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• Re: radio help
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 12 Nov 2002 07:44:27 -0500
  ...Evidently after lock up, it defaults back to the original code, which they can give you. I am guessing the VIN just certifies you...
• Attention syncro owners, tech info on trans & VC's from German Transaxle.
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Thu, 5 Aug 1999 00:44:07 EDT
  ...Viscous couplings �fail� when they overheat and lock up solid, no longer allowing any slippage at all. When this happens the van binds up...
• Re: 2wd Syncro? -Different F/R Final Ratio?
  Historical mailing list - Yi-Ruey Wei
  Wed, 12 Aug 1998 18:24:12 -0500
  ...the silicon viscous coupling will lock up automatically when it heat up by the different rpm's between front differential shaft and drive shaft...
• Re: how do you break into a vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Seifert
  Fri, 16 Apr 2004 18:35:21 -0700
  ...anyway with these sliding window track >guides out you can push up on the sliding window glass, which jumps the >lock up >over the...
• Re: Towing a Boat?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 14 Jul 2004 19:50:13 -0400
  ...Since the automatic does not have a lock up torque converter, you need to be aware of fluid heating if the engine is pushing...
• Too Much (Vanagon) Information; was: Re: California Camper Tops Vs. VW Camper tops
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:05:54 -0700
  ...For one thing, opening a folder that large will almost lock up Outlook Express. I figure a half-hour a day for the next...
• Re: TIICO oil pump
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 3 May 2003 11:43:22 -0400
  ...On brake lock up stops going down steep grades and on severe abrupt turns the oil light would flicker. After testing we found that...
• Re: Parking brake pressure (was I've had it)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 5 Jul 2010 08:41:20 -0700
  ...BSA Rocket, I think, they were tiny...and you could still lock up the rear with no problem under hard braking.. Braking is all...
• Re: Help ASAP, Stranded, Need clutch advise....
  Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
  Sun, 15 Apr 2001 11:44:36 -0500
  ...before? Any good leads? I've never seen a > hydraulic system lock up hard instantly. Looks like only light fluid on the > top of...
• Re: Brake locks up in reverse
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 28 May 2012 00:00:34 -0400
  ...If it is a sudden snap >>>> type hard lock up look into the tranny. >>>> >>>> Dennis >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry...
• Re: Audi/Golf auto transmissions and personal stupidity
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 23:44:56 -0500
  ...end was sliding all over the place as it attempted to lock up in R, by the time (less than second I'd actually...
• Re: chains
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Thu, 23 Dec 1999 07:50:24 -0800
  ...But causing the viscous coupling to lock up at high speeds with different size tires is another thing. Just an opinion... I'm not...
• Re: 2.1 puked coolant near oil filter when hot
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Tue, 6 Apr 2010 18:36:35 -0400
  ...You need to get this >checked out and repaired very soon as the pump can lock up and fry >your engine in less than...
• Re: Re: Re: � � � Eight Function D igital Display for the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 31 Oct 2005 21:56:34 -0600
  ...If I hadn't seen that oil on the back glass I'd have had a total lock up rod throwing scenario that would...
• Re: Scary Front shaking '90 syncro westie
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 6 Nov 2006 08:23:04 -0800
  ...It would lock up and cause the symptoms. Just a possibility. On 11/6/06, Rick Koller <rkoller@helix.nih.gov> wrote: > > Greetings All...
• Re: Lock up the liquor, I'm baaaaaack
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 9 Aug 2009 20:46:12 -0700
  Hey Jeff, good to have you back! =) I hope you're more or less all better and ready to face the problems in your...
• Re: Unstick Lock Key Holes?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff & Jean-Marie Diebolt
  Mon, 28 Oct 1996 17:14:56 -0500
  ...The only way >I can lock up is to lock the two front doors & slider then crawl through >the back hatch and lock that...
• Re: '91 Carat AC - again!
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Fri, 30 Sep 2016 16:12:31 +0000
  ...port in the Receiver dryer and the= system > went into hydraulic lock up. The compressor is probably toasted also. Loo= k > for bubbles in...
• Re: American Knowhow vs German engineering vs British electrics
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 8 Apr 2002 21:24:35 -0700
  ...The ABS systems make it impossible to lock up the wheels, in order to lose grip you have to balance accelerated spinning of the...
• Re: buying a new gutless wonder
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 3 Apr 2003 19:11:15 +1200
  ...flat 6 cylinder with a 4 speed >automatic overdrive tranny with lock up torque >convertor Automatic?? No way! decent 5-speed manual would be...
• Re: Tin top going camping... 2wd off road capability
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 15 Jan 2014 10:36:28 -0800
  ...do some Googling). > Carry a shovel, pull the parking brake to lock up the slipping wheel, etc. > May be useless, so the best plan...
• Re: Auto trans not upshifting
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 26 Mar 2020 13:41:44 +0000
  ...valve body to do what is needed or you can't lock up the direct > clutch. > > > > You can do some diagnosing with a pressure...
• Re: Rear disk brakes - proportioning valves?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 19 Oct 2004 22:49:41 -0700
  ...trailer, but then I want to *guarantee* that they will not lock up before the fronts or else I will be doing a nice...
• Re: An Engine Conversion Begins-Mixed Emotions!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 15 Sep 2013 22:29:49 -0400
  Consider getting the torque converter modified with a different stall speed to get the near lock up at a lower speed. Too low a...
• Re: [syncro.org] FRONT DIFF LOCK MERITS & AVAILABILITY
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 12 May 2006 20:59:50 -0700
  ...On sand I would rather have 50/50 front rear distribution of power with a decoupler installed before I would want to lock up...
• Re: It's coming!
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 24 Dec 2013 19:24:15 -0800
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > > > Warn the villagers! Lock up the children! Hide the dogs! > > > > It's coming! > > > > Yes [ran out of exclamation points] despite...
• Re: Vanagon ABS
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:13:48 -0800
  ...and the whole drive train tends to keep the front wheels turning.............unlike in 2WD rear wheel drive, where you can easily lock up...
• Re: Tranny Whinning in 84 Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:59:29 -0600
  ...Failures > can even include wheel lock-ups (that is a fun one) and blowing parts > through the case can make for some oily messes...
• Re: Sticking front calipers
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 2 Apr 2007 08:04:16 -0700
  ...A rotor > can get hot enough to crack and have a piece fall out cuasing a sudden lock up > as the broken rotor jams...
• Re: chains
  Historical mailing list - Robin Oomkes
  Thu, 23 Dec 1999 16:59:36 +0100
  ...But causing the viscous coupling to lock up > at high speeds with different size tires is another thing. > Just an opinion... I'm not...
• Re: Speaking of rear disc brakes...
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Thu, 22 Dec 2005 18:22:09 -0800
  ...Right now I bet you CAN'T lock up the front wheels as you don't have a big enough clamping area and a...
• Some brake tech/ideas (long)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:19:42 -0700
  ...Once your brakes are capable of making your wheels lock up, then you look towards your tires for better braking.. I have not yet...
• Re: Lock up the liquor, I'm baaaaaack
  Historical mailing list - Jeff oxroad
  Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:35:25 -0700
  Jake-- Thanks!! I think I can I think I can I think I can Best, Jeff 83.5 Westy LA,CA On Sun, Aug...
• Re: Serious brake question
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Sun, 25 Nov 2001 09:53:00 -0800
  ...hold them to the floor and they never "lock up" > any ideas would sure help.......other than that my van is running great!!! > I...
• Re: 2.1 puked coolant near oil filter when hot
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Wed, 7 Apr 2010 19:58:05 -0400
  ...You need to get this >checked out and repaired very soon as the pump can lock up and fry >your engine in less than...
• Re: F$&#$*& Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 19 May 2003 07:18:01 -0700
  ...Mine came apart a few years ago, and would occasionally "lock up" whenever one of the bearing rollers jammed between the input shaft and...
• Re: Brake Proportioning Valve "Alternative"? (early Vanagons)
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Thu, 9 Apr 2009 15:48:46 -0400
  On my 1972 bay, the symptoms were that the front brakes would lock up with no action from the rears. Jacked up with brake...
• Re: Sticking front calipers
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Sun, 1 Apr 2007 14:19:02 EDT
  ...Ever been travelling at 60 and have one front wheel lock up? Even if you got really lucky on this one, at a bare...
• Re: Automatic Rebuild
  Historical mailing list - SD Kraning
  Mon, 24 Feb 2003 19:50:36 -0500
  ...Seems they > slip about 10% normally, and can't really beat that without a lock-up > device. From the book, that looks like a...
• Re: Help ASAP, Stranded, Need clutch advise....
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Sun, 15 Apr 2001 08:14:37 -0500
  ...before? Any good leads? I've never seen a > > hydraulic system lock up hard instantly. Looks like only light fluid on > the > > top of...
• Re: Serious brake question
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 25 Nov 2001 11:57:45 -0600
  ...hold them to the floor and they never > "lock up" > any ideas would sure help.......other than that my van is running > great!!! > I...
• Ford's new silicone goo... interesting stuff for our Syncro!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 17 Oct 2003 09:16:13 -0700
  ...What I envision is having this stuff in the VC and have an electro magnet surrounding the VC to make it lock up when...
• Re: Well, I made it...
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 14 Jul 2001 09:55:11 -0500
  ...taking the 5000 and hope that the front brakes don't lock up > again somewhere in the middle of nowhere? What to do, what...
• Re: Table leg hole?
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Wed, 5 May 2021 07:20:48 -0700
  ...The several holes lock the table from swinging out in travel or lock >> up in useful positions when camped. Pin out and all works...
• Fwd: Re: Smooth new Syncro tranny
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Bey
  Wed, 25 Nov 1998 07:09:10 EST
  ...It would lock up into reverse and I'd either have to shut the engine off and get it out of gear or sometimes...
• Re: Soggy brake pedal
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:02:38 -0700
  ...Like to the point of lock-up. And besides hydrualics.......always need to consider how well the pads can grab the discs too. that...
• Re: Syncro Operation?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Feb 1996 00:05:50 -0500
  ...This system is sensitive enough that the difference in speeds from turning the vehicle causes the coupling to "Lock Up". Thus the resistance you...
• Re: diff lock/limited slip axle
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 4 Dec 1997 02:00:52 -0500
  ...It allows small amounts of slip all the time and then lock up if the slippage becomes too great. >The problem with them is...
• Tech Support Request
  Historical mailing list - Jason Yasment
  Fri, 19 Feb 1999 11:46:10 EST
  ...The best course of action will be topush apologize button then reset button as soon as lock-up occurs. System will run smooth as...
• Re: WTB power window motor driver's side
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 3 Nov 2009 06:19:58 -0500
  ...Usually you can free them up for a short time and then they will lock up on you again. I usually just replace them...
• Re: Speaking of rear disc brakes...
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Thu, 22 Dec 2005 22:21:43 -0500
  ...Right now I bet you > CAN'T lock up the front wheels as you don't have a big enough clamping area > and a...
• Fresh start, putting on the brakes!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 13 Jun 2021 14:12:37 +0000
  ...So, why is some of this worth noting? From an emergency stopping perspective the stock brakes working properly can lock up the original tires...
• Re: Braking Distance
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 10 Aug 2020 03:08:43 +0000
  ...I got to my marker and braked hard but did not lock up the wheels.  The numbers are not exact given I had no...
• Re: Peloquin torque biasing differential
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Mon, 2 Nov 2009 19:01:53 -0700
  ...I do want to point out that 'most lockers' do not lock up from lack of use, but rather, it is the vacuum actuator...
• [Syncro] F/S 87 GL SYNCRO (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 11:15:41 -0800
  ...My Porsche mechanic says the syncro system works great with no lock up and the drive train and motor have no fluid leaks at...
• electronic limited slip differential idea for 2wd vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Mon, 10 Jul 2017 09:47:25 -0400
  ...Not that the vanagon e-brake (at least on mine) would lock up the rear wheels, but still. On those cars with electric parking...
• Re: Auto trans not upshifting not getting original questions!
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Wed, 25 Mar 2020 17:29:10 -0700
  ...valve body to do what is needed or > > you can't lock up the direct clutch. > > > > > > You can do some diagnosing with a pressure...
• Re: Pre-loading Rear Springs re Syncro Suspension (even long-er)
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 19 Jun 1998 00:22:53 -0700
  ...the mods are) The locking rearaxle is standard, while the 100% lock up front is option." I would guess that the HD cv-joints...
• Re: 2.1 puked coolant near oil filter when hot
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 7 Apr 2010 19:05:35 -0500
  ...this >> checked out and repaired very soon as the pump can lock up and fry >> your engine in less than a couple of minutes...
• Re: To Buy or Not to Buy?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Oct 94 11:21:43 MDT
  ...Haven't had occasion to panic stop yet, but they feel like they would lock up if needed. If the brakes are mushy, there...