

| Subject: | Re: pre-83 vanagon engine swaps: gas vs. diesel |
| From: | Tom Carrington |
| Date: | Tue, 17 Mar 1998 17:31:17 -0500 |
I just posted information about the input shafts last night. Please look at http://www.relitech.com/tomc/vanagon2.htm for pictures of the differences between the shafts. TomC tcarrington@relitech.com http://www.relitech.com/tomc/tomvw.htm > On Tue, 17 Mar 1998, Don Gibbons wrote: > > > I did this. But I had a diesel vanagon and a rabbit Gti as the > donor. As long as > > the vanagon is water cooled there are no significant differences. > Here is a list > > of diesel parts you will need: > > > > bell housing or whole transmission > > > (snip) > > If you're just using the bellhousing, I believe you'll need to use the > diesel tranny's output shaft also to mate with pilot brg etc. >
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