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• Re: Manual for 91GL
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:20:56 -0800
  In my post I neglected to be clear there are two pans on a vanagon auto trans, The differential one, and the 'auto trans...
• Re: Locking differential
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Edwards
  Wed, 3 Jan 2018 22:41:54 -0600
  ...Locking differential > > Thanks Dennis and everyone who chimed in. > > The WRG's do have a “100H” stamped on the sidewall. They were so covered...
• Re: Locking differential
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Edwards
  Tue, 2 Jan 2018 23:08:31 -0600
  ...Locking differential > > How far down does one air? The regular recommended pressure is 46 front, 48 rear per Van-Cafe. > > As for airing up...
• Re: Syncros. Positractions, Peloquins, and One Wheel Drives
  Historical mailing list - TonyCollin
  Wed, 29 Jan 2014 22:39:06 -0500
  ...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: I'm back . . .A/C and beyond.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:46:09 -0600
  ...70's (I have a "weather station" in my van, so the temp differential between external ambient and internal is no guessing game. Bob
• Selling Various Vanagon Parts in Austin, TX
  Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
  Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:41:20 -0700
  ...One automatic transmission & differential (trans won't shift into 3rd gear) $200 Radiators, cooling fans & sheet metal mounts, AC condensers & evaporators, fuel tanks Front...
• Re: Syncro: to lock or not to lock
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 3 Feb 1996 11:51:52 -0500
  ...4-WD works great. > >Anybody out there ever use there rear differential lock? How much would it >cost to replace the whole tranny? > >Frustrated...
• Re: Re : How VC's work
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Fri, 23 Apr 1999 13:26:46 -0700
  ...75-90 oil that he refers to is for the front differential. The silicone stuff is for the VC... two different reservoirs. Bill 90...
• Re: For WBX Owners with Suspected Head Leaks(vs. sniff)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Fri, 8 Mar 2002 18:15:43 EST
  ...dynamic range due to real time sampling of gas through a differential pumping system. In other words, a sample of gas is drawn into...
• Re: [Syncro] synrco trans swap into a non-syncro vanagon
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Fri, 30 Aug 2002 07:11:21 -0400
  ...syncro tranny would be >>to get one with a rear locking differential... for all but >>the hardcore off roader I am sure it would...
• Re: 930 drive axles
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 16 Aug 2013 14:05:17 -0400
  I have seen a number of differential output shafts break. All had some level of modifications done to van. Everything from solid shafts in...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon A/C question
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Markett
  Mon, 28 Jul 2014 17:12:04 -0700
  ...2014 at 6:50 PM, Project Pat <psdooley@verizon.net> wrote: >>> >>> Differential pressure. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com...
• Re: Speed readouts on different GPS models.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 22 Mar 2000 20:41:03 -0500
  ...And of course our own Coast Guard, hoping to do away with the labor- and plant-intensive LORAN-C system, has installed differential transmitters...
• 1989 TriStar
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Mon, 4 Jun 2001 17:08:42 -0400
  ...It is equipped with both front and rear differential locks. There is a small crease in the left passenger door and a small amount...
• Re: Healthiest way to lead an UnHealthy Vanagon lifestyle? (a long attempt at Phrydey humour)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 13 Apr 2007 20:07:57 -0700
  ...My ruined > > sense of smell can't detect most things, but it can at least detect that > > whiff of sulfur that says "differential oil...
• Re: Tire emergency in Oklahoma City
  Historical mailing list - Dan Lamb
  Fri, 17 Nov 2017 16:08:48 -0800
  Mismatch is ok. Differential will compensate. Bigger deal is no spare. Could call some wrecking yards just to get something. Don’t know stores...
• 86 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Ankeny
  Wed, 17 Jul 1996 13:18:26 -0500
  ...CD changer control, and 4 Polk Audio speakers and a rear differential lock. Everything works well. I am selling it because we are looking...
• Re: More Syncro DIff-lock Questions
  Historical mailing list - L&A Johnson
  Wed, 2 Dec 1998 17:28:45 -0500
  ...the van we did have a lot of trouble with the Differential Lock not locking. Malcolm Stebbins wrote: > The 'plunger' into the tranny seems...
• Re: I rather drive the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 7 Jun 2014 17:09:07 -0700
  ...And now have >>> Peloquin differential, even better. Light sand and loose dirt not even >>> noticeable. >> >> >> >> -- >> Casey >>
• Re: So What's Wrong with this Syncro?
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:57:55 -0800
  ...So What's Wrong with this Syncro? It does not seem to have the controls to lock the differentials, so probably is a Syncro...
• Selling Various Vanagon Parts in Austin, TX
  Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
  Thu, 3 Sep 2009 12:48:49 -0700
  ...One automatic transmission & differential (trans won't shift into 3rd gear) Radiators, cooling fans & sheet metal mounts, AC condensers & evaporators, fuel tanks Front doors...
• Selling Various Vanagon Parts in Austin, TX
  Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
  Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:54:20 -0700
  ...One automatic transmission & differential (trans won't shift into 3rd gear) Radiators, cooling fans & sheet metal mounts, AC condensers & evaporators, fuel tanks Front doors...
• Re: Diffential lock for 2wd vans?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Wed, 29 Nov 2000 16:29:09 +1100
  ...Therefore I >am addressing this to those people. > >I have a chance to buy the part of the Syncro transmission w/ the >differential lock...
• Diesel as carb/injector cleaner?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Overmyer
  Fri, 13 Sep 2002 12:27:01 +1000
  ...of the cost" Well I can't argue about the cost differential....Diesel in Oz is around the 90c/litre whereas a 500ml bottle...
• Re: Seeking Input - Big Disc Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 4 Mar 2007 17:00:11 -0800
  ...Given the price differential, I'd opt for the Van-Cafe Kit with stainless flex hoses all around. It should still come in at...
• Re: Bentley manuals- version page counts
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 19 Jun 2004 20:27:20 -0700
  Are they going to fix a lot of the errors in the writing? They list the front differential in a North American Syncro as...
• Re: 090 (automatic) transmission questions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 22 May 2016 10:44:26 -0400
  ...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: Help with input shaft on tranny
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 25 Apr 1999 16:49:03 -0700
  ...You must position the differential so that the sleeve can move into a recess in it or the sleeve will not be able to...
• Went off road today!!
  Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
  Sun, 13 Aug 2000 19:22:54 -0500
  ...surged forward impressively, almost as if I had a limited slip differential. On one incline the road was very uneven. I though I was...
• Re: 4th heater core burst in 1 year!
  Historical mailing list - Paul Cavanaugh
  Wed, 11 Jul 2001 12:24:12 -0400
  ...Still surprised about the TWO differential coolers, as they are metal - wouldn't a ton of plastic and rubber parts blow first? Maybe this...
• Re: AT rebuild?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Wed, 8 Jan 2003 08:56:59 -0500
  ...AT rebuild? > You can make it even easier by not removing the differential. Just remove > the transmission itself and leave the diff attached to...
• Re: Auto to manual conversion
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 9 Sep 2005 12:20:04 -0700
  ...The whole thing could be made "taller" by changing the ring and pinion in the differential, but as far as I've been able...
• Re: Trans pan gasket
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 12 Mar 2016 07:11:54 -0500
  From the dealer the differential gasket is no longer a cork gasket. It is a formed paper board gasket of considerable thickness. Many of...
• Re: Transaxle R&R
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Fri, 26 Feb 2016 10:09:39 -0800
  ...On an auto, you can remove the transmission whilst leaving the differential installed. On a manual, it is one piece... i.e., a transaxle...
• Whiring sound from transmission/engine rebuild
  Historical mailing list - David Shepherdson
  Mon, 12 Jul 1999 10:26:48 -0700
  ...I am wondering if it could be differential or CV but I do know what these sound like when they start to wear. Any...
• Re: syncro check
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 Sep 1999 23:26:24 -0700
  ...Not many front differentials seem to fail, but if it leaked all its fluid out from neglect and seal failure, it's possible. If...
• Re: NVC - Passat Question
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Thu, 13 Mar 2003 07:30:46 +0000
  ...of the passat tranny however, will mate to a >Eurovan automatic differential. Worked pretty slick, though I've only done >it once in a...
• Re: Transmission Shop in the North East
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:20:36 -0400
  ...Unless you have a major hard part failure or need differential repair, the cost should be fairly reasonable even with a tranny shop doing...
• Re: plz help! post 090 rebuild, weird metal stress noise shifting into park
  Historical mailing list - C. Abney
  Sat, 11 Jun 2016 12:37:52 -0700
  ...with the axles missing you have no way to stop the > differential from turning. and On 6/11/16, KI4TLF <ki4tlf@gmail.com> wrote...
• A minimal tool kit?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 7 Sep 2010 18:25:45 -0700
  ...flavors, a spare 17 mm hex drive just in case the differential needs looking into, and more tools in their vans than I have...
• '56 kombi transmission: the finale!
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Sat, 14 Jan 1995 22:31:34 -0800 (PST)
  ...an extra washer to do the same thing, which disable the differential, effective locking the rear end. We got everything put back together by...
• RE: TDI Eurovan
  Historical mailing list - Robert Crawford
  Tue, 4 Jun 1996 07:32:06 -0700
  ...to do this right-away but I found out that a differential for the car will cost more than the car did, and the...
• Re: sell my syncro- no way
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 30 May 1998 20:53:35 EDT
  ...transmission (with diff lock), driveshaft, front differential, 4 axles, 8 CV joints, 2 brake rotors, 1 brake drum, power steering rack, front & rear suspension...
• Re: 14" spare on 15" syncro? NO
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Fri, 28 Apr 2006 15:04:35 -0400
  ...You would likely do damage to your VC, front differential, or transaxle if you drove with that one much smaller wheel and tire on...
• Re: Refrigerator lighting
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Thu, 1 Sep 2011 13:24:59 -0700
  ...man and I could never get more than a 35 - 40F differential. That means that out here in CA when its 95F inside your...
• Re: Muir "How to Buy a VW" Question
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Sat, 29 Oct 94 15:12:35 CDT
  ...twist my arm. ;) >My question is, he says to check the differential and brakes >this way: jack up one side of the car, block...
• Re: Auto trans woes in a '90 Carat...
  Historical mailing list - LC
  Sun, 23 Feb 2003 17:55:13 -0500
  ...My mechanic says that it could be the transmission, torque converter or the differential, nothing is loose inside the transmission he already checked it...
• Re: Syncro Critic
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Wed, 11 Sep 2013 11:25:57 -0700
  ...In Europe they can be purshased with a locking front differential even. Some have decouplersso there is a 2WD mode. They come, all versions...
• Re: Speed vs rpms w/ AT?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sat, 17 Nov 2007 14:59:30 -0800
  ...If ground speed is known with a GPS and the ratios of the engine bone connection to the transmission bone connection to the differential...
• Re: Gear oil change
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 27 Mar 2016 15:07:32 -0400
  ...Also, capacity? The differential was pretty much fully drained. Took the pan off to replace the gasket and oil came out till it was...
• Re: cv joint question
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Jul 1995 00:05:29 -0400
  ...oil from getting out and dust/dirt from getting into the differential. If the cap is ripped, gear oil will seep through. While you...
• Re: Syncro on the Beach
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 6 Jul 1999 16:03:23 -0300
  ...Didn't even have to lock > > the differential. Greg & Val
• Re: 85 westfalia tranny lube question
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sun, 11 Jun 2000 07:14:44 -0700
  ...got a '85 westfalia and am thikning of replacing the tranny/differential with Mobil 1. Shifting is getting laborious (yes, is adjusted correctly) and...
• Re: 89 syncro westy ac question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 15 Aug 2000 20:10:16 -0400
  ...Those composed of mixtures, Freeze-12 among them, present the possibility of differential leakage of the components through hoses and seals, and at least...
• Re: A/C Performance in '91 GL
  Historical mailing list - Wade Shen
  Sun, 11 Aug 2002 11:22:10 -0400
  ...A/C Performance in '91 GL > I'm getting about 32-39 degree differential from >outside air on fan speed three, and full cold...
• Re: Size of allen wrench for final drive?
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Thu, 24 Oct 2002 12:07:41 -0400
  ...I'm still loosing tranny fluid, and I was told when I bought the van that both the differential and the tranny leaked (of...
• Re: Lockers -- how hard to install LLSD?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 10 May 2011 16:53:26 -0700
  ...I'm-a gonna have the tranny > > pulled and hauled over to German Transaxle to have the stock auto > > trans > > differential replaced with a...
• Re: 2WD Westy sucks in mud
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Mon, 7 Dec 2009 08:20:52 -0700
  And for Automatics? I'm curious how the Posi-traction differential or ATB (automatic torque biasing), for Automatics workout that our vendors sell ? *http...
• Re: Auto Trans pan gasket and filter replacement
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:19:28 -0700
  ...the differential section - check or change that gear oil in there too if you want. the original pan gaskets there are often hard and...
• Re: Rekindling search for an elusive part ('85 Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 10 Apr 2001 09:55:25 -0700
  David, You're so damned negative! ;-) I don't think its critical, and the differential between the valves would be irrelevant, since this piece...