Well Folks

The 1.9TD is now nicely nestled into the 1982 Vanagon. This a couple of
lines of how I did it.
I had a number of suggestion on how to put the engine in the Vanagon.  I
took a slightly
different approach and i worked well for me.  I had absolutely no help form
any other
person.  Other list members may be in similar situation.

1) The motor was assembled with the tranmission and tranny mount attached.
I used a rolling work bench to assemble the motor on and it worked well.  I
could get to different
parts of the engine by using various blocks of wood to hold the engine in
place.

2) A bolt through the center member of the garage made a convenient place to
 pick up the motor tranny combo.  As it needed to  lifted  several times
while the rolling work
bench was pressed into some other service.

3)The completed motor/tranny(less turbo and exhaust system is lowered onto a
"stoneboat"
My stoneboat consist of a piece of 1/2" plywood covered with a piece of
carpeting to soften the ride.
The motor of course it aimed at the back of the Vangagon with the tranny
going under the first.
It is also positioned a few feet behind the Vanagon.

4) The Vanagon is jacked up enough to sit on jack stands that will allow
clearance for the motor /tranny
to fit comfortable underneath it

5)A steel cable or rope is sent under the Vanagon from the front to rear and
attached to the stone boat.
Using my GE Electrac E20(All electric tractor using 6 golf cart batteries,
capable of mowing 2 acres
on a single charge) or any other suitable pulling device. slowly pull the
motor under the vehicle.
Now the motor is resting under the Vanagon close to where it be in the final
stage of insertion.

6) Lower the Vanagon down on top of the motor.  Being careful not to have
any part of the
van hit the motor on the way down.

7) Find some 2" x 12" boards or suitable material and bridge some of the gap
of the engine lid opening.
 Now take the same jack stands that were used to hold up the Vanagon and put
them on the part of the engine
lid opening you have bridged.  I used an oak 2" x 4" to cross the tops of
the 2 jack stands.  This is where
I attached my "come along".  Using the same lift point that was used
previously to lift the engine up
onto the rolling bench, it was easy to lift the engine into position.  When
it was close to the correct
location, I installed 1 of that of the engine cradles. Then by pushing the
motor a little it could easily be
located over the mounting hole.

Using this method it took only a few hours to install the engine with 1
person.
Other benifits.  No need to balance the engine on a jack, or put it on a
jack for that matter.
There was no jack in the way to inhibit the work area under the van.
The engine was easy to move or swing into position.
All easy to acquire parts...  I am cheap and did not have to buy or rent
anything

Thanks all for listening
I may have missed something along the line here.  Also pardon the grammar
and
writing.

Thank you

Paulc
W1VLF
Cloudbounce Webpage  http://www.qsl.net/w1vlf/

1986 Vanagon Gas
1982 Vanagon Diesel  Soon to be Turbo Diesel 1.9