that's juss what ah figured.
I like that................. 'the dreaded DZ.'

I have only seen one DM, it's *slightly* better than the DZ. ,like not quite
so desparately under-geared.  and they never came in Westy's I don't think.

----- Original Message -----
From: "mark drillock" <mdrillock@COX.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 4:28 PM
Subject: Re: FS: 5 Speed Diesel Tranny

> You can tell by the shallow ribs on the top of the case that it is not a
> DK from an aircooled. It must be a DM or the even more dreaded DZ, both
> 82 diesel versions of the 091 4 speed.
>
> Mark
>
>
> Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
>> so the next question is ..........( since I think the ad said 80 to 82
>> vanagon transaxle ) ....
>> is it a DK,
>> or is it an 82 diesel 4 speed ?
>> it has the DV bell housing on it , but it doesn't look like a DK to me ,
>> but DK's are useful.
>> I suspect it's just an 82 DV 4 speed..........the least desirable of all
>> vanagon manual transmissions.
>>
>> at the right price..
>> the Bell Housing and input shaft are valuable.
>>
>>