>Hello all,ive picked up two 091 trannys at my local junkyard, one out of a 86
>wasser the other out of a 82 diesel both w/all the clucth stuff and
>linkages.Codes  on the tranny for the 86 is   091ABD ,the diesel is DX ,my
>question is if i can get enough parts-can i convert one of these to a 5
>spd?The haynes manual shows it (5spd)to have a new nose section and related
>parts but the rear case and all appears the same.Also ,which one has a lower
>engine speed at 55 mph?My victim is a 1981 westy 2.0 air sucker with a 090
>that shifts when IT wants to!any info appreciated thanks ,tony

I paid good money for a VW mechanic who wasn't familiar with Vanagons (and
in this country no mechanic IS) to pull down an 091 (admittedly a Bay
trans, not Vanagon) and 094, only to find he couldn't build a composite
trans out of the two.

Don't know about the Vanagon 091.

Andrew Grebneff
165 Evans St, Dunedin, New Zealand
fax 64 (3) 479-7527
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
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