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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.
>