Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 12:10:52 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: All This Talk About Inline VWConversions...
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diesel vanagons, US models, use a very conventional looking radiator cap.
the kind that just about every american car used 'forever' until modern
crazy cars...
usually about 12 to 14 psi.
sometimes you see a Stant brand ..some of those are octoganal and shiny
metal. Some are even the 'lever-vent' style. Van cafe was selling a
reproduction of that tank in welded aluminum for a while.
82 and 83 pressure tanks are different.
now you know what a diesel vanagon is like.
when I first heard of one in 1991 ..having dealt with air-cooled
oppossed four cylinder vw engines forever..I thought what kind of
oppossed four diesel engine could it be ? ( which btw, subaru nowhas
- - the first ever production car boxer diesel engine ) ..
oh ..it's a Rabbit diesel engine ! ..of course.
you don't want a stock one to drive very much though ....48 hp stock.
Some lawnmowers have more power than that.
and the 82 is terribly undergeared.
the 83 is an odd type of 5 speed ..highly desireable., nice gearing,
especially with 3 ratios to play with from about 35 mph to top speed,
and they'll cruise nicely at 65 mph ...with a better engine that the
stock 1.6 NA ,they're great.
I have one of each version to sell..both Sunroof models..
a cherry two tone yellow 82 with rebuilt stock engine ( might put a 1.9
wbxr in it though )
and an 83 Sunroof 5 speed Diesel vanagon, runs, excellent GL interior,
not rust, body body. starting on a rebuilt 1.6 TD engine for it.
located in southern oregon.
Quality German in So. Cal is one source of bars and mounts.
scott
www.turbovans.com
On 5/15/2013 11:47 AM, J Stewart wrote:
> Had me wondering, just where DO you get these diesel carrier bars-other than a wrecked/junked diesel Vanagon of course. I've seen ads on Samba, but always the "less desirable" early ones ('81-'82?) Then just this morning right outside Leesburg, VA. is a white Vanagon Westy sitting on the shoulder, with two guys standing behind it. I, of course, had to pull over to see if I could help (although I was in my Chevy Astro). Turns out it was a diesel, and it was overheating. I'd never really seen a diesel Vanagon engine bay up close before ( seriously) and it was the first time I saw how the engine carrier bars mount-now it all makes sense in my feeble mind! I have no idea what year this Vanagon is. Anyway, the only suspicious thing I noticed was the coolant tank had a regular metal radiator cap on it-I don't know diesels, but I'd bet money that ain't the original cap! Every time the guy would start it, it would force coolant out from around that cap. I told the guy that I didn't think that was the proper cap, and he replied "Yeah, but it's been running like that for a couple of days" Hmmmm, ok, but it's not now, right? When I first pulled up he was adding Marvel Mystery Oil to it, I don't know why/how he thought that was going to help. Hate to say it, but there could be my diesel donor right there. I had to go, but I drove back by 1/2 hour later and the van was sit sitting there, the two guys were gone. I drove around Leesburg a bit trying find them to offer them a lift to where ever they could get some help/parts, whatever, but I didn't see them.
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