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• Re: Syncros. Positractions, Peloquins, and One Wheel Drives
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 3 Feb 2014 00:44:11 -0600
  ...I haven't driven our Westy in the snow and ice, but I have driven a lot of front-drive and rear-drive cars...
• Brazilian Bus: The Plan
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 19 Jan 1995 09:15:07 EST
  ...the mexican border may have some silly requirement that only cars driven out of the us may drive back in, especially if they are...
• Re: Syncro Rumble...Syncro Whine
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Fri, 22 May 1998 18:45:45 -0700
  ...However, there has to be some > > load on the drive train to feel it...and the greater the load on the > drive train, the...
• Re: Vanagon in snow/ice
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:54:18 -0800
  ...Haven't done it yet, but don't know why >it wouldn't work. > >Bob Trousdale >'90 Westy With rear wheel drive, front disk...
• Re: Manual Transmission Drive Flange Seal
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 10 Aug 2014 13:19:32 -0600
  ...Manual Transmission Drive Flange Seal > > Hi Dean, > Thanks for the info. So, just to be sure, based on your experience I assume > the following...
• Re: ATF and Final Drive
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Sat, 30 Nov 2002 18:30:45 -0800
  ...So does the dipstick for the ATF not reflect the level in >the final drive? > >I'm not even sure what the final drive...
• Re: car that refuses to die...
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 23 Nov 2014 23:31:01 -0700
  How would other drivers on the road be able to know if you are in a '79 or a '90 Vanagon ~ I get Looks...
• Re: More counter-intuition re traction (some token VW content)
  Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
  Sun, 26 Dec 1999 21:22:50 -0500
  ...It requires that front wheel drive cars which use studded snow tires must use them on all four wheels. Rear wheel drive's still...
• Crazy idea. Syncro drive train transplant question.
  Historical mailing list - pedro dos santos
  Tue, 18 Feb 2003 07:50:33 -0800
  ...Can you install the syncro drive train on a 2wd vanagon with something like a "body lift kit", but just for the drive train...
• LiMBO and VW List Nite at the Drive-In
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Mon, 3 Aug 1998 19:19:45 -0400
  ...The annual VW van (other VWs invited as well) list and LiMBO nite at the Drive-in will be held at the Rustic Drive...
• Re: Syncro driveline reinstall
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 16 Aug 2016 19:34:06 -0400
  ...Syncro driveline reinstall Just wondering, when reinstalling a driveline on a syncro, is there a consensus on reusing the hardware, red vs blue loctite...
• Re: Any Suggestions for 24-hour,straight through driving road trip??
  Historical mailing list - Bernie
  Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:42:17 -0800
  ...drivers causing sleep related crashes were men; - 67% of sleep related crashes were caused by car drivers and 32% were caused by drivers of...
• Re: Bentley cost?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 13 Jun 95 12:31:45 CDT
  ...the Rolls is to be driven by a chauffeur. When One wishes to drive oneself, One takes the Bentley (or the Jag-u-ar). :)
• Waving Vanagon drivers (again)
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Sun, 10 Sep 1995 21:57:03 -0700
  At 11:24 PM 9/9/95 CDT, SyncroHead@aol.com wrote: >I waved at dozens of other Vanagon drivers and only got 1...
• Re: It's still friday, so..
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 29 Aug 2003 22:09:16 -0700
  ...Jim tom ring wrote: >Looks like a lot of us drive Jettas. I'd bet a lot of the rest drive >Rabbit/Golf, 80...
• Driver Side Grab Handle Installation
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 27 Jun 2021 04:20:43 -0500
  ...get one mounted for this old handicapped body to be able to get in the driver's seat! Any and all pointers appreciated. Thanks.
• Left, rear trailing arm
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sat, 17 Mar 2012 11:59:58 -0400
  Hello, Anyone have a driver side, rear trailing arm for sale? I found 2" cylinder of metal rusted off of mine! I believe it...
• Re: Looking for the plastic power window switch holder on the drivers side
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 4 Jun 2009 20:38:31 -0400
  > Does any have the plastic power window switch holder > on the drivers side? Yes. http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=191919550A - Ron Salmon The...
• Re: (LVC) Friday: Wrong Way Driver & Vegi Carnage on Interstate-5 on way home driving new to me VW LT35
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 1 Aug 2008 09:22:33 -0700
  ...It was about as long as the drive home. =) BenT
• Syncro Drive shaft U-Joints
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Jenkins
  Mon, 7 Jul 1997 10:54:53 -0400 (EDT)
  Fellow Syncronauts, If anyone has replaced the u-joints on the drive shaft, please let me know which u-joint you used. Please provide...
• Linkage broke to the accelerator pedal
  Historical mailing list - Stu Schwartz
  Sat, 30 Jan 1999 16:53:06 -0500
  ...I realize this baby can't be driven as is...but does anyone know of a quick fix that will let me drive it...
• Cherynobl Virus Monday!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer 19618-5th Ave so Seattle WA 98148
  Sun, 25 Apr 1999 03:55:20 EDT
  ...A major hard drive-erasing computer virus is to be unleashed Monday. This report was on the our local tv news today. Check your...
• 12 pt 8mm CV joint drive
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Wed, 21 Jul 1999 23:59:44 EDT
  Hello Did someone say they bought a 12pt 8 mm drive from NAPA? I looked but couldn't identify one in their catalog. Anyone...
• Re: Friday Jetta "knuckle" problem (No real Vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Veedub
  Fri, 21 Apr 2000 11:10:46 -0400
  > > The Olds 98 is rear wheel drive right (with a front engine that is) ? I do believe that they switched to front wheel drive...
• Broken front drive shaft.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 00:53:04 -0500
  Hey, all they talk about different drive shafts for the Syncro's. Well, I have now seen a broken front shaft. Of course it...
• Broken front drive shaft.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 00:53:04 -0500
  Hey, all they talk about different drive shafts for the Syncro's. Well, I have now seen a broken front shaft. Of course it...
• Re: wiring a dome light, in back of westy
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Tue, 14 May 2002 07:10:49 -0700
  I think the A/C panel on the drivers side rear pillar is hot all the time. Else there is a hot connection inside...
• Re: ECU firmware location
  Historical mailing list - tinker man
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 23:50:09 +0200
  ...the wiring is completely different, and the coil is driven my the Digifant ECU while in Digijets there was a seperate coil driver. TM
• Re: Towing a Syncro with no driveshaft?
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:14:11 -0500
  ...wrote: > Can a Syncro be towed with the front wheels on the > ground if the driveshaft has been removed? > > Thanks! > > tabe johnson/87 westy >
• A/T seal change
  Historical mailing list - The Westy man
  Wed, 8 Oct 2008 21:31:43 -0700
  Hi all, I suspect, the seal is letting A/T fluid through to the final drive. I can't find in the Bentley where...
• Re: Syncros. Positractions, Peloquins, and One Wheel Drives
  Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
  Mon, 3 Feb 2014 01:13:29 -0600
  ...I haven't driven our Westy in the snow and ice, but I have driven a lot of front-drive and rear-drive cars...
• Re: buy a daily driver or press the syncro into service?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:24:44 -0600
  ...In the Spring we call them up and > activate the full policy so we can drive the vehicle and in the > Fall we call...
• Re: 1986 Syncro driveshaft clanging, etc
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 7 Apr 1998 07:50:32 -0400
  ...adjustment, because of the lack of a spinned on the drive shaft in the Syncro. Eric 86-VW4x4 vw4x4@fyi.net 72-240z Pittsburgh...
• Insurance for multiple-Vanagon households ?
  Historical mailing list - k1cajun
  Tue, 8 Aug 2000 09:40:46 -0500
  ...There are two drivers in our household. The rest of the family members are not allowed to drive (2 dogs, 2 parrots, no human...
• Fwd: Front speaker recommendations watned
  Historical mailing list - Brent Weide
  Wed, 2 Jul 2014 09:24:25 -0700
  ...Here's a pic of the driver side door with driver and tweeter in place. http://www.weidefamily.net/vanagon/HTML/07/02/images...
• Re: Good types of drive-on lift ramps?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 25 May 2010 13:04:31 -0700
  ...Good types of drive-on lift ramps? > John Rodgers wrote: >> I have one pair of drive-on's that I use in conjunction with...
• Front end crush zone ( jus say no to crash! :o )
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Mon, 2 Jan 2006 16:12:02 EST
  ...After all, this is why we drive these funny beasts, isn't it ? Let all those maniacal, driven folks pass you by, to whatever...
• Re: Power Window Problem - Driver's Side Switch Quit
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Fri, 1 Mar 2002 12:54:19 -0800
  ...Power Window Problem - Driver's Side Switch Quit >>> >>> The driver's side power window switch in my '91 Westy >> suddenly quit working. >>> It will...
• Westy cushions and Cabbage.
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Wed, 13 Mar 1996 09:28:29 CST6CDT
  ...giant pieces of plywoods down in the driveway with the foam in between and >then drive on the plywoods. Squeezes all the water out...
• poor EuroVan (f)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 13 Sep 1996 15:02:12 -0500 (EST)
  ...It was hit pretty hard at the drivers door, it was hit at the drivers side rear and a panel fell off, and was...
• Re: Please clarify. . .
  Historical mailing list - Chris Turner
  Fri, 12 Sep 1997 11:38:14 -0400
  ...Syncro- 4 wheel drive. Carat- fancy 7 pass model w/ weekender int, alloys, fiberglass rocker trim, fold down table from drivers side, and 2...
• re-driveshaft and U-Joint
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Fri, 12 Sep 1997 11:02:48 -0600
  SyncroBeast re:driveshaft and U-Joint Dano Sometime within the last 2 months, someone wrote in and mentioned that they took the failed u...
• Re: vwcamper
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carrington
  Mon, 20 Jul 1998 11:31:56 -0400
  Instead of driving your camper and selling it there, why not drive Sorin's out there for him? You could sell you Westy here...
• FS: rare 2 person vanagon FRONT seat..fits all vanagons..(seat 3 up front!)
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 29 Oct 2000 20:28:33 EST
  ...you keep your drivers seat, this seat replaces your front pass seat and extends over the walkthru to the drivers seat, making the front...
• Re: '91 Westy arm rest
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 22 Sep 2001 14:07:11 -0500
  Bob Stevens wrote: > Anyone ever have the arm rest come loose on the drivers seat and find > a way to retighten the hex bolt...
• Re: towing a Automatic vanagon in neutral w/ drive wheels on the ground??
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Sun, 12 May 2002 22:05:57 -0500
  ...towing a Automatic vanagon in neutral w/ drive wheels on the ground?? has anyone towed a automatic vanagon in neutral w/ rear drive wheels...
• Re: SUV Bashing) was Think Positive to start your new year
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 1 Jan 2003 12:56:17 -0600
  ...hmmmm...a westy is more versatile, but...newest ones are old, and Americans want to drive NEW cars..a matter of image and advertising...
• Re: Drafting (was Re: Engine to auto-tranny match and the Indy 500
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:16:35 -0700
  ...at much higher speeds and with less attention being paid by their drivers...One bee inside through a window or a blowout ahead, or...
• Re: Crash.....Bang.......Boom
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 10 May 2000 16:52:47 -0700
  ...And it's even > better to know that the VW can be driven away afterward. > > I hope "Bread" is going to get what it...
• Re: Question on Waterboxer Power vs transplants.
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Thu, 31 May 2001 03:56:21 EDT
  ...I drive a 16" Syncro with a 1.6 turbodiesel. Now that I've learned to drive it, I realize that the td & tdi...
• Re: Increasing horsepower
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Sat, 19 Oct 2002 01:01:13 +0100
  ...Exhaust drive is the most convenient and probably the most > efficient as it provides some power recovery from the heat and motion > energy of...
• Re: My Blue Carat Rides Again
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:40:01 -0700
  John, Also check your auto trans final drive gear oil level and change it if you don't know how long it's been...
• Drive my car to Alaska!
  Historical mailing list - Chris Wyatt
  Thu, 4 Jun 1998 12:54:52 -0800
  ...A) Drive a 1989 Subaru XT6 from North Carolina to Seattle, Vancouver, or Alaska. B) Drive a 198? Toyota 4x4 wagon from San Diego...
• Re: driveshaft for sale...
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Thu, 30 Jul 1998 11:07:52 -0700
  At 9:58 AM -0600 7/30/98, rob wilke wrote: >I've got a driveshaft out of my 87 GL Syncro( for sale...
• Re: 4WD stuck
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Thu, 12 Nov 1998 12:10:46 -0500
  ...Remove driveshaft while you decide what to do (duh) > > b. Order through me a brand new VC from Germany for about $700 or > > $800...
• Re: ?? SA Engine Conversion ?? East German drivers
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 18 Jun 2001 22:21:27 +1200
  > From my experience people who drive cars like BMW, Mercedes, Audi, Volvo, >and, of course, Porsche, do so specifically as status symbols. While it...
• Re: AW: Vanagon Virtues and Type 2 contrasts( was ahhh..
  Historical mailing list - Donna Stewart
  Tue, 30 Jul 2002 15:08:43 -0700
  I agree - I'd rather drive my Vanagon than my New Beetle. But the NB gets 50mpg and I have a long commute. I...
• Re: Clunking sound
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 23 Dec 2007 17:47:28 -0600
  ...Good Luck, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Janet Sanford wrote: > So I hear a clunking sound coming from the back tire or front tire...
• DRIVER SIDE GRAB HANDLE
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 27 May 2021 01:48:41 -0500
  Has anyone installed a grab handle on the driver side door post, like the on the passenger side? Or do you have a link...
• The making of a Subiegon.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 17 Nov 2017 21:28:11 -0600
  ...I picked up a donor car for my project - a 4 wheel drive Outback.plan sometime in the future to use the Subie manual...