Karl wrote:
> You will have a problem with a type1 bellhousing and 76 and up 228mm
> flywheels.
> If you want to start a Vanagon engine on the stand, you will need a
> 210mm or 215mm
> bus flywheel.
>
> I just saw a bellhousing FS on the Samba.

Wrong.
He will have a problem with a 228 clutch attached to the 228 flywheel, not
the flywheel itselves....

J.


>
>
> "Mike Rocket J. Squirrel Elliott"
> et> wrote in
> message ...
>> Speedy Jim wrote:
>>> Mike Rocket J. Squirrel Elliott wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm ranging out include working on my 84 Vanagon's engine. Need a
>>>> used bell housing I can mount on a standard engine stand. If it
>>>> fits a Type 1, it will suit my needs, I think. Will be useful not
>>>> only for the Wonderbus's Type 1 engine, but the Vanagon's
>>>> watercooled waterbox engine as well. Got a head gasket coolant
>>>> leak and need to do a wee bit of disassembly. I'm in So Cal, and
>>>> will gladly pay reasonable price and shipping for that old bell
>>>> housing your wife has been asking you when are you going to get
>>>> rid of that thing anyway?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>>>> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
>>>> 84 Westphalia: "Mellow Yellow (The Electrical Banana)"
>>>> KG6RCR
>>>
>>>
>>> Careful; there are dimensional differences twixt Type 1
>>> and later Type 2 bellhousings. This is related to the
>>> clutch size.
>>
>> What? So a guy that told me, "I use the same stand as I use with the
>> aircooled. A generic engine stand
>> with a bellhousing from an old transmission. All Vanagon engines fit
>> the old air cooled transmission too. Only the gear change mechanisms
>> are different, but in this case it does not matter." . . . he's
>> mistaken?
>>
>> Well then, I'll ask among the watercooled guys if any of them have an
>> old bell housing they want to part with. Thanks for the correction,
>> Spee-J.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
>> 84 Westphalia: "Mellow Yellow (The Electrical Banana)"
>> KG6RCR