Box is on a 2 litre aircooled T25 . Anyone know what needs changing to fit this in a bay. Are nosecones interchangeable and if so would this have to be from a 2 litre box ? What else needs swapping out. I have to admit I havent looked at the parcticality of this at all as yet. Im running a 2 litre box that could possibly do with some work but would be easier to have one ready to drop in rather than wait for mine to cpme back fetteled. Kicking myself as I flogged a couple of boxes a few years ago cos they were in the way!!
seem to remember reading about a similar swap, when i was researching hydraulic clutches...from what I remember the key difference is to do with the length of the input shaft, so the bellhousing is longer to accommodate it, as is the starter motor pinion. I know you can fit a T25 bellhousing to a 091 box without issue, as this is the preferred method for blagging a slave cylinder mount (see @Paul Weeding 's pic on hydro conversion thread), so presumably, any issues will be to do with mounts, rather than interchangeability...it must be a fairly common swap
Type II (Transporter, Pick-up, Crew Cab, or Bus) 6v Swing Trans Early Bus 12v Swing Trans Early Bus Early 68 002 IRS Bus 3 Rib; narrow case and early gearset design; easy to recognize because it has acorn nuts around the drive flanges; weak transmission; limited parts availability; prior to 11/68 '68 - 70 002 IRS Bus Trans 3 Rib; called a 113 type Bus trans; starting 11/68 '71 only 002 IRS Bus 3 Rib; later 1971+ transmissions use a guide around the impeller shaft to align the throw-out bearing and therefore require a different pressure plate than earlier 71 and before transmissions. '72 - 74 002 IRS Bus 3 Rib 1973-75 automatic 4.45:1 final-drive ratio '74-75 002 IRS Bus Trans 5 Rib; aka pyramid case '76 - 79 091 IRS Bus Trans 6 Rib; 4.56 R&P; considered to be the strongest stock VW transmission '80 - 82 091 Vanagon Aircoolled engine; Side Shift Vanagons with the T4 engine; Essentially the same as the Bus 091 and can be converted to nose shift '83 - Later Vanagon Waterboxer engine; Mid Shift Vanagons; cannot be converted to nose shift 094 Synchro 4x4 Rare in USA Three-Rib Transmission - Early style of Type II Bus transmission used from about 1968-’73 - 3 Rib; 5.38 (Also 5.42, but it is pretty rare) R&P; no mounting ears on top of the bellhousing Five-Rib Transmission - Type II transmission made from 1974-’75 - 5-Ribs; 4.86 R&P
