Never had this much fun with your 'notajeep', did you?

Mike

> From: Steven Denis <NotaJeep@AOL.COM>
> Reply-To: NotaJeep@AOL.COM
> Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 16:05:10 EST
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: aircooled transaxle with 1.6NA diesel
>
> In a message dated 1/18/02 3:29:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, vgonman@MSN.COM
> writes:
>
>> This is not completely correct..................
>>
>>  The nosecone is different is it not?  On a transporter, the shiftrod goes
>>  into the top of the nose cone.  Ona vangaon on the side right?
>
> It's perfectly correct...we are, and HAVE been, talking aircooled VANAGONS,
> not 78 and earlier buses.(except where I pointed out you can use the gears if
> you have a mill)
> A 091 VW gearbox is a 091 gearbox.is a 091 gearbox..some have different R+P's
> and like that but 80-83 (pre-waterboxer) gearboxes interchange diesel to gas
> just like that. the diesel belhousing is different (to fit the inline engine)
> and the input shaft is likewise shorter (the crank is not as "deep" on the
> inline) and the front mount is slightly lower..
> The whole diesel gearbox and engine sit lower and tilted to the rear compared
> to the 2.0 gas aircooled. THAT is why the diesel calls for more oil to bring
> it up to the top of the (front-side) filler hole..ya gotta fill up the final
> drive (low) area.
>
> I'm gunna put a headgasket hex on somebody soon...<grin>
>