Date:         Tue, 15 Oct 1996 09:46:44 -0500 (CDT)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Jon Christensen <vvwca@primenet.com>
Subject:      Re: '80 Vanagon H2O, need transmission guidance.

On Tue, 15 Oct 1996, it was written:

>      I have sitting in my garage a 1980 H2O Vanagon.  Here's the problem.  The
> guy who owns it doesn't want to pay an arm and a leg for a new tranny.  I
> checked the shift linkage and nosecone, and the C/V joints, all are OK.  There
> is no forward movement.  Seems that the tranny is shot.  I looked around for a
> replacement and the cheapest used I could find for this model is $425.  I was
> wondering if an older Air Cooled BUS transaxle would fit.  I used to do swaps
> in my Bug all the time between older and newer transaxles and all it usually
> required was a nose cone swap.  Can I do the same with the Vanagon or is it too
> different?
> 
Call Weddle Engineering and request their flyer.  They have all the used
parts for converting an older Bus IRS to the newer style.  It'll just cost
you a phone call and they'll send it out pdq.  Their ad is listed in
recent Hot VW's.

Jon Christensen        /V\      Membership Coordinator for the
~Certified VW Nut      \W/        Vintage VW Club of America 
vvwca@primenet.com             Co-Editor of the VVWCA Newsletter 
http://members.gnn.com/vvwca        KC Kombis' NEATO Co-Rep