He communicadoed pretty well at BBB VII a week or two ago.  I think he
mentioned he's an Overland dealer so I'd guess it'd be an Overland
conversion.  But he also has a big horsepower other kind of diesel available
to him that he might use.

He'll check in sometime on this.  Maybe when he finds a place to move to.

Mike

On 1/27/03 10:16 PM, "Kim Brennan" <kimbrennan@MAC.COM> wrote:

> And BenT indicates, the factory diesel in the Vanagon was slanted over
> at 40 degrees, whereas the Overland conversion is only slanted over at
> 5 degrees.
>
> I know that Karl Mullendore has a 1.9 TD in his Syncro...and that he is
> planning to convert to the 1.9 TDI. Dunno if that is the Overland kit
> he is using, or what. Course he's incommunicado right now as he is
> traveling.
>
> On Monday, January 27, 2003, at 08:24  PM, Robert Berkemer wrote:
>
>> Just took a look at the diesel conversion for the vanagon from Overland
>> Parts. Everything looks/sounds great however they indicate that the
>> rear
>> deck needs to be raised apparently to allow for a mounting system that
>> prevents vibration and noise. One of my questions is....wasen't the
>> original vanagon diesel mounted under the existing deck? Did this
>> factory solution generate too much vibration or noise? Didn't one of
>> the
>> list members put a new diesel in his syncro westy (the yellow one) and
>> manage to keep the deck height stock?
>