Don, having done this with a scirocco what Ed mentions is correct. The best way is to have a manual shift donor. Remember you will also the pedal cluster that will be attached to the donor. This took 2 weekends with plenty of able hands and the 2 cars side by side. The vanagon is larger and the linkage is more complex but it is doable. Good luck! Tony On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 7:49 PM, Ed <email99@bellsouth.net> wrote: > I did this about 12 years ago. Converting is not really that difficult > if you have all the correct parts. The easiest way is to buy a junk > manual transmission vehicle and just swap things over. Otherwise it > will be very frustrating getting all the little stuff like pressure > plate bolts, linkage parts, pilot bearing and felt washer, clutch > hydraulic line, etc. Buying this stuff new will also be very expensive > if even possible. You will also need a MT Kennedy adapter kit or at > least several parts from a MT Kit. I'm sure Kennedy can tell you how > the MT and the AT kits are different. > > You will also get to scrounge lots of parts you might need in the future > like turn signal switches, relays, headlight buckets, etc. Also, don't > forget to salvage lots of good quality metric nuts and bolts. > > Good luck. > > > On Mon, 20 Jul 2015 15:37:34 -0600, don spence <dkspence@TELUS.NET> > wrote: > > >Vanagon with a 91 subaru engine, VW auto trans not working. Kennedy > engineering auto adaptor set up. How hard to replace the tranny with a > manual or... a reconditioned auto? Advice please > |
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