Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 19:05:27 -0600
Reply-To: "Mladen, Zoran" <zmladen@NOVAZEN.COM>
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From: "Mladen, Zoran" <zmladen@NOVAZEN.COM>
Subject: Re: Resolved!!!!: Problem putting Golf diesel into Vanagon
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Yes, apparantly there is a difference. Folks have said the input shaft is
longer. However, I tend to believe its a combination of a different crank
and a longer input shaft. I believe the crank in the Vanagon may be drilled
deeper to accommodate the longer input shaft, since the Vanagon has a pilot
bearing and the Golf/Rabbit does not.
But yes, you have to do this or bad things happen, I know from experience
now...
Z
-----Original Message-----
From: sdelasal@yahoo.com [mailto:sdelasal@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2000 7:56 PM
To: Mladen, Zoran
Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Resolved!!!!: Problem putting Golf diesel into Vanagon
Good news no doubt, but I don't understand why you needed to remove the 1/8"
of the transmission input shaft
when the same transmission worked ok with the old engine! Am I right, you
just swapped the engine over - From the solution, there must be a difference
between the 1.6L vanagon diesel engine and the 1.6L Rabbit/Golf diesel
engine - but I'd always assumed they were the same engine in which case the
old transmission should of mated up fine - which, I guess, is where you
started.
is there a difference in the two engines that requires 1/8" of the
transmission input shaft?
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: Mladen, Zoran <zmladen@NOVAZEN.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2000 7:38 PM
Subject: Resolved!!!!: Problem putting Golf diesel into Vanagon
> Hello again!
>
> Many, many thanx to everyone on the list that responded, especially to
TomC
> who responded within four minutes of the posting!
>
> As you all expected, the problem was that the input shaft was too long.
We
> dropped the tranny, shaved off about 1/8 inch of it, and reinstalled. No
> more binding!!
>
> Again, many thanx to everyone. No doubt we would have spent a significant
> amount of time trying to find this out!
>
> Z
>
> "Mladen, Zoran" wrote:
>
> > Hi All!
> >
> > Strange problem taking place here. We have a customer that brought us
his
> > diesel Vanagon (with a bad ebgine) and a diesel engine from a
Rabbit/Golf.
> > We took out his old engine, removed all of the Vanagon specific parts
> > (including oil pump), broke down the Rabbit/Golf engine (checking rings,
> all
> > bearings, etc). We put everything back together, and the engine turns
> fine.
> > Put the engine in the Vanagon. While the engine is hanging in the
Vanagon
> > but not tightened, engine turns fine. Once we tighten the engine to the
> > transmission, engine turns VERY hard, almost to the point of not
turning.
> >
> > As part of the engine swap, we replaced the clutch plate, disc, T.O. We
> > checked the transmission, and it turns fine without the engine in.
> >
> > What have we done wrong????
> >
> > HELP!!!
> >
> > Z
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