Date:         Mon, 24 Feb 2003 20:19:41 -0600
Reply-To:     Robert Berkemer <berky@WWT.NET>
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From:         Robert Berkemer <berky@WWT.NET>
Subject:      Re: AT rebuilding
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Helen,

I wanted so much to put a TDD or TDI in my 84 automatic westy but it isn't a possible match. The only vanagons to have diesels matched to automatic transmissions were some taxi's
in Berlin which had a top speed of 45 or 50 mph. You'll have to stick with a gas conversion or switch to another vanagon with a manual.

Sorry, Bob
84 westy

Helen Fahy wrote:

> Hello, all.
>
> Who sells AT rebuilding sets?
>
> What exactly is rebuilt in a torque converter?  Recommended converter rebuilders?
>
> Is the AT up to a TDI powerplant upgrade?
>
> Is there a replacement final drive gearset to better match the rpm/torque characteristics of the TDI?
>
> If these are in the archives, could you point me at approximately where I should search?  My searching the archives, done some time ago, was spectacularly unsuccessful and long!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Helen & Joe Fahy
> Spring Mills, PA
>
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