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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...