No, all of the pre 1999(?) VW and Audi inline 4 cyls gas and diesel WILL
bolt to a diesel Vanagon bellhousing. The diesel bellhousing will itself
bolt up to any Vanagon manual tranny. You need a few other parts from
the diesel Vanagon to make it all work.

Mark

Chris Harris wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I recently bought an 87 Vanagon GL (Wolfsburg) w/ 2.1L wasserboxer,  and have been enjoying the
> wealth of information on the net about Vanagon engine swaps, but remain confused by the statements in
> the first paragraph of this page: http://www.volkswagen.org/EngineSwap/Default.htm  Especially the part
> about "The need for special bell housing adapters or other complicated stuff like that is not necessary in
> the VW world".  I'm guessing it should also say something like this regarding Vanagons:
>
> 1.  Rabbit/Scirroco/Jetta(older?) gas engines >>>will not<<< bolt onto either gas or diesel  Vanagon
> transaxles without use of an adapter plate.
>
> 2.  R/S/J diesel engines, as well as GTI/Golf/Jetta(some?) and newer gas or diesel VW engines >>>will
> <<< bolt onto the diesel Vanagon transaxle bellhousing without use of an adapter;  and most folks put
> the diesel bellhousing on a gas Vanagon transaxle for the better gear ratios.
>
> Please tell me, am I even close?!?!  I am ignoring, of course, the obvious question of why anyone would
> want to use one of the older/smaller VW engines on a Vanagon!