Date:         Sun, 17 Feb 2002 12:20:46 -0700
Reply-To:     Martin Jagersand <jag@CS.UALBERTA.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Martin Jagersand <jag@CS.UALBERTA.CA>
Subject:      [Syncro] 2WD Diesel mounts in a Syncro... will it work?
Comments: To: david@volkswagen.org, Syncro@yahoogroups.com

 From: David Marshall <david@volkswagen.org>
 To: Syncro@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: [Syncro] 2WD Diesel mounts in a Syncro... will it work?

 Hey,
 Here is a question for a fellow that sells engine conversions!

 I have a bunch of 2WD T3 Diesel mounting hardware sitting on my garage floor
 and a Syncro T3 that wants a new engine.  Would it be a 'big deal' if I
 didn't lower the engine the extra 2cm (at the motor mount point) or should I
 rework the mounts to have the crank of the engine sit at the angle as the
 wasserboxer was.

 David Marshall

I don't sell anything, but I have a bunch of pictures and drawings (for
free) on how to make the new left motor mount needed to clear the
turbo if you use the std Diesel installation:

Engine with motor mount on it:
http://cs-www.cs.yale.edu/homes/jag/vw/Diesel1.9Mount.jpg

Installed in Vanagon
http://cs-www.cs.yale.edu/homes/jag/vw/VWpics7_25_99/1.9TDMMInst2.jpg

Machine drawings of the mount:
http://cs-www.cs.yale.edu/homes/jag/vw/engine/diesel1.9/motormount1.9l.html

I would lower the engine a bit anyway, if for nothing else so you don't
need to put such a big dent in the engine hatch (to fit the taller 1.9).

The lowering is easiest to achieve by lowering the whole engine cage,
not the mounts:

1/ Machine shims to put inbetween the cage and frame in the front
where it mounts to the forward frame rail. This is just a flat
metal shim with 2x M8 holes in it.

2/ Drill three new holes lower in the rear flat metal bracker that mounts the
rear of the engine carrier just above the rear apron. Once the engine is
out it is obvious to see how to do this, while it's a bit too crowded to
get your head in there with an engine inside to inspect.

Now, depending on the age match of your diesel mounting HW and the
syncro you may have more or less challenge in getting the
forward-backward distance right. This is more difficult to adjust
since you need to grind off the metal mounting brackets on the
engine cage tubes and reweld further backward if you, for instance,
match a 81 or 82 cage with an 83 or later engine installation.

Cheers from Martin (Nowdays in nearby Edmonton, AB)
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Martin Jagersand                               E-mail: jag@cs.ualberta.ca
Department of Computing Science                Office: Athabaska 401
University of Alberta                          Fax:    +1 780 492 1071
Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA, T6G 2E8             WWW:    www.cs.yale.edu/~jag