Aircooled Engine to Watercooled Gearbox Help Needed

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Aircooled Engine to Watercooled Gearbox Help Needed

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Hi, Can Anyone help me ?

I want to put an Aircooled cu or cj engine into my watercooled T25 van, and keep my watercooled gearbox, originally had a dg engine.

what I need to know is - will it mate with the gearbox ?

Is the watercooled input shaft the same as the Aircooled ?

Would there be any clutch problems ?

or will I have to use an Aircooled gearbox ?

Any help would be great. Thanks.Mike.

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input shaft is same, bellhousing is same, they will mate, but the shift rods from the stick to the box are different and the chassis is too so you'll need the wbx shift rods and may have to mod the chassis to accept them.
Why put an Aircooled engine in ?

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as someone said once... it's like selling your house and living in a tree
so tell us why?

oh and welcome in, if your set on this... there's advice here to help
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kevtherev wrote:as someone said once... it's like selling your house and living in a tree
so tell us why?

cheeky git sell your own bloomin pistons :mrgreen:
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:mrgreen:
now there's a bloke who'll tell thee about the joys of living in trees :D
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Aidan wrote:input shaft is same, bellhousing is same, they will mate, but the shift rods from the stick to the box are different and the chassis is too so you'll need the wbx shift rods and may have to mod the chassis to accept them.
Why put an Aircooled engine in ?
I think he means Aircooled engine to WBX gearbox if so the existing linkage is retained.So are there any issues like bellhousing to CU engine position that would effect mating up as compares to WBX

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Yes it's Aircooled engine onto wbx gearbox

Thanks for your replies

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sorry for the misinfo, it was the Aircooled into wbx thing I got it wrong way round, but still why ?

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:shock: clearly you have some sort of mental issues.help is available... :)

I want to put an Aircooled cu or cj engine into my watercooled T25 van
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:mrgreen: for to busy , got an elephant to look after
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