You do know that the deck lid will not close over a cross flow motor,
right?   My set-up with a 5sp rides on 83 bars..

  Don Hanson

On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 12:02 PM, Michael Snow <slowmachine82@gmail.com>wrote:

> On 12/04/2011 01:59 PM, Jim Arnott wrote:
>
>> Inline replacing a waterboxer. I keep getting ambiguous answers.
>>
>> Question: '84 wasserboxer.
>>
>> I have diesel bellhousing. Plan is a 2.0 cross flow gas motor at 50
>> deg. Keeping stock wasserboxer gearbox. Do I need the '82 carrier
>> bars or the '83 carrier bars? (I have them both....) Which makes this
>> project a bolt-in?
>>
>> Again:
>> '84 waterboxer
>> 50 deg install
>> Keeping original 091 four speed gearbox in original location
>> Using '82 diesel bell housing
>>
>> '82 carrier bars or '83/4 carrier bars?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>
> I helped a friend do this with a 1.8 gas motor in October.  Using the
> '83 carrier bars, the WBX transmission with diesel bellhousing is a
> bolt-in.  I also have this setup in my '82 diesel.  With the inline
> crankshaft, you need to shorten the transmission input shaft or source
> the correct replacement.  Mine is shortened by abount 12mm.  Don't
> forget the pilot bearing, which is not used in the transverse installation.
>
> Mike
>