I have heard that the late bus uses the same auto trans as the rabbit, so
maybe this is true too.  If not, I have an auto trans from an 85 van...

-----Original Message-----
From: John Anderson <vwbus@MINDSPRING.COM>
To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM <Vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
Date: Sunday, March 01, 1998 10:37 PM
Subject: '89 Jetta auto into '90 VANAGON Y/N?

>Subject line pretty much sums it up, '90 tranny has started making evil
>gravelly sounds in 1, 2 fine in D, R.  Available to me free is a '89 Jetta
>autobox, replaced for a bad final drive (ring gear chipped).  Boy do all
>them watercooled (including Vanagon) auto's (tranny section) look the same
>once you exchange and put on the correct final.  Are they?  Will it work?
>Will it shift at odd times?  Should the valve body be swapped as well.  If
I
>were VW I would have used all the same boxes and just changed the brackets,
>pans,  and the final ratio and bellhousing to the engine in question, this
>is how it looks to me, anybody know different?
>
>John
>vwbus@mindspring.com