Of course you may. Since the air-cooled unit is self-contained, you can
remove the finiky radiator, rusting heater hoses, etc. You may need to
modify some of the tinware, but that is minor, comparatively.

Purists, in particular folks who like the wasserboxer (I don't), will think
it is a bad idea. They will proposes lots of fun reasons why you shouldn't,
and why it won't work. Heat, dependability, whatever. They think you can't
get good fast heat in a T-4, but they have never felt a decent T-4 heating
system in good operation. You can sit in shirt sleeves in our van, with 17
degree temps out, and still need to turn the heat down. No joke.

Bottom line, the type 4 motor is a hardy, strong, and dependably motor used
in a staggering variety of VWs and Porsches from 1968-1983.  With an
auxiliary oil cooler, it is darn near bulletproof. If you haul a heavy
load, drive fast for long periods of time, and don't like the finicky head
gasket thing every 60-80k, pop a type 4 in there and forget about it.

G. Matthew Bulley
Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
www.bulley-hewlett.com
Cary, NC USA
888.468.4880 tollfree

-----Original Message-----
From:   jmatchet [SMTP:jmatchet@IU.NET]
Sent:   Friday, July 02, 1999 11:18 AM
To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject:        Can I put an aircooled engine in a water cooled 91?

I had the question asked of me tonite, as my friend was pulling off my head
with
cylinders attached.

-----Original Message-----
From: mike <mayfly95@PAONLINE.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Friday, July 02, 1999 10:18 PM
Subject: Re: Fwd: CamperVW

>Check out http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw/vwshops/
>
>and my personal bias would be Todd at volkswerks transaxles, especially
>with a synchro and even with the shipping to the left coast.
>
>My personal experience with trannies(especially 4x4's) has led me to the
>experts, those that do this "particular" job more then once a decade,
>year.
>
>Keep in mind that the synchro trans is fairly rare and few shops have
>experience dealing with their idio"synchro"sies!  lol
>
>peace
>
>mike
>87 westy
>
>Vicki Derrer wrote:
>>
>> In a message dated 7/2/99 1:52:05 PM EST, dliberal@bellsouth.net writes:
>>
>> <<
>>  Greetings,
>>
>>  I am in desperate need of help.  I own a 1990 Vanagon (syncro) Camper
>>  and I am in need of someone to work on my transmission.
>>
>>  The local VW dealership wants $3,900 for a rebuilt transmission plus
>>  $1,500 for labor.  I can't afford that price for a transmission. Do you
>>  know anyone on the east cost of the U.S (Florida to Virginia or
>>  whatever) who can work on my Vanagon transmission?
>>
>>  Please, any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>  I live in Ft. Lauderdale but moving to South Carolina in the middle of
>>  July.  I will travel almost anywhere to get the transmission fixed.
>>
>>  David R. Stack
>>
>>   >>
>>
>>
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>>
>> Subject: CamperVW
>> Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 14:51:04 -0400
>> From: David Stack <dliberal@bellsouth.net>
>> To: Vicary2U@AOL.com
>>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I am in desperate need of help.  I own a 1990 Vanagon (syncro) Camper
>> and I am in need of someone to work on my transmission.
>>
>> The local VW dealership wants $3,900 for a rebuilt transmission plus
>> $1,500 for labor.  I can't afford that price for a transmission. Do you
>> know anyone on the east cost of the U.S (Florida to Virginia or
>> whatever) who can work on my Vanagon transmission?
>>
>> Please, any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> I live in Ft. Lauderdale but moving to South Carolina in the middle of
>> July.  I will travel almost anywhere to get the transmission fixed.
>>
>> David R. Stack
>