Date:         Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:51:41 -0700
Reply-To:     "Chris S." <mrpolak@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         "Chris S." <mrpolak@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: curious ebay vanagon
Comments: To: John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
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Also, the price of diesel admission is much higher than the money you'll save driving the thing.

John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM> wrote: I notice the following '90 Vanagon on ebay.



It's a Graz-built non-GL very similar to mine--- only it's been converted to
a 1.9 turbo diesel. What caught my interest was the following from the
auction:

"We replace the 4th gear in the transmission so it will be compatible with
the new diesel engine."

Now, the manual transmission has what, a .77 or so 4th gear? And for diesels
you want to go a bit taller, right?
Looking at the pics, this Vanagon doesn't HAVE a manual, it has an
automatic. I GUARANTEE they didn't change the gearing in that 090
transmission, so doesn't that leave them with a 1.00 third gear at the top?
It's effectively MORE than 1.00 too, given the inherent slippage of a
non-locking torque converter. I know little about the diesels, but isn't a
1.00-1.05 top gear going to limit you to like 60-65mph?

--
John Bange
'90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"



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