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Date:         Wed, 29 Oct 1997 06:27:26 -0800
Reply-To:     Mike Catlin <mjcatlin@DCN.DAVIS.CA.US>
Sender:       Vanagon mailing list <Vanagon@Gerry.SDSC.EDU>
From:         Mike Catlin <mjcatlin@DCN.DAVIS.CA.US>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon Engine Swap information please!
Comments: To: David Bayer <bayer@SYBASE.COM>
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> From: David Bayer <bayer@SYBASE.COM> > > There have been a couple of us looking for an answer to how VW solved > this problem in the TD Syncros that were sold in Germany. With the diesel > bellhousing one can get here, the starter resides on top of the bellhousing. > Looking in my van, there are about two or three inches of the top of > bellhousing showing before the fuel tank starts. Since the starter is longer > than that 2 or 3 inches, it just doesn't fit.

I believe the TD Syncros have the same starter in the same position as the other diesels, but the fuel tank has a bump/dent in it to clear the starter. The fuel tank would be a different part no. for gas vs. diesel.

Check the searchable archives for 1996 and search on "tank;diesel;syncro" to turn up a previous discussion on this topic. These archives of list messages can be found at...

http://halfdan.med.umn.edu:8853/misc/archive/vanagon.html

Thanks to Gerry Skerbitz for establishing and maintaining such a useful tool!

Mike <mjcatlin@dcn.davis.ca.us>


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