Date:         Mon, 22 Oct 2001 17:28:22 -0700
Reply-To:     mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: Tiico into Diesel
Comments: To: Bill Johnson <bjohns2k@BELLSOUTH.NET>
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 If you have an 82 diesel Vanagon with 4 speed your tranny is mounted
much farther forward than the Tiico expects and something must be done.
A "simple" answer is to use a waterboxer tranny, nose mount, and shift
linkage. You will want taller gearing than the 4 speed diesel has anyway
so you need a different tranny no matter what. The 83 5 speed diesel
Vanagon would be a simple swap for a Tiico conversion as it has the
tranny and engine in the same relative position as a Tiico. An aircooled
tranny uses a compatible linkage to a diesel 4 speed but still mounts
farther forward than a Tiico needs it to be.

Mark

> Bill Johnson wrote:
>
> Has anyone done this swap?  I guess a WBX transmission would be
> needed.  Can this swap be done as easily as into a WBX?
>
> Bill