Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 21:27:04 -0400
Reply-To: Mike Collum <collum@MFX.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Mike Collum <collum@MFX.NET>
Subject: Re: Re
As I read it ... the swap in question is for an '84 model (1.9). The
ECU for a standard or an automatic is the same.
Another thing needed is the coolant manifold on the firewall ... the one
with the bleeder from the lower big hose to the upper big hose. It has
a smaller hose fitting at the bottom that goes to the transmission
cooler on the automatic.
Mike
'84 GL 7 pass automatic
'85 GL Westy 4 speed
> Well,
> My comment was partially in gest...I 'm beginning to wonder if that is
ok on
> this site. But, if you're serious about your question then I'll say
there
> pretty even as far as difficulty or amount of work wise...I just find
it a
> royal pain to wire in for a neutral safety switch and lights for the
> indicator as opposed to the ridding of it by connecting a couple of
wires.
> So, again if you have all the parts either way that takes the sting
out of
> it, but if you don't and you were going to buy essentials new... by
far way
> more expensive to change to auto if you don't have all the stuff and
it's
> going to take you a considerable amount of time longer to get the auto
all
> in there and happy. List of parts if you're interested: Pedal
cluster,
> shifter and complete box w/neutral safety set up, different accl.
pedal
> linkage, accl.cable,diff. throttle body or swap over linkage,shift
> rod+bracket and spacers at the mount for the tranny, linkage to
throttle
> body for kick down set up,oh ya a tranny, and torque con. longer studs
for
> bell housing, or shorter I can't rem.,two diff. axle shafts, one is
longer,
> flex plate,and somebody correct me if I'm wrong but a different Ecu
022 to
> 022D for an auto it does matter and will not start, a starter and a
block
> off for the fluid resevoir. Hopefully I didn't miss anything. I'd
rather
> strip a std to convert an auto over as well...it would definitely be
quicker
> than stripping an auto to change a std. to auto. Hope I got all your
> questions, if I missed any let me know or I give parts to swap a to a
std.
> Thanks Jon
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Bates" <jwb1938@EARTHLINK.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2003 8:55 PM
> Subject: Automatic to manual conversion
>
>
> > In Email dated Fri, April 18
> > Jon said
> >
> > "Oh, bye the
> > way...you couldn't pay me enough anymore to go from 4-speed to
automatic
> > we've done many and I'd rather pick gum off of the bottom of my
> > shoe-"
> >
> > If I could twitch my nose and convert my 84GL to auto I'd do it.
Jon, why
> > would you rather "pick gum off " your shoe?
> > Is it too much work, too expensive ..... What?
> >
> > John Bates
> > Fairfield County, OH
>
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