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Date:         Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:57:14 -0800
Reply-To:     Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Auto trans interchangablibilty
Comments: To: Tom Hargrave <thargrav@hiwaay.net>
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Re: Auto trans interchangablibiltySure . that's why those engines had 11mm head bolts and smaller wrist pins than the 'normal good' 12mm head bolt engines with a bigger wrist pin, americans didn't know better. lol.

I suppose it's possible. Did they say 'USA' on the side of the block ? ....like all the diesel vw engine blocks I've ever seen say 'Mexico' or 'Germany' cast right in .

reminds me that some AMC Pacers had german made VW engines in them. Something like that. ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Hargrave To: 'Scott Daniel - Turbovans' ; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 8:40 PM Subject: RE: Auto trans interchangablibilty

All of the VW diesel engines made back then were made in the USA. VW contracted the work out to a US engine company.

My source is Dr Booth from the Mercedes diesel list I used to belong to. We were discussing diesel engines and he quoted the diesel engine used in the early 80s VWs, the company who made them, he even had production numbers. “From memory”, and I don’t totally trust memory, the engines were being manufactured for USA and German production. It was still a German engine being made here.

Tom

www.towercooler.com

From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of Scott Daniel - Turbovans Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 3:27 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Auto trans interchangablibilty

re The 80’s VW diesel was manufactured here in the States and so were the VDO gauges in your Vanagon

The car, not the engine or trans.

I believe round headlight rabbits are german made in that era. and the square headlight ones are the ones made in Pennsylvania.

even the batter cables look purely American on those. but the engine and trans were german produced....pretty sure anyway.

that was the first example of a foreign manufacturer having a car assembly plant here , btw. Now most, or many of them do it. and I think quality suffers from making them here too.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Hargrave" <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 9:23 PM Subject: Re: Auto trans interchangablibilty

You’d be surprised what’s in what car and where it was made.

For example, the early 90’s Jeep Cherokees came with one of four different automatic transmissions and one was a Toyota transmission!

And guess which gave the most trouble? The Toyota!

The 1966 Mustang came with 1 of 4 different drive shafts.

The 80’s VW diesel was manufactured here in the States and so were the VDO gauges in your Vanagon.

Tom

www.towercooler.com

From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of John Rodgers Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 10:57 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Auto trans interchangablibilty

WHAT!!!!

Really? Audi and Passat slushbox into a Vanagon? How would you identify which would fit?

John

John Rodgers Clayartist and Moldmaker 88'GL VW Bus Driver Chelsea, AL Http://www.moldhaus.com

On 2/16/2011 6:37 PM, Chris S wrote: > Also some Audi and passat slushboxes work too.

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