In addition to David's posts, you can also see the difference between
the shafts at:
http://www.relitech.com/tomc/vanagon2.htm

The bolt pattern is exactly identical on both
transmissions/bellhousings.

The transmissions can be seen on both the above page and at
http://www.relitech.com/tomc/vanagon.htm

TomC
tcarrington@relitech.com

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