[Vwdiesel] 83 diesel into 84 Vanagon

[Mary Beth and Chris Geiser]

Mine's not a Westy, and I think it would pull a little taller tranny...
I went up to 205/65/15's with no problems at all - it would have been a
problem with the injection pump I first had on there... not sure what
was wrong with it, but I have much better power with the present one.
If I had time I'd track down why and report, but as long as it runs with
little effort, that's what it's going to do!!
I'd be tempted to try the 225/60/16's from my wife's Eurovan on the
Vanagon just to see, but just looking at it, I believe the rim offset is
way too deep to try to accommodate.
Chris






-----Original Message-----
From: vwdiesel-admin at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-admin at vwfans.com] On
Behalf Of Harmon Seaver
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 5:45 PM
To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] 83 diesel into 84 Vanagon

   Won't you have to get a vanagon diesel tranny as well? The gearing is
a bit
different. IIRC, people can use the gas tranny in a vanagon with a
bigger
engine, like a 1.9TD, but not otherwise. My '82 diesel vanagon surely
doesn't
have all that much power to pull higher gearing. Just putting 215/70/15
rear
tires on it was a bit too much, and I had to drop back to 205/65/15.
Although
mine's a westy which is a bit heavier.


On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 05:30:05PM -0500, JoErnest at aol.com wrote:
> --
> [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
> 83 diesel into 84 Vanagon
> Any advice on this conversion would be appreciated.
>
> I have replaced the oil pump and oil pan and would like to test the
motor
> before installation.
> 1) Is there a fuel cutoff solenoid? where? Does 12V+ open it?
>
> 2) Proposed test procedure: engine mated to diesel vanagon
bellhousing,
> Rabbitt tranny & starter, 12V, fuel supply  - any other connections or
steps
> needed?
>
> When installing into vanagon:
> 3) How can you tell the 82 from the 83 engine carriers - it appears we
may
> have one set of each?
> 4) Is there a preference, 82 over 83?
>  Any modifications needed? tranny, engine mounts etc?
> 5) Besides the starter and alternator what electrical connections are
> required, is there a convenient wire (ignition/coil) that can be used
for a
> fuel cutoff  if present?
> 6) Glow plug - I plan to install a dash mounted push button.
>
> Thanks.........JoE & Paul
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