[Vwdiesel] 5-speed trans wanted

[Hayden Chasteen]

The TDI will work with an FN or FF trans but....rpms may be a little high 
and more importantly, you will probably tear it apart with the torque of the 
TDI.  In my truck conversion, I used the stock 02A trans from my Passat 
Donor car.  You will have to source or manufacture mounts for the front 
(drivers side) and rear of the trans as the stock ones won't work.  Look on 
VWvortex, these things come up for sale from time to time on there.  Then 
you will have to decide if you are going to go with a hydraulic clutch 
system (more fabrication) or switchout for a cable system like was used on 
European Eurovans.  This uses a mechanism to take the place of the hydraulic 
actuator, a clutch cable and a transmission mounted cable guide/brace (no 
longer available but easy to fabricate).  Then you have to mount the cable 
shifter and decide if you want it on top of the tunnel or below (I opted for 
on top).  So there are many decisions that will have to be made.  If you 
have a good sturdy FF or FN available, or can get it rebuilt, then you can 
survive with it for a time.  Look on my website for more information on my 
Caddy TDI swap.  Hayden


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <lbaird119 at aol.com>
To: <donohue at rnetworx.com>; <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 11:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] 5-speed trans wanted


>  Maybe Hayden can pipe in here.  :-)  You'll want a later, TDI's 5 speed 
> to be happy with the
> whole thing.  The TDI likes much lower cruising rpm than the Older IDI 
> engines do.  With that
> comes the cable shifter swap-in also.
>     Loren
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: donohue at rnetworx.com
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Sent: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 3:07 PM
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] 5-speed trans wanted
>
>
> Just signed on this list today.  Tried to post this want ad earlier, but
> apparently sent it before I was officially a member!  Here goes again.  My 
> son
> has an '82 Rabbit pickup in the midst of a TDI engine conversion.  The 
> truck has
> the 4-speed trans and he would like to install a 5-speed...any btdt, 
> advice, or
> ideas where he might find one?  He lives in the San Jose, CA area. 
> Thanks, Tom
> Donohue
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