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• Re: What's the difference in front bumpers? stock crome
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Tue, 14 May 2002 11:44:39 -0400
  I don't know what the other folks are selling but I would imagine that myself, BD and VC are all selling the exact...
• looking at a Syncro
  Historical mailing list - joe winter
  Thu, 7 Oct 1999 07:51:47 PDT
  ...I have read about the VC problems and front CV items. How does one observe those? Are front CV's like rear ones, check...
• Syncro Page Additions
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Sat, 11 Dec 1999 14:41:27 -0800
  ...lock - Diagram & Charts re the VC - Tire, wheel & Alignment specs And also - Link to the final drives re all vanagons page but i don...
• Re: '02 Mercedes van
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 18 May 2000 18:01:58 +0200
  ...Also check this out. > > http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/5350/vclass14.htm > > It's the new stretch Vito. The vanagon is already available...
• I want to sell my Syncro Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Zac Zakovi
  Tue, 28 Nov 2000 06:27:04 -0700
  ...3500.00 van 3000.00 VC & driveshaft = 6500.00 . Contact Zac at 406-582-9703 or e-mail zac@zaczakovi.com Bozeman Montana complete...
• Re: CV Transmissions
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Thu, 13 May 2004 08:20:04 EDT
  In a message dated 5/12/04 11:53:54 PM, tmiller@VCMAILS.COM writes: << Anybody try to put a Continuously Variable transmission in...
• G-mail (LVC)
  Historical mailing list - Maggie Dew
  Wed, 19 Oct 2005 11:43:03 -0500
  ...Do I need an invite for G-mail? I'll throw in some VC here - that "half-honk" I was experiencing (and thought was...
• Need 2 Rear Wheel Studs
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Tue, 4 Sep 2012 15:22:27 -0700
  ...Got a couple from VC, but they're after-market parts and not a match for OE (too long). Local Pick-n-Pull is...
• Home from the woods
  Historical mailing list - Joe
  Sun, 14 Dec 1997 12:23:36 -0500
  ...Maybe the VC is going bad? The second problem is snow had jammed under the van so thick I could not shift anymore. I...
• <F> TV/VCR for Kayaks? KIT ON SALE !!
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Fri, 5 Nov 1999 21:45:10 -0500
  ...an adapter available so that I >could use my portable TV/VCR/Microwave in my kayak? Who needs all that >annoying wildlife and serenity...
• Rebuilt Throttle Body
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Mon, 13 Jul 2015 08:54:26 -0700
  Does anyone have any experience, and or opinion, on the difference between the VC and the GoWesty rebuilt throttle body ? There is a $100...
• Re: New owner questions-Syncro ownership costs.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Wed, 28 Nov 2012 23:18:09 -0700
  ...IIRC, about 3mm is max tolerance before your VC notices and burns up. That is about $1K to replace. bob
• Re: '02 Mercedes van
  Historical mailing list - Kapitan Ray Nemo
  Wed, 17 May 2000 08:08:00 EDT
  ...http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/5350/vclass14.htm It's the new stretch Vito. The vanagon is already available like this, right? Note...
• (F) No VC/Robot Only
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Fri, 14 Jul 2000 11:47:23 -0700
  More old Chevy pickups with stock rails than Vanagons on my "block." Nobody round these parts anymore willing to flush coolant for a big...
• Re: What is your dream van? Friday Topic
  Historical mailing list - Richie Chunda
  Fri, 26 Jul 2002 07:59:39 EDT
  ...turbo diesel Syncro with 3 lockers (front, middle and rear, no VC), 16' wheels, rubber tray-like matting throughout, safari hatches over the front...
• Re: final word (VC)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Mon, 29 Jan 2007 10:12:43 -0500
  < Unca Joel is the official statistician in these matters. So thanks to Jim, Unca Joel, and Mike Collum for the correct answer to "how...
• Re: Maybe some VC
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:04:01 -0500
  ...Maybe some VC Check your temp sensor - I believe it is on that fitting.� It sounds like your engine thinks it is always cold...
• Re: VC: Late Friday Entry
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 19 Oct 2014 08:33:38 -0700
  Jeez, you guys are treating the poor slide trambone as if it was a saxophone, or maybe an accordion! Gotta ga listen to some...
• Re: CV anatomy
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 29 Aug 2009 13:21:12 -0700
  ...That VC CV (heh) "how to" is great. Explains hub etc. orientation better than Bentley. Neil. -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http...
• VC Page & Syncro Registry
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Sat, 27 Nov 1999 15:53:19 -0800
  Please humor me in my grand squandering of prescious time playing with my webpage. The Testing the Viscous Coupling page in the syncro tech...
• Re: FS Syncro/Camper parts from wrecked 1990 35k
  Historical mailing list - Steve Suprata
  Tue, 26 Feb 2002 11:39:15 -0500
  ...I would be interested in VC and tranny if its available. If you decise to keep the engine/tranny, would you be interested ina...
• Re: Barbie bowspirit,,,
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 2 Aug 2003 13:48:27 -0600
  ...is she really a cross-dressing he, with a Westy (VC) with lavender drapes? Only her/his mechanic knows for sure. Bob
• Re: Front differential lock with a non-VC Syncro - valve safety question
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 17 May 2004 05:47:22 -0700
  > The Belgium version of the Bombardier/VW Iltis locks > front and rear at the same time - I never could see > the logic behind this...
• Hockey fan on list/Speedskater..SVC
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 15 Feb 2006 07:32:06 -0700
  ...http://www.nbcolympics.com/speedskating/index.html Cheek rocks! So does Hedrick! VC ... lotsa VW ads rolling on that site. Headed for waaaay so...
• Re: SYNCRO.ORG a Non-Profit?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Tue, 13 Feb 2001 18:20:38 -0800
  ...Would you rather have cheap VCs and > > > > custom springs, or coffee mugs? > > > > > > steve, keep the site the same, keep selling what you're selling...
• Re: Auto Insurance oblgations
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 22 Sep 2024 14:24:50 +0000
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• Re: Seeking Derek's and Jim's technical info on VCs
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Fri, 20 Nov 2015 13:13:56 -0800
  is this derek’s? http://users.rcn.com/derekdrew/vanagon/viscous_couplings_vanagon_syncro.htm <http://users.rcn.com/derekdrew/vanagon/viscous_couplings_vanagon...
• NVC. YouTube Symphony Orchestra: "Internet Symphony Eroica"
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 15 May 2009 11:55:51 -0700
  ...No VC, though I guess one could buy the recording and play it in their Vanagon. Not sure where though.... On the internet? ;) Anyhow...
• Audi Quattro List?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn & Janis Wright
  Mon, 24 Feb 1997 21:04:59 -0800
  Hello all, Someone posted an address for an Audi Quattro mailing list last week, I think it was related to the VC discussion. I...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 26 Sep 1999
  Historical mailing list - John-Reed Maffeo
  Mon, 27 Sep 1999 08:44:14 -0700
  ...uses a VC... I have no idea if they are interchangable. How about the Audi differentials are they interchangable with the front/rear diff...
• Viscous coupling shortage???
  Historical mailing list - Hermann the German
  Tue, 30 Apr 2002 17:38:05 +0000
  Hi Listees! After checking with Bus Depot and Derek Drew it turns out nobody has a brandnew VC in store. Does anybody know of...
• Re: Cockpit of a C-141, was: Fabricating a radiator fan on indicator light, with surprise ending!
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 28 May 2007 09:21:52 -0700
  ...every card, play, and read a book at the same time... VC: Keep a couple of decks in the Westy and anyway, isn't...
• Re: Van insolation
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 1 Apr 2022 20:49:22 -0400
  ...to get one roll of Ultimate 50 and one sheet > of VComp > should be enough to do the rear engine area, front doors and...
• t.v hookup for van
  Historical mailing list - Fetner Greg
  Tue, 17 Apr 2001 08:19:26 -0500
  ...Purchased a 13" TV/VCR combo from wal-mart. It sits nicely in the top of the cabinet (over the sink) and is secured...
• Re: Simple auxillary battery question
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 13 Jun 2002 12:33:58 -0500
  Sams Club has a 12v, 120v, TV/VCR combo for $148.00 that has a 13" screen. I'm sure you can locate something...
• Re: generators.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Jul 1995 15:09:20 -0700
  ...Steve's electric porta-potti television vcr blender oven heaters air-conditioners battery chargers shower pumps venturi jets on the solar spa etc., we...
• preferred lube for syncro front diff
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Sat, 31 Mar 2001 10:29:37 -0500
  ...Also, should the diff be filled to the bottom of the fill plug? Mark McCulley 87 syncro Westfalia with new VC PS I would...
• Re: What's the difference in front bumpers? stock crome
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 14 May 2002 15:41:50 -0400
  > I don't know what the other folks are selling but I would imagine that > myself, BD and VC are all selling the exact...
• Re: The Ideal vanagon (syncro systems)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 19 Oct 2003 18:19:59 +1300
  ><< All Syncros (T3, Santana, Golf etc) used VCs instead of the Audi Quattro >Torsen > setup. >> > >With the exception of the 85 - 88 Quantum syncro...
• Still contemplating a watercooled Westfalia...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Thu, 13 Apr 2000 20:28:33 -0700
  ...Oh yeah, and the matching brown Porta-Potti will be included at no extra cost! [text/x-vcard] begin:vcard n:Schmitz;Dan tel...
• Re: Tires, Tires, Tires
  Historical mailing list - S_J_ WACKER
  Sun, 12 Jul 1998 19:07:37 -0700
  ...A new VC runs around $2100 and is only available from a VW dealer. You may find a used one, but to my knowledge...
• Re: New Member
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 28 Sep 2004 13:31:46 -0700
  ...Your problem could also be a bad VC, or a rusted pin (in/out of the front diff) and/or a burned out bulb...
• Re: SYNCRO.ORG a Non-Profit?
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Fri, 9 Feb 2001 13:42:36 -0800
  ...Custom springs, syncro shocks, and > an e-mail link to Derek Drew for info on getting a VC > from him. Two years ago, none...
• Re: Tires & Spares & rotating & VC
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
  Fri, 16 Apr 1999 07:52:45 -0700
  ...Tires & Spares & rotating & VC > > > > > > > > Anyone out there ever ruin a tire on a syncro and have to > > > replace the entire set > > > to keep 4...
• Contemplating a water-cooled van...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Tue, 4 Apr 2000 17:59:44 -0700
  ...ask for my Adventurewagon? Thanks in advance! ...Dan [text/x-vcard] begin:vcard n:Schmitz;Dan tel;work:225-6119 x-mozilla-html:FALSE...
• Re: oil weights for inline 4's
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 29 Sep 2003 07:26:49 -0700
  ...Your most likely source of leak is the VC gasket, followed by front and rear seals. Rear seal leak will destroy your clutch over...
• Re: Headlight adjusters
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 25 Jun 2017 19:20:49 -0400
  ...a devil of a time getting my new adjusters I got from VC to snap in place > in the metal around the lamp itself.
• 91 Carat: 15 inch rims vs 16 inch rims
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 9 Mar 2014 23:38:32 -0500
  ...Thinking of going VC Euro-look Alloys in 15 x 7 ET 23 or 16x7 ET23. 15 inch - 205/65/15 and 205/70...
• Re: FAQs-I like it!
  Historical mailing list - Dr. Rainer Woitok
  Wed, 20 Jan 1999 11:01:47 +0100
  ...takers? I could provide a "How to replace a Syncro's VC" text. Sincerely Rainer '89 Caravelle GL Syncro 16" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | Rainer M Woitok | Phone...
• Re: Carfax Check Please?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 Mar 2004 15:17:49 EST
  ...this link > http://www.carbuyingtips.com/cardeals/volkswagen.htm?x=0fguqfqc_vc1 . Under > used cars you find a free carfax. > > what a joke.. try...
• Re: Unknown code of Vanagon front diff
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Thu, 10 Sep 1998 13:02:34 -0400
  ...You have reinterated to us the danger of driving around with a cooked and binding VC (which I have been doing for 2 years...
• Re: New owner questions-Syncro ownership costs.
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Thu, 29 Nov 2012 09:13:51 -0800
  The propshaft which joins your transaxle to the front diff/VC can be removed. Four bolts/nuts at each end. Angus Angus Gordon Bainbridge...
• Re: Van Cafe merges with RMW
  Historical mailing list - Eric Wunrow
  Sun, 7 Jan 2018 16:18:48 -0700
  ...I was shocked the first time I ordered a part from VC and it was a GW part. It was then I realized that...
• Re: water cooled engine
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 8 Apr 2019 10:18:45 -0700
  ...Preferable in > Central or Northern California. > Also need a good VC same area if possible but that can be shipped more > easily. >
• Re: Hello again and looking for tires
  Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
  Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:57:13 -0500
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• VC failure FOUND
  Historical mailing list - Dan Soiney
  Thu, 11 Sep 1997 07:17:45 -0500
  I removed the driveshaft yesterday, and found one u joint that was seized along 1 axis. It would only move about 20 degrees either...
• Inverter or AC/DC
  Historical mailing list - Bowie, Mark T
  Fri, 28 May 1999 10:40:03 -0700
  I'm about to purchase a TV/VCR for the back seat. My question is, am I better off buying a set with built...
• Re: [Syncro] Another 6 million dollar question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 27 Oct 1999 10:25:54 +0000
  ...At the cost of VCs to safest solution is to start walking. ;o) Heck, even VW acknowledges that if one is to venture from...
• Westfalia top color...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Wed, 10 May 2000 07:47:35 -0700
  ...Thanks, Dan '82 Adventurewagen (soon to be on the block for sale) '87 Westfalia '75 Porsche 914 [text/x-vcard] begin:vcard n:Schmitz...
• Re: removing VC- time and ease??
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Wed, 14 Nov 2001 09:44:03 -0800
  ...I'm too nice and just can't let him do the VC or in that case anything by himself (he is less than...