You would not have had an issue fitting it to your bus as its a 1972 crossover with the bigger engine bay and adjustable rear engine bar. The earlier bus has no adjustment on the mustache bar, but i'm sure you would have taken care of that with an angle grinder.retrovan wrote: ↑Mon Apr 19, 2021 10:40 am Its only a difference of 10 mm and the rubber mount on your mustache bar will take the difference
Had no problem fitting the ear box to the bay, when fitting the type 4 2lt motor.
If you leave the front gearbox mounts loose, you will be amassed how much forward/backward movement you do have to get the motor/gearbox combination in the right place.
Herman
@Haans. You must assess first what adapter plate you are using. That will space the engine even further back. If i recall the Golf motor conversion requires the longer bellhousing due to clutch constraints as well as modifying the input shaft. I suspect plenty butchering will be necessary to fit that motor into an early bay. Late bay's have bigger engine bays.
@Alan, you must also check the length of your input shaft. The shorter bellhousing requires the shorter shaft.