;) And, again to clarify for everyone (since I was not clear), diesel
Vanagon were only available in the US for the 1982 and 1983 *model* years.
Yup, two years and that was it.

Why? They powered them with wimpy 1.6 engines that do fine in a rabbit,
but not a heavy Vanagon. That's why I upgraded to a 1.9 diesel.

jon

On Tue, 19 Sep 2006, bueses wrote:

> on 9/19/06 4:15 PM, jon at jon@kenneke.com wrote:
>
> >
> > Diesel were the first watercooled Vanagons. Yup, an '82 diesel is
> > watercooled. A fact few people know, and even fewer care about. ;)
>
> Yeah, I will now remember that little known/cared about piece of info, even
> while not remembering my password!
>
> Tom B.-why remember the important stuff?
> >
> > 1983.5 is *not* the first time Vanagons were watercooled.
> >
> > Jon
> > '82 Diesel Westfalia
> > '83 Diesel Vanagon
> >
> > On Tue, 19 Sep 2006, 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?
> >>
>