Vanagon EuroVan
Previous messageNext messagePrevious in topicNext in topicPrevious by same authorNext by same authorPrevious page (March 2006, week 1)Back to main VANAGON pageJoin or leave VANAGON (or change settings)ReplyPost a new messageSearchProportional fontNon-proportional font
Date:         Tue, 7 Mar 2006 07:41:39 -0800
Reply-To:     Shawn Wright <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Shawn Wright <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>
Subject:      Re: Clutch slave bracket - diesel and boxer
In-Reply-To:  <006a01c6418a$004238b0$6401a8c0@daryl01>
Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1


Yup... I found the same thing when I did mine... here is a pic of the two
arms, the diesel one is one the bottom:


http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesels/TD_Conversion/page2/P4092533.jpg




On 6 Mar 2006 at 17:53, Daryl Christensen <aatransaxle@DIRECWAY.COM> wrote:


> The splined arm the slave pushes against is different on a diesel also...it is 1
> spline different offset...don't even ask how I know that one from personal
> experience... Daryl of AA Transaxle ----- Original Message ----- From: "mark
> drillock" <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday,
> March 06, 2006 12:57 PM Subject: Re: Clutch slave bracket - diesel and boxer
>
>
> > Yes, the diesel clutch slave bracket is different. So is the flat
> > support arm that bolts to the side of the tranny and runs up to one of
> > the slave bolts.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > John Stepto wrote:
> >
> >>I am almost finished with my boxer to inline conversion and I had the
> >>transmission rebuilt with diesel bell housing. I have the clutch slave
> >>cylinder mounting bracket from the boxer bell housing mounted on the
> >>diesel
> >>bell housing and the slave cylinder is contacting the level arm correctly but
> >>the mounting flange is about ¾" above the bracket.  Is the bracket from the
> >>diesel different?  I looked on the Bus Depot site and the cylinder appears to
> >>be the same for all Vanagons.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Thanks for the help,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>John Stepto
> >>
> >>
> >
>




Shawn Wright
http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesels
'88 Westy 1.6TD 5 speed
'82 Diesel Westy 1.6NA
'85 Jetta Diesel 1.6NA
Back to: Top of message | Previous page | Main VANAGON page

Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!

Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com

The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.

Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.