I believe '82 was the one and only year for Diesel vanagons in the US. 1.6
NA diesel, and the rare (on this side of the Atlantic anyway) five speed
transmission. That's five real forward gears, not that syncro off-road
granny gear.

At 03:20 PM 9/19/2006 -0600, bueses wrote:
>on 9/19/06 2:33 PM, Paul Chubbuck at paul@TAKINGFLIGHT.NET wrote:
>
> > The coolant reservoir in my 1982 Vanagon is not holding pressure, despite a
> > new VW cap.  This was originally a diesel, though converted to gas before I
> > owned it.  I think the reservoir is the original one and I cannot find a
> > replacement.  I'd prefer new, if possible, but at this point wouldn't be
> > picky as long as I can get one in good condition.
> >
> > The VW part number is 068 121 405B.
> >
> > Thanks for any help obtaining this part.
> >
> > Paul
>
>  Hmmm, weren't all 82's aircooled?
>
>Tom B.-did diesels come as water cooled in 82?