The other deal of course is that the stock DX gearbox has a 5.43 R & P which
will get you nowhere fast!

The ring & pinion will have to be changed to suit the gas motor.

On 10/28/07, Mark Drillock <drillock@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Not really. There were not that many to begin with and not many left. 5
> years ago, yes. All of the various 80s diesel VWs are mostly gone, vans
> or not. The ones that remain mostly sell for shockingly high prices. By
> the way, the diesel Vanagon engines were rated at 48 hp.
>
> Mark
> 82 diesel Westy
> 83 diesel passenger
> 83 diesel stretch
>
>
> Don Hanson wrote:
>
> >  One can likely find plenty of diesel donor vans to transplant a gas
> four
> > into.  I don't want to piss anyone off, but in order to be content
> driving a
> > 60-some hp 4000-lb vehicle, (diesel Westy) you would have to be very
> > especially patient..
> >    ...............
>

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Jake
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