Bin there done this last night.  I am using a KEP adapter plate with my
Syncro transmission.  After a lot of measuring we determined that 5mm is
the right amount to remove from the input shaft.  The hole in the
crankshaft is deepenough to fit everything together but there was an
estimated 1mm amount of clearance.  The KEP adapter plate is 26mm thick so
this will allow me to run a longer input shaft as opposed to just swapping
the bellhousing.  It can be noted that Diesel input shaft is the correct
length or a pre 68 bus input shaft.

The standard (non-diesel) vanagon bellhousing will not bolt up to a inline
four VW engine.

I have a site with details of my swap at:

http://www.volkswagen.org/vanagon/syncroswap.htm

At 17:16 3/20/98 -0700, D.Belick wrote:
>Hi Volks,
>
>There was a recent post(sorry, I've lost your name) that inferred the input
>shaft from a gas engined vanagon could be used in the Jetta/GTI swaps.  Can
>anyone verify for me that the standard vanagon bellhousing/input shaft
>combo will work if the shaft is shortened?  By how much?  Is the bolt
>pattern the same?
>
>thanks in advance,
>
>Dan
>
>84 Adventurewagon
>
>

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