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Subject:Re: Standard to automatic?
From:mark drillock
Date:Sat, 7 Nov 2009 16:09:47 -0800

The .77 was only used for 5th gear in some of the 5 speeds such as 83
diesels and never came in 4 speeds. North American Vanagon 4 speeds are
all .85 for 4th.

Mark

John Bange wrote:
>> The automatic in third gear (direct) and final drive ratio gives the same
>> overall ratio as the manual in 4th gear.
>>
>
> Does it? Stock for a manual is a 4th at .77 and R&P at 4.83 or 4.86 for
> (roughly) 3.72 or 3.74 at the axles. I was given to understand that the vast
> majority of auto R&P's were 4.09. Yeah, <
> http://www.vanagonparts.com/tranny_id.html#_auto> shows the 3.74 being only
> in the NJ automatic, all others 4.09. A ratio of 4.09 would sure match my
> experience, with 4K rpm being 65mph in the auto, and 70mph in the manual
> (identical tires).
>  David Marshall apparently had a few 3.73 R&P's for sale some years back...
> <http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0510C&L=vanagon&P=R7667>
> --
> John Bange
>