How are the engine carrier/mounts different? Forward, back, up or down?

Velma 82 1.9L AAZ td westy
On Oct 22, 2013 4:06 PM, "Scott Daniel" <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

>  ..........and the 5 speed just not just bolt into an 82 diesel vanagon.
>   you need the entire shift linkage..
> and doing it 'stock' ..you need 5 speed engine carrier bars and rubber
> mounts and the large bolts that mount the rubber mounts to the bars.
> Biggest bolt in the whole van ...14mm diameter , and I don't mean the hex
> wrench size , the shaft size.
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> there are two advantages of the 5 speed..you have 3 ratios to play with
> from about 35mph to top speed, not just two.
> You also have a 'half a granny' lowish first gear.
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> what happens is you start in 2nd like it's a 4 speed when it's easy ..like
> at a stop sign on the level.
> If you want to use first ..say starting on a hill..
> the shift from 1st ( back down and left ) to 2nd is just odd and doesn't
> work that well.
>
> it is an improvement ....be nice if it was a real close-ratio 5 speed with
> first a normal ration for a 1st gear ..
> and left and forward like normal first gears are.
>
> there is a way to get this ....in 5 or 6 speed.
> Very expensive though.  It's fit a Subaru transaxle with a reversed ring
> and pinion ...
> not cheap ..
> I have not driven one...but there are some in the vanagon world for sure.
> There's also Porsche 911    5 speed manual trans that some people have put
> in vanagons.
> ..
> and I would just love to do a Porsche 4 speed SportMatic ...a 4 speed
> manual trans with no clutch pedal ..
> aka known as AutoStick Shift in VW Bugs, where it was just a 3 speed. ..
>  kinda slick though ..
> for no electronics, no clutch pedal, but manual shifting.
> Trickiest part is an additional oil pump for the torque converter ( has a
> small torque converter plus a small conventional clutch operated by vacuum
> ) .   VW and Porsche just put that extra oil pump on top of the existing
> waterboxer type oil pump.  I still have a vaccum control valve and large
> vacuum res for one of these systems.
>
> my new favorite early vanagon that I own is an 83 5 speed Sunroof Diesel
> Vanagon ..soon it'll have a turbo too, and rebuilt engine.
> Should be quite the rig for a non-westy / non-weekender.
>
> Scott
>
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>  On 10/22/2013 10:19 AM, ralph meyermann wrote:
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> Velma is not going on any trips until next spring/summer, only into the
> garage after I finish repairing the deer damage on my Hyundai. Hopefully I
> can find a 5 speed and have it gone through, if not this 4 speed will be
> gone through. Heres for hoping for the elusive 5 speed
>
> Velma 82 1.9L AAZ td westy
> On Oct 22, 2013 11:33 AM, "Stuart MacMillan" <stuartmacm@gmail.com> <stuartmacm@gmail.com> wrote:
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>  The bottom line is you are on borrowed time with this unit, with the
> ultimate result you could need to add the  core charge to the cost of your
> rebuild.  Bits of hardened metal are swirling around in your oil and
> circulating through the transmission and transaxle. Once that hardened
> surface is lost, complete failure is rapid.
>
> BTW, I'm amazed to see that people have replaced the input shaft bearing
> with the shaft in place.  Lots of skill and patience required to get that
> bearing out in situ.
>
> I don't do my own transmission work, so I've had Daryl do three for me over
> the years:  www.aatransaxle.com He'll send you a box for $50, or you can
> often order an off the shelf unit and ship your (currently) rebuildable
> core
> back in the box and save the $50.  Core charge is $500 if yours is toast
> (usually case damage).
>
> Good luck!
>
> Stuart
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>] On Behalf Of
> ralph meyermann
> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 7:57 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Noisy transaxle??
>
> Pretty sure that my input shaft bearing is loose/going out, but I think
> there are other worn parts that need attention.
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