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  • Re: Road Trip
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Sun, 24 Jun 2012 20:23:27 -0500
    ...proof cans (approved by the park service) or in the provided lockers. But goodness, we could take food into the park for use at...
  • Re: What is your dream van? Friday Topic
    Historical mailing list - Phil S.
    Fri, 26 Jul 2002 05:46:17 -0700
    ...writes: > > << What's yours? >> > > Flat four turbo diesel Syncro with 3 lockers (front, > middle and rear, no VC), > 16' wheels, rubber tray-like matting...
  • Re: ARB awnings - and fridges
    Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
    Mon, 21 Jul 2014 11:37:32 -0400
    ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >> >> I've usually only heard of ARB for air-lockers. That looks nice! >> >> >>> On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 10...
  • Re: Lockers -- how hard to install LLSD?
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Tue, 10 May 2011 17:24:43 -0700
    ...COM> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 4:53 PM Subject: Re: Lockers -- how hard to install LLSD? > Yeah, well, if I put a winch...
  • Re: Chains for your whip (was whips and chains, O My)
    Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
    Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:23:44 -0800
    ...Czech em >> out. >> >> Pensionerd >> >> Snickero, westie, decoupler and lockers SVX in the boot.ds >> > >
  • high lift jack thingy wrapup
    Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
    Wed, 26 Jul 2023 18:50:41 +0000
    ...well it doesn't matter much if the creek rises, now does it? 9" plus clearance, knobby tires, front and rear lockers. I should...
  • Re: Aftermarket diff-lock for Vanagon?
    Historical mailing list - Austin
    Tue, 16 Jun 1998 12:16:32 -0700
    ...This is strictly for off road use and making turns >on pavement would be very scary! Lockers like Detroit Locker, and Lock-Rite >are...
  • Natural Laws- Friday
    Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
    Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:31:01 -0400
    ...Murphy's Law of Lockers:** If there are only two people in a locker room, they will have adjacent lockers.* * **Law of Dirty Rugs...
  • Re: Lockers -- how hard to install LLSD?
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Mon, 9 May 2011 19:24:00 -0700
    KEP provides instructions on shaving the governor weight so the trans shifts later. It's squarish. Grind until one corner is gone making it...
  • Small Shipping Container? PODS or other?
    Historical mailing list - craig cowan
    Fri, 6 Jul 2012 21:51:03 -0400
    ...well, but finding everyone (PODS, youship, etc) only ship full size lockers, and are CRAZY expensive. Does anyone know of a good way to...
  • Re: 2 person middle seat avail
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Thu, 1 May 2008 11:52:20 -0700
    ...a chair and maybe get a rust bucket in the process. Hmmmm. lockers front and rear and not even a penny over $1M. BenT
  • Re: Saw an EV dbl cab today...
    Historical mailing list - Karen Winter
    Fri, 14 Feb 1997 09:21:59 -0500
    ...they belonged on a boat trailer. > I much prefer the storage lockers in the Vanagon p/u style - maybe > these are an option in...
  • Re: camping amidst bears, safety question
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Fri, 11 Feb 2011 20:02:13 -0800
    ...1) more and more campgrounds have bear-proof food lockers so > there will NOT be bear problems. As they say: A Fed Bear Is...
  • Re: automatic shift point adjustment was Re: Lockers -- how hard to install LLSD?
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
    Tue, 10 May 2011 08:51:45 -0700
    ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: automatic shift point adjustment was Re: Lockers -- how hard to install LLSD? got it.... http://www.weidefamily.net/vanagon...
  • Re: no power to tranny??
    Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
    Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:31:48 -0700
    yes tripple knobs means both lockers and a decoupler ;).. is there another term for it? have you seen a clutch plate come apart in...
  • Re: Locking differential
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Edwards
    Mon, 1 Jan 2018 23:39:21 -0600
    ...The Syncro lockers are robust but they do take a little tricking to get them locked when needed. Engage at low speed while swerving...
  • Re: bears burgling for food?
    Historical mailing list - Philip Chidlaw
    Wed, 18 Aug 2004 16:47:45 GMT
    ...No food lockers, bear-proof or otherwise. We encountered a bear there just this past June. I had placed a cooler and a food...
  • Re: Thread hijacking not Hijacking thread
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Fri, 2 Apr 2010 18:57:58 -0700
    ...I figured your kids were still waist high and making fun of the extra storage bits. (aka lockers?) Neil. -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2...
  • Re: To table or not to table
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Wed, 19 Apr 2000 18:32:23 -0400
    ...bed, and the little one mounted on the arm over the lockers in rear. I use the front arm to hold a garbage bag...
  • Re: Re; Window chrome Mldgs.
    Historical mailing list - Durby Suniga
    Mon, 19 Jun 2000 16:46:02 -0700
    ...Pickups, Mack trucks, and Vanagons,among others, use the moulding for lockers on the glass rubber channel. Now let me say this again; some...
  • Re: funny note
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
    Fri, 12 Feb 2016 18:17:20 -0800
    Or send them my way, friend has 89 syncro Doka , green, front and rear lockers, tarpaulin, tdi, for 15k (us $) too. Alistair > On Feb...
  • Re: Lockers -- how hard to install LLSD?
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Mon, 9 May 2011 19:50:32 -0700
    oops yes, take weight off, not put it on. :) alistair On 9-May-11, at 7:24 PM, BenT Syncro wrote: > KEP provides instructions...
  • <syncro> front locker/rear locker
    Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
    Fri, 12 Jun 1998 13:44:50 -0300
    ...Easier getting on/off the lockers when turning in soggy cramped places. Low profile, fits/looks nice under the dash lip, after a bit...
  • Re: My friends doka is for sale
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
    Sat, 23 Apr 2016 09:46:10 -0700
    ...Front and rear lockers, 15" wheels, factory tarpaulin over box, etc. >> >> I have pic and link to ad here >> >> https://shufti.wordpress.com/ >> >> >> Alistair...
  • Re: WTB rear differential lock externals
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Tue, 21 Mar 2006 06:48:15 -0800
    ...I have one from a 4000 Quattro that has double vacuum switch for 2 lockers, indicators, and as a bonus a volt meter and...
  • Re: Road Trip
    Historical mailing list - Rob
    Sun, 24 Jun 2012 19:43:58 -0700
    ...proof cans (approved by the >park service) or in the provided lockers. But goodness, we could >take food into the park for use at...
  • Re: Need feedback/commercial space
    Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
    Fri, 19 Jul 2002 08:10:41 -0600
    ...Also some enclosed spaces, such as those 8'X10' storage lockers, so people can leave their tools, etc, without fear of theft, when doing...
  • Re: gears for syncro 16--tall tires
    Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
    Fri, 08 Aug 1997 12:34:05 -0400
    ...On the >off-road.com list although they talk about Lock-Rite lockers (avail from >Weddle) as being good for traction, the inability to...
  • Re: Small Shipping Container? PODS or other?
    Historical mailing list - Ben T
    Sat, 7 Jul 2012 23:54:37 -0700
    ...well, but finding everyone (PODS, youship, etc) > only ship full size lockers, and are CRAZY expensive. > > Does anyone know of a good way to...
  • Re: Lockers -- how hard to install LLSD?
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Tue, 10 May 2011 14:57:27 -0700
    ...0700 >> From: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> >> Subject: Re: Lockers -- how hard to install LLSD? >> >> Okay, fine. Yinz* have talked me into...
  • Re: Poor Man's Syncro...Friday OT..Safari AWD (a bit long)
    Historical mailing list - James
    Sat, 31 May 2014 23:17:56 -0400
    ...cheap VW imitations...till I put in the > 'vette motor and the front and rear lockers into my 6-sp dual range truck > tranny.... >
  • Syncro de Mayo EAST 2007
    Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
    Thu, 29 Mar 2007 16:14:04 -0400
    ...East coasters can see first-hand how the various equipment fares in the rough stuff - various tires and wheels, decouplers, lockers front and rear...
  • Re: camping amidst bears, safety question
    Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
    Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:25:55 -0700
    1) more and more campgrounds have bear-proof food lockers so there will NOT be bear problems. As they say: A Fed Bear Is...
  • Re: Lockers -- how hard to install LLSD?
    Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
    Mon, 9 May 2011 19:53:47 -0700
    Jeff Fields at Transaxleengineering makes custom shift point vanagon transmissions for the BaaHaa 1000 set. Many years of experience, a passel of victories. Pensionerd...
  • Re: Back Hatch Emblems
    Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
    Wed, 7 Jul 2010 11:51:53 -0700
    ...4000 Quattro running gear..5 Cyl- 5 speed, Center and rear lockers and is the best winter/ski rig ever, but low ground clearance...
  • Re: ARB awnings - and fridges
    Historical mailing list - Marc Heick
    Sun, 27 Jul 2014 17:29:03 -0400
    ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >>> >>> I've usually only heard of ARB for air-lockers. That looks nice! >>> >>> >>>> On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 10...
  • Re: Lockers -- how hard to install LLSD?
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Mon, 9 May 2011 18:10:52 -0700
    Pull the transaxle and take it over to German - you'll love the Peloquin diff! ;) On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 5:40 PM...
  • Re: Locking differential
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Edwards
    Tue, 2 Jan 2018 09:43:25 -0600
    ...chibicyclist@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >> >> Vanagon list: >> >> What’s the verdict on lockers? I have an 88 GL with a Subie installed and occasionally need...
  • Re: Audi rims on a Vanagon Syncro
    Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
    Thu, 12 Mar 1998 20:05:46 -0400
    ...bye, Tim '87 Syncro Westy (235/75/15 BFG-MT's, front/rear lockers, and I still get stuck) '85 CrewCab (Soo-ba-roo...
  • Re: Peloquin experience?
    Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
    Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:37:13 -0500
    ...if LSD's would be an advantage on a Syncro without lockers, and I think that would be great additions to that particular combination...
  • Differentials, Lockers, the like
    Historical mailing list - John Anderson
    Sat, 6 Dec 1997 09:36:49 +0000
    Since this had been putzing around on the Vanagon list, I just thought everyone might note that the January issue of VW Trends features...
  • Re: WTB rear differential lock externals
    Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
    Tue, 21 Mar 2006 09:56:10 -0500
    ...I have > one from a 4000 Quattro that has double vacuum switch for 2 lockers, > indicators, and as a bonus a volt meter and...
  • Re: To Copper Nut or Not?
    Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
    Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:50:38 -0700
    ...the 12mm copper nuts and they don't have built in lockers. Nonetheless, probably worth having a dozen or so in the toolbox... --- I...
  • Re: vanagon Digest - 5 Jul 2012 to 6 Jul 2012 (#2012-3)
    Historical mailing list - DAIZEE Scooby
    Sun, 8 Jul 2012 21:34:02 -0400
    ...well, but finding everyone (PODS, youship, etc) only ship full size lockers, and are CRAZY expensive. Does anyone know of a good way to...
  • Re: Peloquin torque biasing differential
    Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
    Mon, 2 Nov 2009 19:01:53 -0700
    ...I do want to point out that 'most lockers' do not lock up from lack of use, but rather, it is the vacuum actuator...
  • Re: funny note
    Historical mailing list - Rob
    Fri, 12 Feb 2016 23:14:59 -0700
    ...my way, friend has 89 syncro Doka , green, front and rear > lockers, tarpaulin, tdi, for 15k (us $) too. > > Alistair > > > On Feb 12, 2016, at...
  • Re: Natural Laws- Friday
    Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
    Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:55:46 -0500
    ...Murphy's Law of Lockers:** If there are only two people in a locker room, > they will have adjacent lockers.* > > * > **Law of Dirty Rugs...
  • Re: Locking differential
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Edwards
    Tue, 2 Jan 2018 23:08:31 -0600
    ...Bead lockers and/or tubes for extreme off road groups. At these low pressure tire damage is common. > > Dennis > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing...
  • BearsBearsEverywhere was: Re: Tent camping in the Mammoth Lakes area
    Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
    Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:21:01 -0600
    ...USE THE BEAR LOCKERS! > > Last time I was there, on Labor Day, I had put all the food and good > smelling stuff in the...
  • Re: So What's Wrong with this Syncro?
    Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
    Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:57:55 -0800
    Some Syncro's did not have lockers..It was an option, but most do with the exception of 89's..Seen more 89 trannys...
  • Re: Diffential lock for 2wd vans?
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
    Wed, 29 Nov 2000 16:29:09 +1100
    ...lock. > >Any thoughts? An excellent idea.I'd love to have diff lockers but it's normally a very expensive exercise,but certainly do...
  • Re: Aftermarket diff-lock for Vanagon?
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 17 Jun 1998 03:00:14 EDT
    ...This is strictly for off road use and making turns on pavement would be very scary! Lockers like Detroit Locker, and Lock-Rite are...
  • Re: Lockers -- how hard to install LLSD?
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Tue, 10 May 2011 14:13:05 -0700
    -- Rocky J Squirrel > > page 37.17 in Bentley talks about adjust the rod length I've been talking > about.hortening the rod could make...
  • Re: Cool Lighting
    Historical mailing list - sheng
    Mon, 10 Sep 2001 16:51:46 -0700
    ...plus have lights so I could see into the back storage lockers at night. To do all these jobs, the lights had to have...
  • Re: locking rear diff on 2WD van or Limited Slip?
    Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
    Wed, 12 Dec 2001 20:37:51 EST
    ...such a beast..."cheap" too.....never followed it up..I use lockers... I'll quiz the lad.... To put a diff lock, you would...
  • Re: Lockers -- how hard to install LLSD?
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Tue, 10 May 2011 16:53:26 -0700
    ...0700 > > From: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> > > Subject: Re: Lockers -- how hard to install LLSD? > > > > Okay, fine. Yinz* have talked me into...
  • Re: Double Cab Synco - What is it worth?
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Sun, 30 Oct 2005 22:00:01 -0800
    ...A Syncro Doka with good body parts and dual lockers can fetch just as much if not more than a category two Doka as...
  • 2WD diff lock add on
    Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
    Sun, 14 Jun 1998 23:42:15 -0300
    ...And they are cheap! Chains are miles better than lockers. I have been practicing lately with my diff unlocked as much as possible, to...
  • Re: Yowser!
    Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
    Fri, 21 Jun 2013 14:18:45 -0700
    ...No lockers but a disconnect: $149,999.99 firm unless you have a better offer, or maybe I'd take less, or trade for...
  • Re: Peloquin experience?
    Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
    Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:39:02 -0800
    ...I get calls all the time about adding lockers to 2wd or non locker rigs (front and rears both). The factory stuff inside the...