========================================================================= Date: Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com> From: Subject: Transmission swap Stuart Hutton reminded me, when he mentioned that his smoking Vanagon was popping out of gear. I did a trans swap last summer on one of my Vanagon diesels. I was originally told, that the diesel has a unique transmission. That was false. I found and used, a trans from a 1981 air cooled Vanagon. All I changed was a bell housing and the input shaft. It worked --- ~ QMPro 1.53 ~ His ten-dollar bills have in_grown hairs!
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