[Vwdiesel] Dumb luck

[Brian and Ruth Decker]

Hi Adamo.

                The VW Fox  4 speed is a tall tranny. I have one out of an
87 in my 1981 Dasher behind a 1.6 N/A diesel and I went across country last
year on a 8800 mile trip at 49.5 mpg. Your 1.5 diesel rebuilt and installed
into the VW Fox instead of the gas engine should make you a fine car. It
should be a piece of cake engine swap. In my 1990 VW Fox wagon I have
already installed a 5 speed tranny that was out of a Quantum that had a 1.6
turbo diesel engine.

Brian Decker

 

 

From: adamo robison [mailto:adamanderr at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 9:17 PM
To: decker at toledotel.com
Subject: RE: [Vwdiesel] Dumb luck

 

what trans. i just got a fox wagon myself but all i have sitting on the
shelf is a 1980 1.5, 180k thta was running away on me at highway speeds
after40 minutes of 60 mph top speed....think itll work the fox is a four
speed i believe. obviously? gas engine

> From: decker at toledotel.com
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:13:03 -0700
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] Dumb luck
> 
> Sometimes a good buy turns to gold. A month or so ago I
> bought a 1.6 Audi Turbo diesel engine and auto trans with all the
> accessories at a country auction for 45 dollars. I now have the head off
> and the head is perfect as are the bores. It is bored 1mm over and the
> pistons look almost brand new. Today I had to replace a starter on my
Dasher
> diesel and I used the starter off the new motor so now I figure it's less
a
> starter but the Turbo diesel engine less the starter is now essentially
> free and that is a good price. I plan to have it into a 90 VW Fox two door
> station wagon with a 5 speed tranny in about a month. I'm going to sneak
an
> intercooler in and that should give me around 80 diesel horses in my 90
Fox
> 2dr wagon so I can tool down the highway at 50 mpg in my mini SUV.
> 
> Brian Decker
> 
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