Hello again!

Many, many thanx to everyone on the list that responded, especially to TomC
who responded within four minutes of the posting!

As you all expected, the problem was that the input shaft was too long.  We
dropped the tranny, shaved off about 1/8 inch of it, and reinstalled.  No
more binding!!

Again, many thanx to everyone.  No doubt we would have spent a significant
amount of time trying to find this out!

Z

"Mladen, Zoran" wrote:

> Hi All!
>
> Strange problem taking place here.  We have a customer that brought us his
> diesel Vanagon (with a bad ebgine) and a diesel engine from a Rabbit/Golf.
> We took out his old engine, removed all of the Vanagon specific parts
> (including oil pump), broke down the Rabbit/Golf engine (checking rings,
all
> bearings, etc).  We put everything back together, and the engine turns
fine.
> Put the engine in the Vanagon.  While the engine is hanging in the Vanagon
> but not tightened, engine turns fine.  Once we tighten the engine to the
> transmission, engine turns VERY hard, almost to the point of not turning.
>
> As part of the engine swap, we replaced the clutch plate, disc, T.O.  We
> checked the transmission, and it turns fine without the engine in.
>
> What have we done wrong????
>
> HELP!!!
>
> Z