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WTB: Used tranny bell housing
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. "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 |
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