hmm beg to differ I have an 82 that was a 5 spd until it blew up.

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Dana Morphew
Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 11:58 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: diesel conversion

I used the ACW tranny that came with my '90.  I used the '83 carrier bars.
The '83
diesel had the 5-spd. which is the same length as the ACW. The tranny that
came on
the '82 diesels was the shorter 4-spd.

-Dana-

> My thinking right now is to buy a late model Vanagon and install one of
> the beefier 4 cylinder diesel plants with a conversion kit. I have some
> diesel conversion questions:
>
> Can I use a stock standard gasoline transmission?