Hi Ted, (Do you mind if I call you Ted?) My parents toasted a transmission in their 82 westy on their way back from FL this spring. Mark Dearing at Salem Import in VA helped them locate a replacement. Any aircooled vanagon tranny will fit, from 1980-83.5. The 79 transmission will not fit. A waterboxer transmission will not fit. BTW, it would help others to lend a hand if they knew where you are located.
Happy trails, Greg Potts Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1973/74/79 Westfakia Conversion **Bob the Tomato** LY3H 1977 Sunroof Automatic L63H/L90D http://www.pottsfamily.ca/westfakia http://www.busesofthecorn.com
On 2-Aug-05, at 12:27 AM, Theodore Hunter wrote: > On my first trip in my '81 air-cooled 4-speed manual Vanagon, the > transmission transformed itself into shrapnel. Does anyone know > what years > of transmission can be swapped into my rig with no overly wild > engineering > problems? I know somebody that's got a burned-up '79 van that they > think > still has a good transmission. Would it fit? |
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