Date:         Wed, 23 Sep 1998 13:23:57 -0700
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The problem as I understand it is the location of the starter -- the adapter
plate is expecting the starter at a different position than on the
wasserboxer-syncro. Apparently, the diesel-syncro is in the correct position.
Hence the need for the diesel-syncro gas tank (which has room for the starter)

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This problem only occurs if you try to use the diesel BELLHOUSING. If you
use an adpater plate, you would use the wasserboxer bellhousing as the
adpater plate is designed to take the bolt pattern on the specified engine
and mate it with the bolt pattern on the bellhousing you wish to use. Since
you continue to use the waterboxer bellhousing, the stater remains in its
current position - thus you don't need the gas tank with the notch in it.
Usually, the use of an adapter plate requires a matching flywheel specific to
the engine/adpater plate/bellhousing configuration. I don't know if the
Eurospec kit has a custom flywheel. I should also mention that all my
knowledge of the kit arises from the conversion I had with Kyle while
poking about the thing ;) I don't know the company, and am not part of it...

Ok, back to the issue at hand. If you want to use the diesel bellhousing so
you can use a VW flywheel (and keep your conversion as more or less an
amelgamation of stock vanagons) you would need to import the gas tank as
the diesel bellhousing locates the starter at high noon...

dave
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The problem as I understand it is the location of the starter -- the adapter plate is expecting the starter at a different position than on the wasserboxer-syncro. Apparently, the diesel-syncro is in the correct position. Hence the need for the diesel-syncro gas tank (which has room for the starter)


Can anyone clarify this for sure????


MJS



At 12:23 PM 9/23/98 -0700, Dave Bayer wrote:

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>Correct me if I'm wrong, but IF one could obtain the Syncro Diesel gas tank

>(which is, BTW, available) then theoretically, this conversion should work

>without a hitch, right? Could you confirm this for us? The Tank part # is:

>251-201-075-AD, list price $462.

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>       The kit actually uses an adapter plate so the tank would not

>need to be modified. However, I believe one would also need to modify the

>rear engine hanger and subframe to work with the diesel mounting bars. There

>is also the remaining question of whether the engine is lower on a syncro

>then on a 2wd van which might require one to adapt the diesel mounting bars

>to sit a couple inches lower than the kit's setup (I have still to remember

>to measure the distance from the crank to the engine lid on a 2wd - maybe

>karl, I believe that was his name, who is converting his syncro westy to a

>TD could answer that question straight away). Also, you would need to

>fabricate a new air cleaner box if you want to keep the snorkel.

>

>       I saw the Eurospec engine on its pallette during a recent trip to

>Volks Cafe and it was a nice piece of machinery... It uses new casting of

>the diesel oil pan for those of you who were wondering and has a nice exhaust

>system (which would be another fun concern for me). Kyle said it had a

>Eurospec properity chip in the ECU which has been CARB approved - not a

>concern for those out of California but it makes a hell of a difference here...

>

>dave

>

<bold>Michael J. Sullivan

</bold><italic>Director of Catalog Design

Open Market, Inc.

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