Luddite Vanagon Industrial
Diesel Engine Conversion
Prototype: SD25 from a Nissan 720 truck installed in an 86 Syncro...
We started with this overweight, tall tired (15") Vanagon Syncro Adventurewagon wannabe, towed home after our last frustrating bout with the fuel injection "bucking" syndrome. After changing harness components, trying the capacitor cheeze fix, and even contemplating retrofitting carburetors, we pulled out that otherwise mechanically perfect 2.1 engine and vowed never to put it back in again, ever...