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Fri Mar 25, 2016 8:30 am

A am guessing a little bit but it looks like it's from late 1957 from the VIN # and rear end listing here:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/chassisdating.php

I do not know what N means.

Sat Mar 26, 2016 6:26 am

Thank you - EverettB for the late-1957 -information

The leading N seems to stay a mystery.....

Sat Mar 26, 2016 8:03 am

You can also look at the casting dates of the transmission case halves.

Example from earlier in this thread

Date decoding information:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=380362

Mon Mar 26, 2018 11:37 pm

Hi.

I wounder about that Gearbox, is it a Splitbeatle or a Barndoor?

The former Owner build it out from a late Barndoor..
i couldn`t find any a Number like 2A....

Any Idea about that??

-Christian

Tue Mar 27, 2018 12:52 pm

Does it have reduction gear boxes on the axles, Christian ?
if the tri rib '29#' shift cover with the low shift rod input is original to the gear case it means that it is a 1953 to 1955 synchromesh ( except first gear) genuine Barndoor unit.
also this front (nose) cover will not fit on an early (non synchro) split bug without heavy modifications. so chances are good that the whole transmission is late BD. oil filler plug says so as well.
the date code 7 6 25 makes it a June 7th of 2nd workshift 1955. which of course is not a Barndoor anymore. but its still an early Wolfsburg ( post BD) date, and these 1955 buses still had the old axle and transmission cradle like a BD.
so most probably this transmission is a straight fit for your 54BD, but originally came in a very early non BD 1955 Wolfsburg bus.

Tue Mar 27, 2018 10:28 pm

djfordmanjack wrote: Does it have reduction gear boxes on the axles, Christian ?
if the tri rib '29#' shift cover with the low shift rod input is original to the gear case it means that it is a 1953 to 1955 synchromesh ( except first gear) genuine Barndoor unit.
also this front (nose) cover will not fit on an early (non synchro) split bug without heavy modifications. so chances are good that the whole transmission is late BD. oil filler plug says so as well.
the date code 7 6 25 makes it a June 7th of 2nd workshift 1955. which of course is not a Barndoor anymore. but its still an early Wolfsburg ( post BD) date, and these 1955 buses still had the old axle and transmission cradle like a BD.
so most probably this transmission is a straight fit for your 54BD, but originally came in a very early non BD 1955 Wolfsburg bus.

Thank you!
The reduction boxes were sadly cut off.
i am confused about the 29. Number?
Anyone know if and where the Wolfsburg bus Gearboxes have the Numbers?
is there a other way that i can check whats is inside this suprise box? :lol:

-Christian

Tue Jan 26, 2021 5:17 pm

On my split box casing it has the following stamps , 111.301.101A with the VW logo. Any idea which year this gearbox is from ? Thanks

Tue Jan 26, 2021 6:11 pm

Justin Horgan wrote: On my split box casing it has the following stamps , 111.301.101A with the VW logo. Any idea which year this gearbox is from ? Thanks

This is the part # of the casing.

Looks for a "2A-" serial number on the side, either near the nose cone or on a raised area a little behind the nose cone but on the side.

Example from earlier in this thread:

Thu Jan 28, 2021 4:41 am

Is the 2A stamping on the nose cone or on the gearbox casing ? I have found the following stamps on the nose cone 21.09.2 , I assume this is a part number, thanks

Thu Jan 28, 2021 6:22 am

the 21.*** is the cast part number on the nose cone.

you want to look for a stamped number on the case behind the nose cone .

Justin Horgan wrote: Is the 2A stamping on the nose cone or on the gearbox casing ? I have found the following stamps on the nose cone 21.09.2 , I assume this is a part number, thanks

Thu Jan 28, 2021 11:18 am

Justin Horgan wrote: Is the 2A stamping on the nose cone or on the gearbox casing ? I have found the following stamps on the nose cone 21.09.2 , I assume this is a part number, thanks

On the side of the casing.

Maybe this is a better pic, also from page 1 of this thread:

Nosecone at the top of the photo above

Thu Jan 28, 2021 5:31 pm

Thanks for your help gentlemen. I will try and post photos tomorrow of my gearbox . I don’t see any 2A stamping on the gearbox casing. It does come complete with its reduction boxes.

Mon Nov 11, 2024 12:38 pm

ulme2004 wrote: Hallo, I need help in determination the model-year relation
of my barn find splitcase gearbox.
It seems to fit to a 58 T2 kombi
But is it an earlier gearbox? Which model year exactly?
The number is N 2A 1458901
what means N?

Regards Andreas

I also have a 57 gearbox with the N2 number
I also wondering what it means.

Wed Mar 19, 2025 11:53 am

hi i have a gears box BD (for sale )number 2A-3822207 someone could confirm me its january 1955 please?
many thanks

Wed Mar 19, 2025 4:31 pm

fmulon wrote: hi i have a gears box BD (for sale )number 2A-3822207 someone could confirm me its january 1955 please?
many thanks

On the VIN charts on the site, the last transmission # for 12/1954 is:
2A-380 323

So I think your transmission is from 1/1955 if it has 1 less digit, maybe its:
2A-382 207

Thu Mar 20, 2025 6:59 am

Thu Mar 20, 2025 11:36 am

Ok, so it's 2A-382 207

What I stated above should be correct