Date:         Thu, 13 Aug 1998 06:45:22 -0700
Reply-To:     Mark Drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         Mark Drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: vanagon 4 speed-reply
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Todd Hill wrote:
>
> In a message dated 98-08-12 18:20:33 EDT, you write:
>
> << Will an older vanagon tranny, 1980 work in a
> 1984 waterboxer? >>
>
> Yes and no.  While it is a very similar unit it does
> have its differences.  For example it has a nose cone
> mounted side shift arrangement while the later water
> cooled 091-1 shifts from the middle of the main case
> on the opposite side.  The linkage is also different
> and you'll have to either change it completely or add
> a adapter kit (I think Transform?  or is that the later
> gearbox into an aircooled van??) for your existing
> linkage.

  Transform sells an linkage adapter to allow the use of an 80-83
air-cooled tranny in a waterboxer. I have two friends who are using it
and it works fine.


 Mark Drillock