Aircooled VW South Africa

Pierre - AKA - Bugger.

what noledge do you have on the vanogan gearboxes? conversion to make a 4 speed box to a 5 speed box? and all those lekekr things?

SUZIE wrote:Pierre - AKA - Bugger.

what noledge do you have on the vanogan gearboxes? conversion to make a 4 speed box to a 5 speed box? and all those lekekr things?

Unfortunately there is to much that you need to make a 4speed in to a 5

The best is to get the 2.6 diff ratio and then there are a longer 4th that you get to fit in to 4th gear space for a nice low ratio 4th gear
This is what the guys do with the V6`s in thier busses as you have got there and this gear is also stronger than the std fine tooth gears in the combi box

Just remember when ever you are going up a hill in 4th at low rpm do not just put your foot down and use the V6 Torque to pull you up all the way change down to 3de and use the rpm of the motor other wise you will eat that 4th gear up in now time and you can chat to any V6 bus owner who had driven his bus wrong the gear normally breaks when you are on Holiday


What is your plans

And what was the end result in your gear selecting problems

Bugger is 110% correct.

I'm told the 2.3 box is the strongest of the lot with the longest 4th.

The 5 speed is no good for the V6 torque

Bugger wrote:

SUZIE wrote:Pierre - AKA - Bugger.

what noledge do you have on the vanogan gearboxes? conversion to make a 4 speed box to a 5 speed box? and all those lekekr things?

Unfortunately there is to much that you need to make a 4speed in to a 5

The best is to get the 2.6 diff ratio and then there are a longer 4th that you get to fit in to 4th gear space for a nice low ratio 4th gear
This is what the guys do with the V6`s in thier busses as you have got there and this gear is also stronger than the std fine tooth gears in the combi box

Just remember when ever you are going up a hill in 4th at low rpm do not just put your foot down and use the V6 Torque to pull you up all the way change down to 3de and use the rpm of the motor other wise you will eat that 4th gear up in now time and you can chat to any V6 bus owner who had driven his bus wrong the gear normally breaks when you are on Holiday


What is your plans

And what was the end result in your gear selecting problems

Hi Peirre

where can i get this longer 4ht gear that you are talking about? and if i get all the spares what will you $$ me to put it in, i will bring the box up at teh beginning of a weekend and then stay over at your place vissit have a look at the have sme mor emeat and , and do the box.?

With all this
where can i get this longer 4ht gear that you are talking about? and if i get all the spares what will you $$ me to put it in, i will bring the box up at teh beginning of a weekend and then stay over at your place vissit have a look at the have sme mor emeat and , and do the box.?

Do you want 5 reverse or 4 reverse gears

The ratio is .76 if I remember correctly where the std one should be around a .85 or .82
The gear is in the region of R1.7K and then we need a conversion bearing for it aswell
PM me and we can chat