thanks for the info Mark....the list comes through again! yay!

So, it seems like I can transfer my I4 set up right across into any
van........with a little work......kinda opens up the possibilities doesn't
it?

uh oh

bill M

On 3/23/06, mark drillock <drillock@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> The diesel mounting points are there on all of them, at least from 82
> on. The diesel also had a small reinforcing plate for the mounting
> points on each side of the license plate door. The 2 threaded holes are
> always there on each side but the plate welds over them to add another
> thickness of metal so that area does not deform over time. You can bolt
> the carriers right in without the plates but long term there would
> likely be a problem. The plates also add the third, top hole, on each
> side.
>
> Mark
>
> Bill MacLachlan wrote:
>
> >Hi volks......
> >
> >Short questions here:
> >
> >Do all vanagons have the body mounting points for stock diesel motor
> >carriers, or is it only vans built as diesels?
> >
> >If a van does NOT have the mounting points, how hard is it to add them?
> Has
> >anyone done this?
> >
> >Thanks all
> >
> >
> >Bill M
> >'82 GL I4
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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