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• Re: Lockers -- how hard to install LLSD?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Mon, 9 May 2011 17:59:04 -0700
  ...Lockers -- how hard to install LLSD? > > How difficult is it to pull the differential and install another? > Transmission shop work only (I see that...
• Re: Standard to Automatic...Yes !!
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 23 Mar 2011 07:26:01 -0700
  ...The only thought I've had is that I'd like to have a limited slip differential (two occasions) but that is available now...
• <Syncro> viscous coupling
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Feb 1997 12:17:02 -0400 (AST)
  ...Dow supplies Chrysler/Jeep/Talon with a very very viscous silicone for use in differentials, NOT same functionality as the S-D-P couplings...
• 1987 syncro westy fs
  Historical mailing list - Gary
  Thu, 20 Jul 2000 17:46:07 -0600
  ...or cruise control, I thinks those are the only options missing. Differential lock Paulchen rack with bike carrier New Michelin LTX tires Rebuilt engine...
• Re: replaced tranny but no move. What next?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 19 Dec 2005 07:31:35 -0800
  ...because the TC and transmission live on either side of the differential, but it's actually filled by the transmission through the spaces between...
• Re: 090 (automatic) transmission questions
  Historical mailing list - C. Abney
  Sat, 21 May 2016 12:12:29 -0700
  ...Where can i find those? > Since the trans was likely overheated you probably want to do the differential seals especially the inner ones and...
• Re: The hits keep coming
  Historical mailing list - Brent Weide
  Mon, 11 Apr 2016 17:33:36 -0700
  ...I wanted to check to see if I could tell if > ATF was mixing with the differential so I unscrewed the drain plug and...
• Re: 2WD Westy sucks in mud
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Mon, 7 Dec 2009 10:32:00 -0900
  FWIW, I have a Peloquin torque biasing differential in my van, and if you can afford it, I highly recommend it. I have yet...
• Re: Cost to R&R seal between tranny/differential
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:41:39 -0800
  ...Cost to R&R seal between tranny/differential > > I think the trans can be pulled off the diff without removing everything. > If that's...
• Re: Need help re Cylinder Leak Test
  Historical mailing list - Madeline Mullen/Ed Lowe
  Fri, 3 Jul 1998 21:01:27 -0800
  In general Aviation this is known as the "differential compression test". It is important because it can show the condition of the engine and...
• Re: Scoop for breather?
  Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
  Tue, 8 Aug 2000 07:24:44 -0500
  ...To tear the air filter you would have to have a dramatic and sudden air pressure differential between the front and the rear of...
• Re: [Syncro] synrco trans swap into a non-syncro vanagon
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Fri, 30 Aug 2002 06:54:31 -0400
  ...That advantage would definitely be lost. > >>Realisticly the main advantage to the syncro tranny would be >>to get one with a rear locking differential...
• Re: AT rebuild?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Tue, 7 Jan 2003 21:55:53 -0500
  > You can make it even easier by not removing the differential. Just remove > the transmission itself and leave the diff attached to the engine...
• Parting Out Low Mileage 91 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Wed, 16 Jun 2004 20:52:27 -0700
  ...91 Syncro 80k miles Entire AWD system works Locking rear differential Rear facing seats Power windows Power locks Power windows Steel bumpers - not fiberglass...
• diff
  Historical mailing list - N E JAZZ 2
  Fri, 5 Dec 1997 11:17:54 EST
  ...the sounds and leaks and problems of owning a syncro the differential totally separated from it's mounts the mounts are what fell off...
• Re: Syncros. Positractions, Peloquins, and One Wheel Drives
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 29 Jan 2014 13:23:45 -0800
  ...Peloquin Differentials I have the Peloquin in my '90 Westy automatic. Also limited slip in my daily driver, a '90 T-Bird LX. Last...
• Re: Syncro or not for Bob Cornelius
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Sun, 21 Feb 1999 15:41:12 EST
  ...transaxle performance, such as the addition of a limited slip type differential, that will improve the 2WD to 'close-but not quite' status of...
• Re: GL-5 tranny lube
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Wed, 14 Apr 1999 13:36:11 -0700
  ...GL-5 is engineered for the greater stresses of a differential, where corrossion is not an issue. steve Michael Townsend wrote: > Hi all, > > I...
• Re: Wanted: Syncro camper body, no rust
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 8 Jun 2004 22:37:05 -0400
  ...Some features (locking differential vacuum lines etc.) are unique to the Syncro. Speedometer and cable are different. Anything I've missed, Karl? Of course...
• Re: Solved; OIL warning light up
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:17:49 -0400
  ...few degrees so air is drawn through the cooler by the pressure differential in the bed. Stay tuned. Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com/
• Re: TIICo cooling issues/HUH?
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Thu, 4 Jul 2002 09:20:20 -0700
  ...The rate of heat transfer is proportional to > the temperature differential and mass flow. Well, you're sort of correct. The *Heat Transferred* through...
• Re: Speed vs rpms w/ AT?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sat, 17 Nov 2007 10:09:58 -0800
  ...The differential in the final drive section is 4.09, so divide RPM > by 4.09 to get the number of times per minute...
• Re: Cost to R&R seal between tranny/differential
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:33:50 -0800
  ...Cost to R&R seal between tranny/differential > > >> On 11/10/2009 9:38 PM Zoran Mladen wrote: >> >>> Yes, the tranny can be pulled...
• Re: Looking for waterboxer autotrans governor
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:34:06 -0700
  ...Please > let me know if you can help us out with either the governor or the > differential section of an automatic. Either would meet...
• 86 Syncro Double Cab for sale
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Tue, 22 Feb 2000 09:46:50 -0700
  ...Power Steering, Power brakes, sunroof, and rear differential lock, Tinted windows, bed cover, bra and head light guards. This truck is absolutly immaculate. It...
• FS; '86 Syncro Westfalia weekender Wolfsburg edition
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Sat, 11 Aug 2001 21:07:06 -0700
  ...AC(needs charge), Differential lock (out of action). Good tires, bumpers are straight, color is some kind of metallic golden beige-brown. The paint...
• Re: sealing transmission
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 20 Apr 2004 22:24:34 -0400
  ...It all gets disassembled strting at the differential end. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of...
• Re: FS: 1987 Camper conversion with 2.8 liter VR6..located in Belgium
  Historical mailing list - BenT
  Fri, 5 Nov 2004 19:09:11 -0800
  ...This is a SYNCRO with front and rear locking differentials self converted camper which does NOT have a poptop. Fridge and bed, etc. I...
• Re: Syncro passenger van for sale $3000
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 8 Feb 2008 20:54:43 -0800
  ...Rear locking differential. Needs complete exhaust pipes, but not muffler and cat. 240K miles, silver with blue interior, fold-down rear bed/seat. Will...
• Re: Locking rear differential
  Historical mailing list - W Monk
  Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:55:18 -0400
  ...words I read. > > Does anyone have experience with a locking rear differential? I'm > considering having this done when I rebuild the tranny on...
• Re: Transaxle Drain Plug Detritus
  Historical mailing list - Fred Porter
  Mon, 20 Apr 1998 03:40:37 -0600
  ...At the same time, i changed the oil on the differential which hadn't been changed in my 125kmi of ownership and its magnetic...
• CV joint bolts...clunk clunk
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Gentry
  Sun, 25 Jun 1995 15:17:53 -0700
  ...I started using it on a Triumph Spitfire's driveshaft-to- differential mating because of a similar problem; now I use it on nearly...
• Re: Redline MTL... I dig it! (long)
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Thu, 05 Jun 1997 15:31:05 -0400
  At 03:18 PM 6/4/97 -0500, you wrote: > >Volks, > >I finally got the Redline MTL into the transmissin and front differential >in...
• Re: missing Syncro differential! WTF?
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Fri, 5 Dec 1997 12:43:36 -0500
  Your words make no sense. They simply do not compute. You should stop messing with our minds any more until after you bone up...
• 2 SA Vanagon 5 Speed Trannies FS!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:22:29 EST
  ...4th 1.023:1 5th .816:1 Reverse 3.667:1 Differential 4.57:1 The first two folks to email me and say...
• Speedometer/Odometer
  Historical mailing list - Mark A. Williamson
  Thu, 6 May 1999 08:35:59 +0000
  ...steering wheel), where I found that a spindle, on which a differential-like gear was mounted, had slipped from it's mount in the...
• Re: Automatic Transmission sometimes has to wake up...
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Tue, 19 Apr 2005 12:02:21 -0700
  At 10:01 AM 4/19/2005, you wrote: >high ATF level and the symptoms you describe could mean the seal between the >differential...
• Re: WTB: Syncro Speedo
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:43:01 -0500
  ...The 4wd speedo is driven off of the differential and says '1600', which means that it turn's about twice the speed to indicate...
• Re: '89 SYNCRO AT U-PULL IT YARD IN SCRANTON PA..cheep parts
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:18:13 EST
  ...2wd vanagons dont have front differentials or gas filler necks in the rear quarter panels... :) like i said, dont bother calling them. they dont...
• report on Limited Slip Differential
  Historical mailing list - Doug
  Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:53:58 -0800
  What a difference!!! We just had our first significant snow this year and the first since I had LSD installed in my 2wd by...
• if you liked Unimog, you'll LOVE this ...
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Sat, 08 Oct 94 00:56:54 CDT
  ...20-inch wheels are standard, as are front and rear locking differentials and fording depth of four feet. What makes a Funmog different from...
• Towing a Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Paul Holmdahl
  Mon, 06 Jan 97 18:26:00 CDT
  ...The above brings up a question, What would that do to the differential, VC and transmission since I left it in gear? I made...
• syncro driveshaft (again)
  Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
  Sun, 29 Nov 1998 21:57:34 -0800
  ...An inner front CV ? Differential play or bearings ?. Any insight would be much appreciated. -- R.Feuerriegel 88 syncro
• ATF and Final Drive
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Wed, 27 Nov 2002 19:39:37 -0800
  ...So its not the oil and its not the differential. It must be the ATF. However, the ATF level is always just fine. So...
• Re: vc question on syncro
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 19 Mar 2004 23:07:51 -0800
  The VC is in the front differential, not the transmission in the rear. David Marshall Fast Forward Automotive Inc. 4356 Quesnel-Hixon Road Quesnel...
• Differential Seal Replacement Procedure
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Jun 1996 15:44:07 -0500 (CDT)
  ...There is a seal inside of the differential assembly of you transmission that might start to leak. I have been told that they rarely...
• Re: Cost to R&R seal between tranny/differential
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:52:52 -0800
  ...Cost to R&R seal between tranny/differential > Thank you, Daryl, for the professional's word on that. > > What do you think about the...
• Re: [Syncro] Re: Viscous Coupling
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Tue, 20 Apr 1999 06:56:37 -0700
  ...This 10-20 RPM > >differential was not much; the VC is VERY sensitive to speed differentials > >based on what I observed. > > > >Brent Christensen > >'89...
• Re: 2WD diff lock add on
  Historical mailing list - Bob Bellanca
  Mon, 15 Jun 1998 18:47:20 -0700
  ...save up for a Syncro differential. Bob Bellanca
• Help! More Cold Air out of the Defroster vent?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Thu, 14 Jan 1999 19:53:11 -0800
  ...I watch the Caravans spin while I press on with the differential locked and the snow falling. Thanks for any advice Joel Cort Enjoying...
• Re: viscous coupling
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 26 Sep 1999 18:53:50 -0700
  SOunds like a great idea, but unfortunatly (actually fortunatly) the Audi quattro uses torsen differentials which is a totally different setup than the Syncro...
• Re: Brake pedal vibration
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 28 Aug 2005 18:57:59 EDT
  ...Did you ever hear of torque transfer in a differential? Well, this is one way to learn all about it. Even if the brake...
• Re: Transmission question
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Fri, 3 Dec 1999 16:53:06 -0500
  ...this subject and try to > > educate myself. > > > > I believed that a differential will give power to the rear wheels > equally, > > and that whichever wheel...
• Re: Clutch cylinder rebuild kits?
  Historical mailing list - Beth Young
  Thu, 10 Oct 1996 17:42:13 -0700 (PDT)
  ...As to the slave cylinder, the price differential between the rebuild kit and a new cylinder is around $40, so going with the new...
• FS - 86 Synchro Weekender $4600
  Historical mailing list - Mark Flynn
  Wed, 29 Oct 1997 08:55:32 -0500
  FOR SALE '86 Synchro Weekender Package $4600 4 speed + low Differential lock. VW Reman'd engine (block & heads 2 yr <30k miles old) 1...
• Re: missing Syncro differential! WTF?
  Historical mailing list - JordanVw
  Fri, 5 Dec 1997 13:11:34 EST
  In a message dated 97-12-05 10:21:10 EST, NEJAZZ2@AOL.Com writes: << this was no joke guys i'm looking for...
• Actual or Theoretical Vanagon Trailer Hauling Capacity
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 08:58:23 -0500
  ...Just considering the Vanagon differential, and the auto tranny and manual tranny (I have one of each), are our Vanagons capable of pulling such...
• Re: Radiator Design
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 15:41:32 -0700
  ...cause the water pump to do more work and cause pressure differential throughout the system or lower the temp to a max of 212...
• Transmission Or Torque Converter Problems
  Historical mailing list - Frank & Susan Malinowski
  Tue, 25 Mar 2003 20:39:50 -0800
  ...I had problems with the differential part of the transmission. I picked up a unit from from a junk yard and now the diff...
• Re: oil pump blueprinting question
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:37:34 -0500
  ...You can only have a suction differential equal to the crankcase pressure, which is slightly more than atmospheric, so a bit over 1 bar...