in that case Gerry........
you might be interested in this new, never used, custom made, and very
decent quality 'rear shifting rod' ..........the rod , about 4 and half feet
long, that goes from the connection near the rear edge of the fuel tank in
an 2WD vanagon........
specifically made for putting a DK trans into a later body vanagon.
the shift linkages are different between the two types.........and this
adapts your 2.1 waterboxer shift linkage to work with this early type trans.
Scott
www.turbovans.com
I've heard they are stronger too.......
one could resource to ask would be Daryl at AA Transaxle in the Seattle
area.  He might be on this group.

----- 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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