83 diesel vanagon carrier bars perfectly  match the waterboxer transmission
fore-aft location.
it will all bolt right up.

if interested why/how .....
that is because the waterboxer trans starting in 83 sits two inches further
aft than it really needs to..
That trans fore-aft location was chosen so automatics can have  an oil
cooler/heat exchanger at the front of the trans and still have the same
engine fore-aft waterboxer  engine fore-aft location for manual  trans or
auto.

Scott
www.turbovans.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Arnott" <jrasite@EONI.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 10:59 AM
Subject: Carrier Bars?

> 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