Re: Sources For Legacy Transmission?
What final drive ratio is the transmission that you need ?
sohowesty@... wrote:
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Alan Croxford
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WELCOME: To All Interested in this Vanagon Engine Conversion
There has been a lot of interest in this swap on Vanagon.com and
other Vanagon related sites.
This SPECIFIC GOAL AND FOCUS of this site is to share REAL EXPERIENCE
with the ACTUAL PROCESS of
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Warren Chapman <tallsound@...>
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Recommended Links
Here are three links which I have found most useful so far:
Please post your
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Warren Chapman <tallsound@...>
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Good Idea!
Warren,
Thanks for taking the initiative and starting the new list! I think
there are so many of us now that we could use a little support.
I'm installing my engine now, in an '82 ex-diesel Westy.
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Larry Hamm <LDHAMM@...>
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Mounting ECU in A Westy
The wiring lengths are different from Kennedy's diagram if you want
to mount the ECU inside the van under the Westy cabinet.
I have a wiring diagram that I obtained from a friend who has
completed
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Warren Chapman <tallsound@...>
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GET All SUBARU ITEMS FROM SAME CAR!
Just another plug for the importance of Kennedy's recommendation for
making the extra effort to get all the items from the same Subaru.
I found that a lot of wrecking yards have already pulled the
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Warren Chapman <tallsound@...>
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Air Intake Ducting for Syncro??
HELP??
Seeking tips and recommendations for modifying Kennedy's air intake
to mate with the special intake ducts of the Syncro which have a
closed system on the passenger side which extends up into
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Warren Chapman <tallsound@...>
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Syncro Skid Rails-Remove rear only.
For those with Syncros.
First step in dropping the waterboxe is to remove the special Syncro
skid rails. I ended up removing them all, front to back, but
realized this is not necessary. The rear
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Warren Chapman <tallsound@...>
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Tip for dropping Wasserboxer.
This might save you some time. Took me a couple of hours of
frustration to figure out.
I got everything disconnected, engine to tranny bolts,wiring, splash
plates, motor mounts, etc., but COULDN'T
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Warren Chapman <tallsound@...>
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What to do with Wasserboxer??
Now that I'm "FARFRUMLEAKIN".
What do I do with this Wasserboxer with rod through the block. It
was an almost new rebuild (why did it blow??)with new heads. Anyone
else find any value in the
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Warren Chapman <tallsound@...>
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Back to Wiring Hell!
Enough of my rambling for now. Hope to hear from others in coming
days.
I'll turn my attention back to the mess on my dining room table.
Let's see:
BY-keep
RG-cut (SHIT!) It'll be a miracle
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Warren Chapman <tallsound@...>
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Re: Mounting ECU in A Westy
Warren Chapman wrote:
Warren,
I've got the harness winnowed down to the essentials, and I think I'm going
to place the ECU and fit the rest of the harness as needed. Should be tons
o'
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Larry Hamm <LDHAMM@...>
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Re: What to do with Wasserboxer??
Warren Chapman wrote:
Warren,
The Vanagon list is a fine place to recycle those parts. Someone was looking
for an idle stabilizer control unit a day or two ago. Good heads are always
in demand, and
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Larry Hamm <LDHAMM@...>
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Removing Digifant Wiring Qestion
I haven't yet been able to bring myself to cut the Digifant wiring
out of my van yet.
Firstly, I haven't been certain exactly what to cut out and a little
afraid I'll make a mistake and cut the
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Warren Chapman <tallsound@...>
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Very Interested in this group
Hiya fellow Subagonites?:
I have seen said conversion done, and it looks pretty good. The one I
saw had a cooling system that seemed cobbled together, and the
harness was not quite as pretty as I
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Marshall Ruskin <MRUSKIN@...>
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Just getting started
Just joining the group and glad to be here. I bought my '84 Westy
about a month ago. The PO had run the engine without oil (forgot to
replace drain plug). So the engine is really dead needing new
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barfield@...
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Re: Making a new harness from scratch.
Marshall Ruskin asked why we don't just use the required plugs to
create a new harness rather than hassling with the spaghetti mess. I
too have thought about this and think its worth considering.
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Warren Chapman <tallsound@...>
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Re: Removing Digifant Wiring Qestion
Warren Chapman wrote:
Warren,
I think your notion of leaving the harness intact may be a good one. It
might be more trouble than it's worth to get it out. Of course, you'll
be using much of it with
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Larry Hamm <LDHAMM@...>
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Re: Very Interested in this group
Marshall Ruskin wrote:
Marshall,
There are differences in the ECU for manual and automatic trans', and
wiring color codes change with no discernible pattern as to year or
model. Why this happened,
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Larry Hamm <LDHAMM@...>
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pmail
Warren,
I've noticed that, unlike the Vanagon list, that the message header on
this list includes a "reply to" address that IS the list. That makes
pmialing the sender a bit more difficult. Can this
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Larry Hamm <LDHAMM@...>
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