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• Re: Diff lock in a 2wd
  Historical mailing list - Robert Berkemer
  Sat, 8 Mar 2003 16:19:38 -0600
  ...Does anyone know it there is a locking or limited slip option for us? I'd be VERY interested. Thanks, Bob 84 westy das...
• Re: upgraded visor clips
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Tue, 23 Nov 2004 17:56:10 -0800
  At 02:01 PM 11/23/2004, you wrote: >I recently replaced my missing and broken visor clips with a >stronger locking style visor...
• Re: Light for synchro
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 20 Dec 1995 20:01:47 -0500
  ...Like the locking, the unlocking takes place within a few moments, then the light goes out. The reason for these delays is that the...
• Re: Peloquin experience?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:54:27 -0900
  ...Peloquin experience? > >> > >> > >>> Daryl, > >>> > >>> Do you think that the Peloquin locking LSD would be a good > upgrade for a > >>> Syncro without the factory locker? Does...
• Re: Securing table
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Tue, 25 Nov 2014 10:39:31 -0500
  ...Securing table >> >> That should read "they areN'T holding" >> >> In a '90, if the inner locking pieces are still inside the brackets along >> with...
• Re: locking gas cap
  Historical mailing list - Danny Bean
  Thu, 16 Sep 2010 11:36:14 -0500
  ...I've been thinking about buying a non-locking one in fear that one day I wont be able to unlock mine. On Sep...
• Re: 78 bus making strange sounds at star
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Jul 1996 12:45:11, -0500
  ...Make sure you have locking extensions and rubber plug gripper in socket (SEARS); I've dropped the socket into the shrouding before getting locking...
• vc install/alignment?
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Mon, 13 Mar 2000 13:17:56 -0800
  ...Rainer mentioned this morning that when removing the drive shaft >that the 8 bolts and nuts are a special locking type that need to...
• Re: Vanagon Electric Door Lock Wiring Harness
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Tue, 19 Jul 2022 16:53:59 +0200
  They are also available in Golf MK3 and similar with central locking. In both doors. Also Passat -93, Beetle, Audi TT... 357972754 Ready to...
• Re: ELECTRIC DOOR LOCK
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 10 Jul 2022 12:53:10 -0700
  ...like that little link from the lock to the push > > sown locking button is going to be available anywhere, so I will have to...
• Re: 88 GL - Broken Driver Door locking mechanism - Replacement needed
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Mon, 20 Jan 2014 17:17:54 -0500
  John, is it the mechanism that is where the door latches? Held in place by two large phillips head screws and it is a...
• Re: Dash Power outlet..?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:48:58 -0400
  ...http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail&name=AS212-ND They also have the locking plugs to match: http://search.digikey.com...
• Re: limited slip rear end
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 Apr 96 06:02 EDT
  ...Correct me if I'm wrong but...installing this locking mechanism to the rear differential does not a 4 wheel drive make, maybe a...
• Trade syncro Westy for non syncro
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Aug 1996 20:29:01 -0400 (EDT)
  ...miles, ~6500 of those on a VW remanufactured engine, runs great, locking diff works, A/C, 4 plus low plus reverse speed, all screens...
• Re: Strongbox center console
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 19 May 2015 09:46:32 -0700
  ...Maybe I'm late to the party, but I wanted >> to pass it on anyway: >> http://vanagonlife.bigcartel.com/product/locking-steel-center-console...
• Re: Securing Valuables in Westy
  Historical mailing list - Joe Reed
  Fri, 13 Jul 2001 14:47:01 -0400
  ...I bought one of those "The Club" devices for locking steering wheels (basically, you just need any locking extendable rod-like thingee) and then...
• Re: Differentials: open, limited-slip, & locking (was: limited slip , rear end)
  Historical mailing list - ZUMBRENNEN JOSEPH CORY
  Fri, 12 Apr 1996 15:39:56 -0600 (MDT)
  ...So when the forces acting on the wheel are relativly equal but are trying to make the wheel move at differents speeds the locking...
• Re: how to make your locking gas cap accept the same key as your doors/ignition
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 28 Jan 2007 13:24:28 -0800
  On 1/28/07, David Milo <dellaone@gmail.com> wrote: > > I always thought that the locking gas cap was more of a deterrent to...
• Re: [WetWesties] Help! Stuck in the middle of nowhere!
  Historical mailing list - PSD
  Thu, 30 Jul 2015 12:49:14 -0400
  ...It is stuck out locking the flywheel. Easy fix except there is no one near Sheridan WY that has a starter. Rushing one in...
• Berg Locker (was Re: '64 Tranny Problems)
  Historical mailing list - McGinnis Terry
  21 Apr 1995 07:14:46 -0800
  On 19 April Eugene wrote: >If you got the locking shifter, and I hope you didn't, you will have to >keep your emergency...
• Re: Ltd. slip rear diff.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 18 Oct 1995 12:23:17 -0400
  ...I know a locking differential was a syncro >option, but was a similar rear diff available for two-wheelies? > > I've got the Bentley...
• Request Help On Antenna Installation
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 16 Nov 1994 10:04:41 -0700 (PDT)
  ...That is, push the antenna through the hole from the inside and then install the gasket and locking nut from the outside. However, I...
• Syncro trans w/ diff lock in 2WD?
  Historical mailing list - Filcoff, David M.
  Mon, 19 Feb 2001 14:35:17 -0600
  ...An option I'd like to look into is installing a Syncro transmission with a locking rear differential. Has anyone tried this or have...
• Re: Sliding Door Not Locking Open
  Historical mailing list - Joe Gawzner
  Mon, 7 Jan 2002 16:44:22 -0500
  I had the same issue with my 90 Westy. My fix was that the little hook on the door was not aligned with the...
• 1991 Vanagon/Westy Feature-Hatch Latch
  Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
  Thu, 23 Jan 2003 09:46:20 -0800
  On some (all?) '91 Westy's (Vanagons?) there was an interior latch for the locking mechanism on the rear hatch, at least on the...
• Re: FS 87 Syncro GL
  Historical mailing list - John Becker
  Tue, 4 Mar 2003 07:55:57 -0800
  ...162,000 miles > Locking diff. > Large sunroof version > Fog lights on bumper > I have the Projektzwo Foglights (Not installed yet) > Heads were done @ 88...
• Re: making sense of "M codes" ?? (vanagon option codes) MIL STD
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 28 Apr 2005 23:46:36 -0600
  ...20 seat belts Another may be a special tail gate Black locking handles don�t appear to be in basic package for S 717...
• Re: Bummer
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 5 Jul 2007 20:17:58 -0700
  ...Mark Malcolm Stebbins wrote: > I owned a factory 1986 French spec syncro FULL Westy Joker diesel 1.6 TD with locking front and > rear...
• Planning to go five speed? 483 vs 457...48(Some what long...)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sat, 11 Dec 1999 23:51:30 EST
  ...I had a locking differential installed. (The locking diff replaces the open diff. It enables both rear wheels to receive power and if one...
• Re: Me Too: Remote control door unlocking?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Campbell
  Sun, 1 Feb 2004 19:38:00 -0800
  ...VERY EASILY DONE! So, if you've got central locking, end the needless wear-and-tear on your ignition key today! :-) This is, already...
• Re: Power Lock Trouble
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
  Mon, 24 Jan 2011 01:05:47 -0800
  Patti same problem with my 91.� Exact same symptoms locking and unlocking as I was driving along.�� Turns out it was the rear lock...
• 1" EMT Jack Point Idea: Awning
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 3 Jun 2011 11:23:14 -0700
  ...Have made 2 that fit, but not with locking slot. With tension applied, the former stay in place, but am thinking toward windy conditions...
• '88 syncro at wreckers
  Historical mailing list - jimkim
  Fri, 17 Sep 1999 22:26:11 -0700
  ...I'm unfamiliar with the syncros but I think it had the locking diff front and back(a drawing of the four corners of...
• Re: New Westy and Syncro Westy alternatives under $30k
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 24 Jan 2003 18:00:06 -0500
  ...to offer an all wheel drive full size van, > avaliable with locking differential too: I thought there had been a four-wheel-drive version...
• FS: Thule Roof Rack
  Historical mailing list - John Scheckel
  Mon, 21 Jun 2004 14:54:43 -0400
  ...The rack includes two 64" bars, four locking knobs, keys and four 8" high feet. I am asking $200.00 (offers considered) for the...
• Re: South African Vanagon: Source for parts?
  Historical mailing list - pete owsianowski
  Sun, 4 Jan 2004 22:15:13 -0500
  ...It has the Audi 5-cylinder 2.6 >> litre engine, 5-speed manual transmission, power steering, >> electric windows and mirrors, remote central locking and...
• Removing door panel
  Historical mailing list - Ed Wiebe
  Wed, 12 Jul 2006 16:58:50 -0700
  ...How do I remove the door laver so that I can take off the panel? I'm working on getting my central locking system...
• Re: Syncro FS
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 4 Aug 2008 13:43:03 -0700
  ...MIGHT be someone interested in a Syncro, especially one with a locking rear... > -- Neil Nicholson '81 JettaWesty "Jaco http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons...
• Re: Problem with cental locking system
  Historical mailing list - Bob Wing
  Wed, 3 Sep 2008 19:11:00 -0400
  This has been covered before. On my westy it would lock right after I unlocked the door. The likely problem is a broken wire...
• Re: Power Steering Boots
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Thu, 27 Jan 2005 11:02:08 -0800
  ...That lip acts as the locking mechanism. Just FYI. Ken Wilford John 3:16 www.vanagain.com Jeffrey Schwaia wrote: >Larry, > >The "correct way...
• Re: Plugs, gas cap, stuff, etc...
  Historical mailing list - Owen
  Wed, 16 Jul 2003 09:25:48 -0500
  ...Even then for items like the locking gas cap my FLAPS doesn't carry it. You would be better off ordering from one of...
• Re: Traction? Not very much
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:33:10 -0800
  ...My Vanagon was locking diffs front and rear plus a turbodiesel for motivation. Seems more than adequate for snow vehicle. When things get really...
• Tailgate adjustments
  Historical mailing list - Lionel Tun
  Fri, 4 Oct 1996 19:18:04 +0100
  ...The locking mechanism seems to go through two clicks as it rotates into the locked position. It is valid to just use the first...
• F.S. '87 Syncro Westy Montana
  Historical mailing list - David Bogle / Architecture
  Tue, 29 Sep 1998 11:07:27 -0400
  ...5-speed transmission with locking rear differential. Seller Info User ID: henryiv View seller's other ads For sale by Private Party (406) 883...
• Re: Drivers Side Door Lock Modification
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 14 Jan 2001 08:24:15 -0700
  Is this so you can have the pleasure of locking yourself out? Karl Wolz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Ingalls" <ingalls_mark@HOTMAIL.COM> To...
• Re: Rusted on O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 23 Nov 2010 20:47:10 -0700
  ...I've tried |quite a bit of liquid wrench, along with a set of locking pliers and a |hammer. No dice. | |How do other...
• Re: locking gas cap
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:52:21 -0400
  > FWIW, when I bought my '91 2WD new from the dealer it came > with an ignition key, a glovebox key and the short gas...
• Re: Early Bus Engine Lid Idea
  Historical mailing list - Bob R. Kenyon
  Tue, 24 Jan 1995 16:12:34 -0800 (PST)
  On Tue, 24 Jan 1995, Thom Fitzpatrick wrote: > A while back I had an idea for using a locking T handle so's you...
• Re: Martha's Stroy about Gas Smells
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 Apr 1996 23:39:50 -0700
  Yes, the fuel hoses with the woven fabric were called "self locking" and no clamp was needed. However, I don't know what the...
• $24,000 for a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Modl6971
  Thu, 16 Apr 1998 03:26:55 EDT
  ...just think of all the money you'd save, and I have locking diff., the 91 doesn't.) Michael. a very happy Sycnro owner.
• Re: for sale; 1987 syncro vanagon!!!!!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 9 May 1998 03:49:12 -0700
  ...no a/c or weekender, tho, but syncro worked ok (no locking > > diff) they're getting cheaper, and cheaper..ya just gotta look for...
• Re: Folding seats... where to find?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Irvin
  Thu, 11 May 2000 09:11:37 -0800
  Funny, I never noticed a difference in the width, the one problem I do have, the seat back locking brackets on my van do...
• Re: Drivers Side Door Lock Modification
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sun, 14 Jan 2001 18:41:33 -0600
  Is this so you can have the pleasure of locking yourself out? > >Karl Wolz With the Beetles they trusted us not to lock ourselves...
• Re: Re; Keys Locked in Van
  Historical mailing list - �ric Giroux
  Mon, 9 Jul 2001 09:40:39 -0400
  ...I have this really stupid question. >How does one go about locking their keys in a Vanaon? >The drivers door won't lock by...
• Re: rear lock question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 5 May 2004 20:34:13 -0500
  ...Go out and lock everything that will lock with central locking. Then lock the rear hatch manually. Now go to a side door and...
• Re: junkyard tales, change those fuel lines!
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 18 Oct 2004 04:50:23 -0600
  ...outside water tank filler door which had no provision for > any locking device. Never seen that before. Most of the kitchen was > missing before...
• Need modulator for power windows...
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Wed, 19 Jul 2006 16:21:29 -0700
  ...and of course, rolling up the windows upon 'locking' ... but they said that they couldn't get their particular modulator to work with my...
• Re: Breaking into a vanagon? How do you lock the keys in?
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Thu, 15 Apr 2004 21:25:09 -0700
  On Apr 15, 2004, at 8:18 PM, Jack wrote: > With so many people locking keys in their cars, I'm curious. On my...
• Re[2]: Vanagon Safety?
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Fri, 26 Jun 1998 21:37:45 -0400
  ...Some cars have a proportioning valve that adjusts for deceleration rates or rear ride height but they can not sense the locking of a...
• Broken key in gas cap!!!
  Historical mailing list - LA & Glen
  Mon, 15 Jan 2001 20:44:56 -0700
  ...While I was attempting to get my locking gas cap off my 85 Double-Cab I broke the key off in the lock. If...