Stan, the diesel IS an I4 engine and water-cooled. All Vanagon manual trannys must be tipped down at the nose end before the tranny can be moved forward away from the engine. Your suggestion to loosen and even lower the rear engine crossbar with longer bolts is a good idea even with the water-cooled models. Otherwise the muffler and/or tail pipe can hit the rear body skirt as the tranny is lowered. Mark Stan Wilder wrote: > > Good Grief Bill! > You got a water cooled. > I should have never risked answering your question. > An 82 is supposed to be Air Cooled or on the outside chance a Diesel. > At any rate dropping the rear of the engine speeds things up for me.\ > > Stan Wilder > > . Thanks for the heads up on the angling of the > > motor etc...I have an I4, but I expect the principle will be the > > same. > > ________________________________________________________________ > Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today > Only $9.95 per month! > Visit www.juno.com |
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