If you are using a wasserboxer input shaft you must remove about 5mm from
the end of it - sounds like you are using a Diesel input shaft though...
Remember the old saying "measure twice, cut once" - most conversions that we
have installed need the input shaft trimmed on the 1.8L engines.

David Marshall

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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Carolyn Kitzmann
Sent: January 1, 2001 3:43 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Inline 4 transplant question

I mated the engine from the 87 Golf GT to the newly re-bellhoused vanagon
transmission today and noticed somthing funny.  The engine, which turned
relatively easily by hand when seperate, now was considerably harder to
turn.  It does turn, if you put a rench on the bolt at the end of the
crankshaft, but it requires atleast twice the force as before.  So my
question to the list members who have done similiar conversions, is this
normal or is something wrong.  My first thought was maybe the input shaft
from the diesel trans was maybe bottoming out in the crank.

Second question.  In the mess of the conversion I can't locate the bolts
that went through the engine mounts.  A 10 mm bolt slides in easily and has
some wiggle room, but a 12mm doesn't go in at all and looks to be only
slightly larger then the hole.  If someone could look and see if the bolts
are 10mm or something else would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Dave

82 Vanagon Diesel, soon to be Golf powered