > > not be found. He...
• How to split case?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 3 Jan 1995 10:48:57 -0500
  The 1700 type IV engine has almost reached a state of maximum entropy in my basement but I am having trouble splitting the case...
• 1958 VW Microbus - Rebuilt stock drivetrain $1500 OBO
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin McGough
  Thu, 23 May 1996 20:06:15 GMT
  I have a 1958 VW Microbus for sale: -Completely rebuilt 36hp motor and split-case tranny. - Many many valuable spare parts. -New German brake...
• How do you split the case?
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Mon, 23 Oct 2006 13:14:27 -0700
  ...I want the crank out of it.I hit the case with a mammer,but no dice, or split case.How do I do...
• Split Case to Tunnel Case Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Fri, 18 Nov 1994 09:44:21 -0800 (PST)
  ...I have this '56 bus with a split case tranny that works real spiffy but for one flaw: reverse is kaput. Let me back...
• Re: How do you split the case?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 23 Oct 2006 13:39:32 -0700
  ...I want the crank out of it.I hit the case with a mammer,but no dice, or split case.How do I do...
• Re: Walkthroughs
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Fri, 26 Aug 1994 12:32:24 -0700 (PDT)
  ...My surfing buddy has a '59, and it is a walkthru It also came with the synchronised tranny, and not the split case (he...
• Re: '56 kombi update - new transmission
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Sun, 1 Jan 1995 22:14:05 -0800 (PST)
  ...arms where the reduction boxes bolt up may be >different on split case trannies v. tunnel case trannies reduction >boxes, you might want to...
• Re: VW Van turns 60.
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 4 Jun 2010 22:27:41 EDT
  ...42:22 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM writes: split case trans, 36 hp. bought it for $ 160 with no engine in...
• Re: 1958 VW Microbus - Rebuilt stock drivetrain $1500 OBO (fwd)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 May 1996 05:05:22 -0400
  ...a 1958 VW Microbus for sale: -Completely rebuilt 36hp motor and split-case tranny. - Many many valuable spare parts. -New German brake hardware. -New...
• Re: Review of Bus Boys
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Mon, 1 Jul 1996 07:32:06 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Ooops! Sorry about your scale! Anyway, the only thing I ever bought was the split-case to tunnel-case trans adapter, which was delivered...
• Can transmisson be rebuilt?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
  Mon, 24 Jun 96 17:23 CDT
  ...He says that a transmisson can be found if it is not a split case, but the gear boxes can not be found. He...
• Re: Can transmisson be rebuilt?
  Historical mailing list - Mike White
  Tue, 25 Jun 1996 09:56:06 MST
  > If you have a "split-case bus" like my '56, you can get an adapter > put in a later transmission, otherwise known as a...
• Re: vanagon top speed, extrapolation
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 4 Sep 2004 22:42:37 +1200
  ...Va. > >Jere In 1979 I had over 100mph out of my battered 59 Panelvan, complete with stock split-case trans & 36hp. The needle swung...
• Re: Transporter
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 24 Aug 2000 21:11:59 +1200
  ...Not even at 80mph (yes, a 57 with 1600 & split-case trans will easily do 80 but will shorten engine life...). If you've...
• Re: St. Muir Solenoid Trick
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Tue, 18 Apr 1995 08:33:55 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I put in a solid trans mount when I converted from a split case trans to a tunnel case, and didn't really have...
• Re: New '59 Singlecab Status
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Jun 1996 05:10:46 -0400
  ...would have come w/ split case trans, 36hp motor, and the crank start stuff. This meanswhen you put your later engine in, the heater...
• Re: Is it reasonable to expect a rebuilt waterboxer to be bone dry underneath?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 28 Jun 2016 09:09:31 -0500
  ...The opposed cylinder engines were very much like Wasserboxer's - split case, detachable cylinders. For commercial operations with smaller than airline sized aircraft, 100...
• Re: How do you split the case?
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:09:32 -0400
  ...I want the crank out of it.I hit the case > with a mammer,but no dice, or split case.How do I do...
• Re: Snap On 17mm 21mm trans wrench $1
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Wed, 3 Mar 2010 08:10:16 -0500
  ...use, it being a21 mm...It's for the very early split case tranny drain and fill plugs..Go figure they would still put...
• Re: Top speed of a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 21 Mar 2000 10:38:53 +1200
  ...Being brutal, my old 1957 with stock split-case trans and single-port 1600 would easily hit 130 (I pegged the speedo solidly once...
• Re: How do you split the case?
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Mon, 23 Oct 2006 15:23:40 -0700
  ...I want the crank out of it.I hit the case > with a mammer,but no dice, or split case.How do I do...
• Re: 2.1: Check rods or just top end?
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Thu, 27 Oct 2005 09:35:52 -0400
  ...the rods noise (very rare) is more obvious when warm. "Split-case" boxer engine http://www.benplace.com/bjp/100_0085_78k.jpg are...
• Re: How to split case?
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Tue, 3 Jan 1995 08:39:55 -0800 (PST)
  Peter Williams writes: > > The 1700 type IV engine has almost reached a state of maximum entropy in my > basement but I am having trouble...
• Split case to tunnel case conversion
  Historical mailing list - Eric Oster
  Fri, 18 Nov 1994 12:25:04 -0800 (PST)
  I checked with all my local bus gurus, and they came up with this: Can be done. But...the front mounts are going to...
• Re: VW Van turns 60.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 4 Jun 2010 13:32:12 -0700
  ...side doors on both sides, no windows in them,, partion panel behind front seats, non walk through, split case trans, 36 hp. bought it...
• Re: VW Van turns 60.
  Historical mailing list - levi hawkins
  Sat, 5 Jun 2010 15:13:12 -0700
  ...42:22 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM writes: split� case trans, 36 hp. bought it for $ 160 with no engine in...
• Brakes (Update II)
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Sun, 14 Aug 1994 00:40:18 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Anybody have any experience rebuilding a split-case tranny? Or, what has to be modified to put in a fully synchronized one in. I...
• re: mileage over the years
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Nov 1995 23:18:16 -0500
  ...religiously changed oil and tuned up every 3000 miles, and a split case tranny. For three years I regularly got 28mpg, 31 freeway. Once...
• Re: Resurrection of '64 Deluxe
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 22 Jun 1996 20:17:44 -0400
  ...I've split cases on enough engines that have been sitting "only a few years" to know it would be time and money well...
• Re: Mechanic say's Oil pump can't leak slowly
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Wed, 26 Jul 2000 19:28:47 EDT
  ...It takes a lot of attention to detail to assemble a split case motor without getting a drip from one of several places. Unless...
• Re: Air cooled oil pressure question
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 13 Sep 2000 08:19:27 -0700
  ...In the VW alloy split case engines expansion upon heating up prevents the bearings from being as tight, hence lower oil pressure than you...
• Re: Advice Needed
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Sep 1995 10:53:23 -0700 (PDT)
  ...In my case the bus has the > original style '56 36HP engine and split-case transaxle. To say that the > vehicle is slow would...
• Re: push start
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 13 Jan 2001 12:20:55 +1200
  ...And my old 57 split-case panelvan, which ALWAYS had a flat battery until I 12Volted it. However generally, given the option, I will...
• Re: How to split case?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 3 Jan 95 12:15:01 -0500
  >> Peter Williams writes: >> >> The 1700 type IV engine has almost reached a state of maximum entropy in my >> basement but I am having trouble...
• Re: VW Van turns 60.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 5 Jun 2010 15:57:33 -0700
  ...42:22 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM writes: split case trans, 36 hp. bought it for $ 160 with no engine in...
• Re: splittie - one of ten wrost(worst)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 16 Apr 2001 13:26:57 -0700
  ...When was the last time you saw one with a running 36hp or heaven help us an early 40hp? The split case crash box...
• Re: fastest vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 31 Aug 2001 23:24:11 +1200
  ...off my 57 Splittie with single-port 1600 attached to its split-case trans. LOW gearing (36hp stock). I'd take it to 60...
• Re: extra engine... overhaul...
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Tue, 6 Nov 2007 14:19:46 -0800
  There is a version of engine stand that was developed for VW split-case type, lighter-weight engines. It bolts to your benchtop, and...
• Re: Any Single Cab Value vs Crew?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 Nov 1995 09:03:09 -0700
  ...I hate to imagine what my '57 Single with hoops, canvas,orgl 36hp and split case tranny (both set to the side), semaphores, updated...
• Re: Doka Look Alike (friday reply)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 30 Mar 2012 22:35:14 -0700
  ...Those split case transaxles are famous for being able to flip the ring gear. so if you do need to put a Bug Transalxe...
• New engine, was Re: Ecu fix addendum
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 1 Apr 2020 10:12:19 -0700
  ...But I need handholding for the assessment of the pistons and jugs, and the bottom end (I should split case right?) plus I need...
• '56 kombi tranny: day 6/?
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Thu, 5 Jan 1995 21:22:42 -0800 (PST)
  ...tube? I don't have any on this tranny, and my split case didn't, but the last one I took apart did have...
• '56 kombi update - new transmission
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Sun, 1 Jan 1995 00:09:36 -0800 (PST)
  ...1) you gotta open up the transmission on a split case transmission to get the axles out 2) when you do get the axles...
• '56 kombi update - new transmission
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Sun, 1 Jan 1995 00:14:07 -0800 (PST)
  ...1) you gotta open up the transmission on a split case transmission to get the axles out 2) when you do get the axles...
• Re: fastest vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 31 Aug 2001 08:58:59 -0700
  ...off my 57 Splittie with single-port 1600 > attached > to its split-case trans. LOW gearing (36hp stock). I'd take it to 60...
• Re: Power...Power...Power... Can be found in the WBX...
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 3 Apr 2001 11:51:16 +1200
  ...boxer will happily rev to 8000rpm (my 57 with 1600 & original split-case trans would do this in 3rd no problems on level roads...
• Cylinder Types
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 12 Dec 2003 13:52:07 -0600
  ...were much like that of the WBX and the VW Aircooleds. Split case, crank, cam, rods and pistons. There the resemblance stopped. Aircraft cylinders...
• Re: VW Van turns 60.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 4 Jun 2010 20:28:33 -0700
  ...Eastern Daylight Time, > scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM writes: > > split case trans, 36 hp. > bought it for $ 160 with no engine in Tucson AZ, in about...
• RE: Advice Needed
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Sep 1995 09:16:55 -0700
  ...In my case the bus has the original style '56 36HP engine and split-case transaxle. To say that the vehicle is slow would...
• Re: the cool lingo.......help!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 22 Jul 1996 17:19:55 -0700
  ...have an early split (not barndoor, but still 36hp engine and split-case transmission). I know nothing about the EV. Though about buying one...
• : Re: Power...Power...Power... Can be found in the WBX...Counter-weighting
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 2 Apr 2001 19:43:19 EDT
  <<While I am well aware that a VW boxer will happily rev to 8000rpm (my 57with 1600 & original split-case trans would do this...
• Re: Resurrection of '64 Deluxe
  Historical mailing list - David Easterwood
  Fri, 21 Jun 1996 14:23:29 -0400
  ...I've split cases on enough engines that have been sitting "only a few years" to know it would be time and money well...
• Re: State of the Art in Engine Swaps is....long
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 12 Apr 2004 01:14:27 +1200
  ...those speeds i only did for short bursts), and the short split-case trans gearing made for excellent acceleration... the same 1600 fitted later...