Meier Michael (Michael.Meier@VT.SIEMENS.DE) said on the date of 3/17/98
6:24 AM

>Here in Europe power steering has been a popular option for watercooled
>engines from
>70 HP on. This includes the 1.6l Turbodiesel, excludes the non
>Turbo-Diesels.
>It was standard over here with all TD-Edition-Models
>(Bluestar/Whitestar/Redstar /Hannover Ed./Wolfsburg Ed./ last limited
>Ed.).
>I drove a friends one for a while, works great.
>Why should'nt it work in your cars, even when never official sold in
>US?

     Michael, the problem is mouting the PS pump.  The only Diesel
Vanagon engine (and for that mater the only inline engine) sold in N.
America was the 1.6l Jetta/Golf engine in 82 Vanagons (in the US) and
82-84 Vanagons (in Canada).
     With this particlular block, the right engine mount attaches to the
same bolt points that the AC/Alternator/PS pump, mounting hardware does
on the US market Golfs and Jettas.  As far as we know over here, there is
no Vanagon engine mount for an inline engine that will also allow you to
mount a PS pump.
     Because of that, the mount must be custom made.  Fourtinately there
is plenty of room on the right side of the engine compartment, as many of
us are not converting Desel Vanagons which have the battery in the engine
compartment.

     Is there a chance that you could get a good photo, or even better, a
service manual line drawing of the engine mount/PS pump mount in in a
European van?

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Bob O'Shaughnessy
85GL with 700 miles on new engine (Awating window tint and wheels)
82 Diesel L with carbed Rabbit engine (belongs to friend)
74 Bus (Dad's)
72 Wife, 94 Rabbit, 95 Cat, 96 cat
98 Kid due in April!