Hi Karl,

As Chris wrote, all the 2WD wasser trannies are interchangeable with no
mods. If you install an air-cooled van tranny in a wasser van, then you must
swap to the earlier style linkage. Both are side-shifter tranys, just
different flavors. The '79 and earlier busses use the front mounted shiter
linkages.

TomC
tcarrington@relitech.com
http://www.relitech.com/tomc
http://volksweb.relitech.com
85 Vanagon Crew Cab
82 Westy diesel=>gas conversion
65 Notchback

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karl Wolz [SMTP:wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET]
> Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2000 8:01 PM
> To:   vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject:      Re: Tranny interchangeability
>
> Thank you but  .  .  .
>
> I thought that there was some question of the shift linkage changing
> somewhere along the line.  Something like side mount vs. front mount.  No?
>
> Karl
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <JordanVw@AOL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2000 4:49 PM
> Subject: Re: Tranny interchangeability
>
>
> > In a message dated 4/30/00 7:18:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET writes:
> >
> > << Any of you tranny experts out there know whether an '85 tranny will
> bolt
> >  right in to an '87 2WD?
> >   >>
> >
> > yes, all wbx trannies are interchangeable.
> > chris
> >