I notice the following '90 Vanagon on ebay.

<http://tinyurl.com/yo3u6h>

It's a Graz-built non-GL very similar to mine--- only it's been converted to
a 1.9 turbo diesel. What caught my interest was the following from the
auction:

"We replace the 4th gear in the transmission so it will be compatible with
the new diesel engine."

Now, the manual transmission has what, a .77 or so 4th gear? And for diesels
you want to go a bit taller, right?
Looking at the pics, this Vanagon doesn't HAVE a manual, it has an
automatic. I GUARANTEE they didn't change the gearing in that 090
transmission, so doesn't that leave them with a 1.00 third gear at the top?
It's effectively MORE than 1.00 too, given the inherent slippage of a
non-locking torque converter. I know little about the diesels, but isn't a
1.00-1.05 top gear going to limit you to like 60-65mph?

--
John Bange
'90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"