In a message dated 98-05-10 07:36:48 EDT, claiborne@RICA.NET writes:

<< I have since found out that the "new" transmission came from an '86 van
 and has an ABD serial number indicating it was an early '86 rather than the
 ACW late '86 transmission. >>

actually, you can use ANY waterboxer manual trans, in a waterboxer.
any man trans from a '83.5 up, will work (not syncro)
'86-'87, no difference.

chris