The air-cooled trans is the replacement of choice if one has an original
diesel vanagon with an upgraded motor. The air-cooled trans is a bolt-in
whereas fitting the wasserboxer trans requires mounting and shifter mods to
fit the early setup. IMHO, the wasserboxer trans has more suitable ratios
but the mods required to make it fit are the deal breaker.  If you have a
2.1 wasserboxer, the stock trans is about as good as it gets w/o hiring
Daryl to regear it.

Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerry Lepage" <vanagonstretch@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 4:30 AM
Subject: Aircooled transmissions better?

>I read in several engine conversion pages that the manual transmission out
>of air cooled Vanagons are better. Can anyone tell me the reason for this.
>What is the difference between my 2.1 and the aircooled transmission. I may
>have a chance to pick one up for future use and just wondering if it would
>be worth it.
>
> Cheers, Gerry
> www.vanalong.com
>
>
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