Stan, the diesel IS an I4 engine and water-cooled. All Vanagon manual
trannys must be tipped down at the nose end before the tranny can be
moved forward away from the engine. Your suggestion to loosen and even
lower the rear engine crossbar with longer bolts is a good idea even
with the water-cooled models. Otherwise the muffler and/or tail pipe can
hit the rear body skirt as the tranny is lowered.

Mark

Stan Wilder wrote:
>
> Good Grief Bill!
> You got a water cooled.
> I should have never risked answering your question.
> An 82 is supposed to be Air Cooled or on the outside chance a Diesel.
> At any rate dropping the rear of the engine speeds things up for me.\
>
> Stan Wilder
>
> . Thanks for the heads up on the angling of the
> > motor etc...I have an I4, but I expect the principle will be the
> > same.
>
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