Bin there done this last night. I am using a KEP adapter plate with my Syncro transmission. After a lot of measuring we determined that 5mm is the right amount to remove from the input shaft. The hole in the crankshaft is deepenough to fit everything together but there was an estimated 1mm amount of clearance. The KEP adapter plate is 26mm thick so this will allow me to run a longer input shaft as opposed to just swapping the bellhousing. It can be noted that Diesel input shaft is the correct length or a pre 68 bus input shaft. The standard (non-diesel) vanagon bellhousing will not bolt up to a inline four VW engine. I have a site with details of my swap at: http://www.volkswagen.org/vanagon/syncroswap.htm
At 17:16 3/20/98 -0700, D.Belick wrote: >Hi Volks, > >There was a recent post(sorry, I've lost your name) that inferred the input >shaft from a gas engined vanagon could be used in the Jetta/GTI swaps. Can >anyone verify for me that the standard vanagon bellhousing/input shaft >combo will work if the shaft is shortened? By how much? Is the bolt >pattern the same? > >thanks in advance, > >Dan > >84 Adventurewagon > > -- David Marshall Email: david@volkswagen.org -- -- 78 1.8L VW Rabbit, 80 2.0L VW Caddy, 87 Audi 5KQ -- -- 85 VW Cabrio, 88 VW Syncro Double Cab Transporter -- -- Volkswagen Homepage http://www.volkswagen.org -- -- VW Caddy Homepage http://www.volkswagen.org/caddy -- -- USE DAVID@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG WHEN SENDIGN EMAIL -- |
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