Modl6971@aol.com wrote:

>  Do you know if the Oettinger conversion is available?
I don't know, but I wouldn't have high hopes.  Because their
inspections are so rigorous, Germans have trouble keeping
non-classic old cars on the road, so there's (even) less
market for Vanagon updates there than here.
> Also the conversion
> that you did, did you have to modify the rear engine lid to make room for the fan?

Not for the fan, but for the injection system.  I needed
about 4 more inches above the deck height, all within the
boundaries of the lid, so I just made a lid with a plateau
in the middle.  If you use the newer, even more expensive
3.2 liter (82->, I think) engine, it will fit under the
stock deck and lid, so a westy mattress can lie flat.

B.

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