In a message dated 98-08-12 18:20:33 EDT, you write:

<< Will an older vanagon tranny, 1980 work in a
1984 waterboxer? >>

Yes and no.  While it is a very similar unit it does
have its differences.  For example it has a nose cone
mounted side shift arrangement while the later water
cooled 091-1 shifts from the middle of the main case
on the opposite side.  The linkage is also different
and you'll have to either change it completely or add
a adapter kit (I think Transform?  or is that the later
gearbox into an aircooled van??) for your existing
linkage.  When properly built I really do not see any
advantage of one over the other and price-wise they
are close.  I think the biggest hassle would be trying
to adapt one to the other linkage-wise.  Someone on
this list has done this recently, I believe, and maybe
able to shed some light on it.

Todd Hill
VolksWerks Transaxles
Olympia, WA