Rabbits and golf usually didn't have the additional heat exchanger. The
Audis do.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of John Bange
Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 3:25 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Auto tranny from an Audi, possible 5 cyl. engine donor?

> Am I right in thinking that the Audi 3-speed auto out of that car is
the
> same as the Vanagon 3-speed auto?

Yup. The only differences are 1) reverse ring gear hub (mates with
thepinion
shaft of the final drive) is different, but this is easily swapped for a
vanagon one; 2) the Audi version isn't tapped for the coolant/ATF heat
exchanger. I'm not certain what's involved in drilling/tapping that, but
the
guy at German Transaxle I got my rebuilt from said they occasionally run
out
of Vanagon auto trannies and just grab a batch of rebuilt Audi ones off
the
shelf and convert them, so it probably doesn't require full disassembly.

--
John Bange
'90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"