[Vwdiesel] 87 Vanagon..gas or diesel ?

[Libbybapa at wmconnect.com]

The diesel engine was only offered in '81-83.  The 81 and 82 were four 
speeds, all 83 were 5 speeds.  The '87 could be converted to any diesel vw engine 
with parts scavenged from a junk diesel vanagon.
  Quite frankly there is probably $2000+ worth of parts on a complete '87 
vanagon, if dismantled and auctioned on ebay. The stock 2.1 waterboxer parts 
bring high prices if in good shape.  For perspective I recently auctioned two 
decent used 2.1 L heads for a total of $380.
 The major components involved in the swap are the tranny bellhousing and 
starter, flywheel, oil pan, oil pickup tube, engine cariier bars, brackets and 
mounts, and hoses.  I currently have an '83 that I put a 1.6TD into.  I am very 
pleased with the results.  Shawn's site has a plethora of pictures of most 
aspects of the diesel vanagon.
Andrew