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• UN recall -ps
  Historical mailing list - Jim DiGennaro
  Sun, 28 May 2000 23:38:38 -0400
  ...http://www.bcn.net/~limbo/ 'Transporters By The Tunnel' - A fun camping event ' held July 14th-16th [text/x-vcard] begin:vcard n:DiGennaro...
• TOASTED VC?
  Historical mailing list - Rob Wilke
  Mon, 12 Jul 1999 22:04:32 -0600
  ...So does this mean the VC is toasted. Will it hurt anything else to drive without the drive shaft in??? Has it been established...
• synchro price thread prompts newbie ???
  Historical mailing list - Christine Castigliano
  Sat, 9 May 1998 17:40:40 -0800
  ...Am I an insane Pacific Nor'westerner to spend $5500 for this vehicle? christine (who is not mechanically minded.) [text/x-vcard] begin: vcard...
• Re: TV/VCR-AC/DC Question
  Historical mailing list - Don Record
  Thu, 4 Nov 1999 05:36:49 EST
  ...We are thinking of buying a combo TV/VCR for the Westy and are undecided as to purchasing an ac/dc model or an...
• Syncro VC test
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Tue, 16 Dec 1997 11:03:45 -0800
  ...This will warm up the VC and get it to lock if healthy. Start from 'cold' and listen/feel for front tires binding/scrubbing...
• RE Engineering a LCD screen for my camper
  Historical mailing list - Neal R. Hansen
  Thu, 26 Apr 2001 18:58:43 -0700
  ...So I want to make a very cheap LCD screen TV (DVD/VCR) player for my van with a flat panel screen. Just like...
• Syncro stuff (Suspension/drive-train)
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Mon, 6 Jul 1998 14:50:43 -0700
  ...Mis-matched tires is apparently the no.1 cause of death of the VC. What happens, according to weddle, is that the VC fluid...
• natural gas
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Irvin
  Tue, 6 Jun 2000 06:56:57 -0800
  ...Christopher Irvn Eagle River, Alaska [text/x-vcard] BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:irvin;christopher FN:christopher irvin NICKNAME:gci EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET...
• Re: report on Limited Slip Differential
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:23:56 -0800
  re I haven't heard of an LSD for a syncro front diff - just locking front diffs, >> solid shaft instead of VC, etc.> > A...
• VC failure symptoms
  Historical mailing list - Dan Soiney
  Wed, 10 Sep 1997 09:38:35 -0500
  Can anyone that has had a syncro VC fail please tell me what your symptoms were? I have a major vibration in the driveline...
• VC replacement
  Historical mailing list - Joel Skousen
  Thu, 11 Dec 1997 21:16:03 -0800
  ...Have the Bentley manual, but it doesn't give any details of R & R ing the VC itself. Doesn't look like there are...
• Re : How VC's work -- Please Read
  Historical mailing list - Gary Thaxter
  Fri, 23 Apr 1999 12:55:24 -0400
  ...I agree that the heat has nothing to do with the functioning of the VC. I am surprised that there are so many people...
• Re: Westy-Vision
  Historical mailing list - Chris & Aimee
  Mon, 20 Oct 1997 13:19:02 -0700
  Although we do not yet have kids, I would love to know how and where they mount a TV/VCR unit in a Eurobago...
• Re : How VC's work
  Historical mailing list - Wolfgang Carolsfeld
  Thu, 22 Apr 1999 02:01:08 -0700
  I think the last couple of posts on how VC's work are each only partly correct. From what I read in a 1986...
• Re: loud transmission clanging in reverse?????
  Historical mailing list - Dr. Rainer Woitok
  Tue, 30 Jun 1998 10:40:58 +0200
  Fred and others, On Mon, 1998-06-29 10:15:26 -0600, Fred Porter wrote: > During a long highway drive the VC heats up...
• Re: Re : How VC's work -- Please Read
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Fri, 23 Apr 1999 11:05:11 -0700
  ...Woitok. > I agree that the heat has nothing to do with the functioning of the VC. I > am surprised that there are so many...
• Factory Viscous Coupling That Was Apparently Too Stiff
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Sun, 19 Mar 2000 13:49:58 -0500
  ...Send me your mechanic's address and I will send a new VC to that location. Send me back the VC that was too...
• Re: Rebuilt Viscous Couplers (Was Re : How VC's work -- PleaseRead)
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Mon, 26 Apr 1999 08:33:31 -0700
  ...Theyt quoted me $1295 for front diff, which includes rebuilt VC, and $695 FOR REBUILT vc. "Dr. Rainer Woitok" wrote: > Brent and others, > > On...
• Re: test of VC
  Historical mailing list - Jim Davis
  Sat, 18 Oct 1997 00:06:00 -0400
  ...With a properly functioning VC, power should be transfered to the front wheels and the van will move forward draging the floor jack with...
• Re: VC's and Frig's
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Thu, 29 Apr 1999 11:50:50 -0700
  ...get one so you don't feel left out. :) Actually the VC is easier.... just costs a lot of money and than it is...
• Event: Transporters By The Tunnel
  Historical mailing list - Jim DiGennaro
  Wed, 5 Jul 2000 22:11:47 -0400
  ...http://www.bcn.net/~limbo/ 'Transporters By The Tunnel' - A fun camping event ' held July 14th-16th [text/x-vcard] begin:vcard n:DiGennaro...
• Re: Need Viscous Coupling Refresher Course - '91 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 16 May 2005 14:34:54 EDT
  ...I guess he has never had a VC eat a transaxle for lunch. George
• Hollister Hills Syncro Testing
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Sat, 5 Feb 2000 10:26:45 -0800
  ...Peter still has to install his rear air suspension and I need to install a new VC...and am hoping i will be able...
• Re: Seeking Derek's and Jim's technical info on VCs
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 20 Nov 2015 16:50:22 -0500
  ...If you VC experienced normal wear and use its failure will be to stop transferring useable power to the front wheels. If the VC...
• Re: more VC obsession
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 2 Apr 2010 11:42:42 -0700
  ...This implies to me that overall pressure in the unit is a predominant factor in VC performance. In fact around the world replacement VC...
• VC plates - I got a pic of the "burr"
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 2 Dec 2011 18:18:42 -0800
  ...the punched holes in one of the plate types in the VC. You have to scroll through some boring plate pics before the money...
• Re: Re : How VC's work
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Thu, 22 Apr 1999 12:30:30 -0500
  >Locks up at 100 degrees???? !!!!!! >So that means if you live in Arizona you VC is locked up all summer?????? >Is there any evidence...
• Re: viscus coupling test
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 1 Dec 1997 20:48:51 -0500
  ...If >it turns freely, your VC is bad, if it turns not at all, your VC is >also bad. With both wheels off the...
• Re: Running a TV/VCR in a Westy
  Historical mailing list - Pernice, Vincent {RESE~Nutley}
  Fri, 11 May 2001 13:10:34 -0400
  Gerry, As a point of reference, I recently purchased a setup with an LCD screen and a VCR. I purchased the components separately after...
• Re: [Syncro] Front differential rubber bushing part needed
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Tue, 24 Apr 2001 10:37:38 -1000
  > I replaced by Syncro's VC Sunday and Monday. It has made a phenomenal > improvement in how it drives.< Sam... replaced my vc not...
• Re: Syncro Diff Is Weird One Without Viscous Coupling!
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Thu, 15 Oct 1998 14:21:05 -0400
  ...Would be interesting if the center diff from and Audi >could be placed in the housing in place of the VC, but of little...
• How can you test a VC on a Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Jimmy Sanby
  Mon, 1 Jun 1998 08:41:44 +0200
  ...After long rides, the VC is tighter than when you just pull it out in the morning. Should it get tighter, or is this...
• Catalytic converter replacement...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Mon, 22 May 2000 17:26:53 -0700
  ...It appears to be a pretty good deal for a converter. ...Dan [text/x-vcard] begin:vcard n:Schmitz;Dan tel;work:650-225...
• Re: Turning when hot
  Historical mailing list - Dr. Rainer Woitok
  Tue, 22 Jun 1999 09:36:06 +0200
  Steward and all you other VC beaten people :-) On Fri, 1999-06-18 10:55:55 +0100, Stewart Signol wrote: > ... > Hi folks is everybodies...
• Re: seat covers
  Historical mailing list - Drew Bedford
  Tue, 22 Feb 2000 18:01:05 -0700
  ...Might be the one to call your > draperies at home. > > BenT > San Francisco [text/x-vcard] begin:vcard n:Bedford;Drew x-mozilla-html...
• Re: vc question on syncro
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 21 Mar 2004 06:07:19 EST
  ...so is the vc usually removed from the tranny when the transmission is removed to be sent for a rebuild? The VC is not...
• My new syncro has arrived!
  Historical mailing list - JP
  Fri, 20 Oct 2006 19:55:50 -0400
  ...The VC doesn't seems to work at all. I lift the rear wheel and try to have the VC to engage the front...
• Re: Viscous Couplings Everywhere! (was: Silicone Syncro Oil Source *maybe*)
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Fri, 20 Dec 1996 14:39:22 -0500 (EST)
  ...One VC for each half-axle > to maintain the axle speed proportional to the driveshaft speed? This would > put a constant & heavy load on...
• Re: viscus coupling
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Wed, 26 Nov 1997 18:10:18 -0500
  ...I thought that the VC must be dead so I checked it. I raised both the front and back on one side and put...
• Re: Drive shaft removal (Syncro)
  Historical mailing list - Dr. Rainer Woitok
  Fri, 11 Jun 1999 12:38:36 +0200
  ...In this case the VC is driven by the main drive shaft, the VC drives the fron diff, which turns the flanges for the...
• Re: My New Bentley
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 7 Apr 2013 12:28:58 -0700
  ...It's not > called a VC though. > Viet Cong ? > that's what it is, you got it from the Viet Cong. > > On 4/7...
• Newsletter at the printers.
  Historical mailing list - Jim DiGennaro
  Tue, 25 Jul 2000 18:15:52 -0400
  ...It was a great time, even in the rain [text/x-vcard] begin:vcard n:DiGennaro;Jim tel;home:413-743-1814 tel;work...
• syncro too small? chaeck this one out.
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Sat, 28 Jan 2006 21:33:32 +0000
  ...109HP Diesel, 1992!!!! http://www.mobile.de/SIDej7KScS8GTscQltv1d9i-w-t-vaNexlCsAsCsK%F3P%F3R~BmSB11LsearchPublicJ1138486768A1LsearchPublicD1400IMotorhome%5B-t-vctpLtt~BmPA1C201B20C248%81J-t-vCaMkQuRDSeVb_X_Y_x...
• Rebuilt Viscous Couplers (Was Re : How VC's work -- Please Read)
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Fri, 23 Apr 1999 11:40:49 -0700
  ...How VC's work -- Please Read > Gary Thaxter wrote: > > > Thank your Dr. Woitok. > > I agree that the heat has nothing to do with the...
• Re: To table or not to table
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Czerniak
  Wed, 19 Apr 2000 13:52:48 -0500
  ...drew.vcf > drew.vcf Type: VCard (text/x-vcard) > Encoding: 7bit > Description: Card for Drew Bedford
• UN recall- 93 Eurovan
  Historical mailing list - Jim DiGennaro
  Sun, 28 May 2000 23:36:36 -0400
  ...http://www.bcn.net/~limbo/ 'Transporters By The Tunnel' - A fun camping event ' held July 14th-16th [text/x-vcard] begin:vcard n:DiGennaro...
• Re: TV/VCR.Combo- where to install????
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 10 Jul 2001 18:05:50 -0700
  I've seen a wedge-like accessory made for the 9" tv/vcr combos that straps on underneath the unit and angles it up...
• Re: cheap syncrowesty Re: Buses FS (CT,MA,NY Areas)
  Historical mailing list - Late braking
  Wed, 12 Aug 1998 19:10:26 -0400
  ...Naugatuck > >> > > anyone call on this?? > > chris [text/x-vcard] begin: vcard fn: Bill Kaehrle n: Kaehrle;Bill org: Eh - Oh Time for Teletubbies... email...
• Re: [limbolist] Part number needed and question
  Historical mailing list - Jim DiGennaro
  Fri, 22 Sep 2000 20:42:01 -0400
  ...It was a great time, even in the rain [text/x-vcard] begin:vcard n:DiGennaro;Jim tel;home:413-743-1814 tel;work...
• Coolant hoses fun
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 28 Jun 2024 05:52:31 -0400
  ...Most recent find is that I have many VC silicone hoses but have the spring clamps. Apparently they don’t play well together. So...
• Re: Binding when turning & no dirve shaft?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 13 Oct 1997 23:22:21 -0400
  ...Schwenk wrote: > perhaps a follow up question is, if i determine that the VC is on its way > out, would driving around without the...
• Re: [Syncro] removing VC- time and ease??
  Historical mailing list - Forhan, Thomas
  Thu, 15 Nov 2001 09:14:19 -0500
  ...once replacing the VC with another one that I had taken from a salvage vehicle (did not work), once with a new VC from...
• [VC] Test of new content identifier
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Fri, 7 May 2004 21:27:18 -0600
  To assist those that want to read only vanagon oriented content, I suggest we start using this new prefix on [VC] "vanagon content" messages...
• 1990 Westie for sale
  Historical mailing list - Simon Godwin
  Thu, 14 May 1998 18:00:58 -0400
  ...bigfoot.com or call (703) 858-7397 Simon [text/x-vcard] begin: vcard fn: Simon Godwin n: Godwin;Simon org: BTG, Inc. adr: 3877...
• Re: loud transmission clanging in reverse?????
  Historical mailing list - Fred Porter
  Mon, 29 Jun 1998 10:15:26 -0600
  During a long highway drive the VC heats up and is then engaged constantly??? my tires are yoko y370LT with 47psi front and 50...
• Re: [syncro.org] bad vibes
  Historical mailing list - David Devere
  Thu, 7 Oct 2004 10:10:33 -0500
  Eric, I can't see how draining the fluid from the VC would do anything other than make your VC completely bind. The removal...
• Re: West-Vision
  Historical mailing list - Charles Michaux
  Tue, 21 Oct 1997 08:24:50 -0000
  ...He got lots of options > including the extra seats option and a TV/VCR unit. I looked at the TV/VCR > and scoffed until...
• Re: Syncro Tire Diameter
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:12:39 -0700
  ...Derek Drew was the last person I KNEW of that had new VC's, but I think that was so long ago that it...
• viscous couplings again...........
  Historical mailing list - MAINTTEC DUNBAR
  Mon, 28 Jun 1999 20:06:13 +0100
  ...Ive now come to the conclusion that by VC is on the way out... has anybody got a rough ball park figure on how...
• Re: Front Ball Joints (F)
  Historical mailing list - Robin Oomkes
  Fri, 10 Dec 1999 15:24:45 +0100
  ...I'll try to find someone more local. > > > > Phil [text/x-vcard] begin:vcard n:Oomkes;Robin Oomkes x-mozilla-html:FALSE org:S...