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Date:         Sun, 14 Oct 2007 22:24:14 -0700
Reply-To:     John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      curious ebay vanagon
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I notice the following '90 Vanagon on ebay.

<http://tinyurl.com/yo3u6h>

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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