Suds says that which is truth.
I found a pic of my adapter when new:

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k60/pdooley/KEP.jpg

No way is the flywheel fitting through that hole.

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Sudhir Desai
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:58 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: KEP Plate Remove Transmission

doesn't it sit behind the flywheel, necessitating removal of the trans
before removing the plate?
(it's been about a year since i took mine apart, and don't remember
offhand).

On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 22:49, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> No biggie but....
>
> On a Vanagon with a KEP adaptor plate, is it easier to remove tranny
> w/adapter plate attached?
>
> Seems so. Just some nuts/bolts. No studs to mess around with when
> tilting tranny down/out.
>
> Drawing a blank,
>
>
> Neil.
>
>
>
> --
> Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"
>
> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>
>
http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engine
s
>