Hey  Doug, that's all great to hear !
and you're on the road again with a good used trans .......right on man.
Scott
www.turbovans.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Noganav" <vanagon@astound.net>
To: "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>;
<vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 1:22 AM
Subject: Re: Re: Transmission Bell Housing Question Help

> Many thanks to Scott for pointing this out, and also to Daryl for his
> excellent clarification.
> On the 85 trans that I just swapped into my 89 there WAS the difference in
> the boss where the linkage mount locates. I made up a 1/4 inch shim to
> compensate and it worked great.
>
> You guys totally SAVED me!  countless amounts of my time indeed to go
> through all the steps to figure it out.
>
> Thank you!
>
> BTW the new (used) trans runs well.
>
> Doug
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 10:43 AM
> Subject: Re: Transmission Bell Housing Question Help
>
>
>> hey Daryl, thanks for that detailed clarification.
>> I was not aware that it was mainly a matter of rubber boot compression.
>> Scott
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "aatransaxle" <daryl@aatransaxle.com>
>> To: "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>;
>> <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 9:51 AM
>> Subject: Re: Transmission Bell Housing Question Help
>>
>>
>> > The bosses on the gear housings were made "longer", towards the front,
> in
>> > about 87/88 to prevent the boot around the shift rod from being
> compressed
>> > so much that it popped out of 4th gear.. The fix moved the little
> bracket
>> > fwd to reduce the boot compression. Thick washers ( 6mm or so) between
> the
>> > bracket and the mounting boss will fix it..Only nec to do this if you
>> > still have boots on the shift rod..If they are gone..no issue.
>> >
>> > Daryl of AA Transaxle
>> > (425) 788-4070
>> > aatransaxle.com
>> > 86 Syncro Westy
>> > Zetec in the trunk
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
>> > > I though I'd mentioni that you may run into a very small differnce
> about
>> >> bolting your 89 he shift linkage bracket to the 85 trans body .......
>> >> this 'might' happen. Sometimes it's neccessary to adjust where that
>> >> bracket
>> >> bolts by about 1/4 inch, fore-aft wise.
>> >>  I can tell you this for sure .........I sent in an 87 vanagon
> transaxle
>> >> for rebuidling, and an 84 as a core.  The 87 wasn't good for
>> >> rebuiding,
>> >> but
>> >> the 84 was, so since I'll be installing a an 'early' ( trans main
> case )
>> >> wher e a 'late' was, they gave me a little spacer bracket to shim the
>> >> shift
>> >> linkage bracket forward or aftward a bit. You might encounter this in
>> >> your
>> >> deal, so if you don't have the travel you need fore-aft wise on your
>> >> shifter
>> >> after your 'new' trans is installed...........this would be why
> possibly.
>> >> Scott
>> >> www.turbovans.com
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>