Re: Auto trans interchangablibiltySure .
that's why those engines had 11mm head bolts and smaller wrist pins than the 'normal good' 12mm head bolt engines with a bigger wrist pin, americans didn't know better.  lol. 

I suppose it's possible. 
Did they say 'USA' on the side of the block   ? ....like all the diesel vw engine blocks I've ever seen say 'Mexico' or 'Germany' cast right in .

reminds me that some AMC Pacers had german made VW engines in them.  Something like that.  
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Tom Hargrave 
  To: 'Scott Daniel - Turbovans' ; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM 
  Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 8:40 PM
  Subject: RE: Auto trans interchangablibilty

  All of the VW diesel engines made back then were made in the USA. VW contracted the work out to a US engine company.

   

  My source is Dr Booth from the Mercedes diesel list I used to belong to. We were discussing diesel engines and he quoted the diesel engine used in the early 80s VWs, the company who made them, he even had production numbers. “From memory”, and I don’t totally trust memory, the engines were being manufactured for USA and German production. It was still a German engine being made here.

   

  Tom

  www.towercooler.com

   

   

  From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 3:27 PM
  To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
  Subject: Re: Auto trans interchangablibilty

   

  re
  The 80’s VW diesel was manufactured here in the States and so were the VDO
  gauges in your Vanagon

  The car, not the engine or trans.

  I believe round headlight rabbits are german made in that era.
  and the square headlight ones are the ones made in Pennsylvania.

  even the batter cables look purely American on those.
  but the engine and trans were german produced....pretty sure anyway.

  that was the first example of a foreign manufacturer having a car assembly
  plant here , btw.
  Now most, or many  of them do it.
  and I think quality suffers from making them here too.

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "Tom Hargrave" <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET>
  To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
  Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 9:23 PM
  Subject: Re: Auto trans interchangablibilty

  You’d be surprised what’s in what car and where it was made.

  For example, the early 90’s Jeep Cherokees came with one of four different
  automatic transmissions and one was a Toyota transmission!

  And guess which gave the most trouble? The Toyota!

  The 1966 Mustang came with 1 of 4 different drive shafts.

  The 80’s VW diesel was manufactured here in the States and so were the VDO
  gauges in your Vanagon.

  Tom

  www.towercooler.com

  From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
  John Rodgers
  Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 10:57 PM
  To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
  Subject: Re: Auto trans interchangablibilty

    WHAT!!!!

  Really? Audi and Passat slushbox into a Vanagon? How would you identify
  which would fit?

  John

  John Rodgers
  Clayartist and Moldmaker
  88'GL VW Bus Driver
  Chelsea, AL
  Http://www.moldhaus.com

  On 2/16/2011 6:37 PM, Chris S wrote:
  > Also some Audi and passat slushboxes work too.

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