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Re: The New Rear-Engined VW UP!
Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:59:52 -0400
...those people as very skilled snow drivers, > or the vehicles even that good most of the time in snow. 'locking > differential ? - what's that ? "
Re: limited slip differential (LVC) and squeaky front end
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Sun, 3 May 2009 18:28:22 -0700
...Is there a Syncro out >>> there >>> that can do this? Can Syncro differentials be set to full lock? Would >>> this >>> only be possible with...
Large price spread on The Samba?
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:40:43 -0700
...either do it on a Syncro chassis or perhaps find a locking differential and keep it 2wd.. So, I peruse the Samba listings now...
Re: diff
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
Fri, 5 Dec 1997 12:49:27 -0800
...I have recently pulled and replaced the fron differential, and can offer my opinion that the design of the mountings used in this installation...
Re: 2wd Limited Slip
Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
Wed, 23 Mar 2011 09:53:48 -0700
...2wd Limited Slip > > LSD = Limited Slip Differential > LLSD = Locking Limited Slip Differential > > On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 10:21 PM, John Rodgers<inua...
FS: 87 Turbo Quantum Syncro Wagon 250hp full time 4wd wagon
Historical mailing list
Tue, 10 Oct 2000 13:25:55 EDT
...Full time 4wd with locking differentials. 35,000 miles on complete rebuild. The car utilizes an Audi MC code turbo motor with Haltech programmable...
Re: diff lock/limited slip axle
Historical mailing list - Joe
Tue, 2 Dec 1997 09:10:44 -0500
...They are > not NEARLY as effective at assuring power to both wheels as a LOCKING > differential is. This is why VW didn't use...
Re: Has anybody put in a sunroof into a Vanagon that did not come with one?
Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
Thu, 9 Mar 2006 14:39:54 -0500
...Mark - You don"t happen to have the externals and/or internals for a locking differential do you? I'm on the lookout. Chris...
loss of power on hills
Historical mailing list
Fri, 26 Apr 1996 23:03:13 -0400
...We thought everything had been taken care of--but now that the CV joints, waterpump, wires, transmission linkage & adjustment, locking differential, fuel odor problems...
Re: Reverse Gear in Syncro
Historical mailing list - Philippe Oudot
Fri, 13 Mar 1998 16:15:45 +0100
...Thanks, Leif > >Like you said, your indications are the opposite of propper operation. >When pushed in, the locking rear differential is UNLOCKED and there...
Planning to go five speed? 483 vs 457...48(Some what long...)
Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
Sat, 11 Dec 1999 23:51:30 EST
...I had a locking differential installed. (The locking diff replaces the open diff. It enables both rear wheels to receive power and if one...
Re: Front differential lock with a non-VC Syncro - valve safety question
Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
Sun, 16 May 2004 13:15:27 -0400
...on the vacuum actuator for the front differential lock that will apply outward pressure on the locking pin, so if vacuum to the actuator...
Re: Search for tires
Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
Sat, 13 Feb 2021 14:11:38 -0500
...My 91 non-GL Syncro has the Limited Slip >> Locking Differential in the rear. So equipped with snow tires, it’s pretty >> hardy in...
Syncro Vanagon Transmission Core FS $900 plus other parts.
Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
Fri, 24 Sep 2004 11:03:41 -0400
...working front differential (VC in unknown condition)- $600 Front CV axles left and right- used- $100 each Vacuum system for rear locking diff- $150...
Re: Parting Out Low Mileage 91 Syncro - with location
Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
Thu, 17 Jun 2004 07:40:44 -0700
...91 Syncro 80k miles Entire AWD system works Locking rear differential Rear facing seats Power windows Power locks Power windows Steel bumpers - not fiberglass...
Re: Locker Limited slips available...
Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
Fri, 7 Dec 2007 17:03:23 -0800
...Locker Limited slips available... > Are these only for Syncro's or do they fit 2WD transmissions also? > > > >>Locking Limited slip differentials are now available...
* IS AN '86 GL SYNCRO A GOOD BUY?? *
Historical mailing list
Fri, 10 Jan 1997 14:55:30 -0800
...GL Syncro - 143,000 Miles - AC (option) - Rear Wiper (option) - Locking Rear Differential (option) - Metallic Silver-Blue Paint (option) - Straight body, no apparent damage...
Re: Clutch Pedal Does Not Move
Historical mailing list - AATransaxle
Tue, 4 Jul 2006 08:28:47 -0700
...Clutch Pedal Does Not Move > After putting in my locking differential, replacing the clutch, > flywheel, brake master, clutch master, clutch slave, and brake > switches...
Re: Syncro Critic
Historical mailing list - JRodgers
Wed, 11 Sep 2013 15:35:18 -0500
...they can have a rear locking diff. > > In Europe they can be purshased with a locking front differential even. > Some have decouplersso there is...
Re: Syncro Estasy, spins, ABS
Historical mailing list
Tue, 18 Oct 1994 18:44:38 -0700
...ABS, usually, moitors wheel speeds and modulates the brakes to prevent any of the wheels from locking up. When it senses a wheel slowing...
Re: Syncro Tire Inflation VS the VC
Historical mailing list
Sun, 27 Apr 1997 13:06:22 -0700
...You are looking at a percentage difference to get rate differential, and a speed. What they are saying is that at 100 miles an...
1986 Syncro Westfalia for sale - $2000 Canadian
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:18:02 -0800
...It has an engine that turns over but will not fire up (dead ECU) and a good transmission with a locking differential. Price for...
Re:Good deal for '86 Synchro?
Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
Tue, 14 May 1996 09:02:52 -0400
...dash and at about gearshift knob level, it has a locking rear differential. I think these were optional in '86, then standard for the...
Re: Curious locations for hardwired 3 way cig power outlet ?
Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
Mon, 17 Jul 2006 21:19:11 -0400
The previous owner of my parts syncro drilled out one of the circles for the locking differential mechanisim and installed a lighter there. Chris...
Re: How do you tell if you have 4.86 or 5.43 differentials?
Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
Mon, 19 Sep 2005 07:05:08 -0400
...gives? Without lifting the vehicle totally off the ground and locking >all differentials and giving the wheels a revolution by hand, how are you...
Re: Re : How VC's work
Historical mailing list - Davidson
Fri, 23 Apr 1999 08:22:07 -0700
Well, if temperature plays any significant role in the viscous coupling locking up, it seems that we should see VCs in hot climates having...
Locked rear axles...
Historical mailing list
Sat, 13 Apr 96 00:42 CDT
Jim Davis posted a very lucid article on locking differentials. I'll try not to re-explain anything he explained, but there's a...
Re: Locking differential
Historical mailing list - David McNeely
Thu, 4 Jan 2018 08:50:00 -0800
...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: Wanted: Syncro camper body, no rust
Historical mailing list - zolo
Tue, 8 Jun 2004 23:18:03 -0700
...Of course the drive shaft, skid plate, > front transaxle, etc. > > Some features (locking differential vacuum lines etc.) are unique to > the Syncro. Speedometer and...
Re: 2wd Limited Slip
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:21:52 -0500
I understand "locking differential) but I guess I missed something. What does the "S" stand for in the term "LSD" - as related to trannies...
diff lock/limited slip axle
Historical mailing list - Joe
Mon, 1 Dec 1997 12:15:12 -0500
...is it possible to put in a replacement that has a locking > differential? Does anyone have any experience with this? I'm sure that...
Re: Peloquin experience?
Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:39:02 -0800
...Peloquin experience? > Daryl, > > Do you think that the Peloquin locking LSD would be a good upgrade for a > Syncro without the factory locker? Does...
Re: Peloquin experience?
Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:13:08 -0800
...Soon there will be a locking LSD version available...spendy, but the best of all worlds in my opinion. Daryl of AA Transaxle (425...
Would you be interested in a limited-slip diff for your Vanagon?
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Sat, 2 Oct 1999 21:56:26 -0700
...I initially looked at locking differentials, and based on comments from folks on the list, a locker has more drawbacks than benefits. Supposedly, ZF...
Re: [Syncro] Locker Limited slips available...
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Fri, 7 Dec 2007 13:36:40 -0500
...On Dec 7, 2007, at 1:27 PM, aatransaxle wrote: > Locking Limited slip differentials are now available for those of > you who want the...
Re: [Syncro] How do you tell if you have 4.86 or 5.43 differentials?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 19 Sep 2005 07:54:35 -0400
...gives? Without lifting the vehicle totally off the ground > and locking > all differentials and giving the wheels a revolution by hand, how > are you...
Re: Positive Vendor report - second weddle
Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
Fri, 15 Aug 2003 22:04:49 -0700
...and Cory Motors > in Santa Barbara, CA. > > I had Weddle outfit a south African 5spd > transmission with od 5th and > syncro locking differential, and...
Re: Front differential lock with a non-VC Syncro - valve safety question
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Sun, 16 May 2004 15:08:34 -0700
...on the vacuum actuator for the front differential lock that will apply outward pressure on the locking pin, so if vacuum to the actuator...
Re: Speed vs rpms w/ AT?
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Sat, 17 Nov 2007 08:52:28 -0800
...The differential in the final drive section is 4.09, so divide RPM by 4.09 to get the number of times per minute...
Re: anti-sway bar
Historical mailing list - John Clemens
Fri, 17 May 2002 16:09:22 -0700
...I have an 2 WD '83 Westphalia watercooled with a transmission converted to have a vacuum operated locking differential(from a Syncro). How do...
Re: [Syncro] synrco trans swap into a non-syncro vanagon
Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
Thu, 29 Aug 2002 19:03:44 -0400
...Realisticly the main advantage to the syncro tranny would be to get one with a rear locking differential... for all but the hardcore off...
For Sale: '87 Vanagon GL Syncro
Historical mailing list - Andrew G. Martin
Wed, 10 Nov 1999 08:48:19 -0800
...184K Gray with gray interior, Weekender package, Air Conditioning, AM-FM Cassette, tinted windows, locking differential, Z-Products curtains, trailer hitch, VDO gauges, Michelin...
Re: Limited slip options
Historical mailing list - paul guard
Fri, 6 Nov 2015 17:48:10 +0000
...Don It isn't so much "new" vs "old", but rather type of locking differential. The Peloquin (which is sold by numerous vendors, most...
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: [Syncro] How do you tell if you have 4.86 or 5.43 differentials?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 19 Sep 2005 12:56:00 -0400
...gives? Without lifting the vehicle totally off the ground > > and locking > > all differentials and giving the wheels a revolution by hand, how > > are you...
Re: Peloquin experience?
Historical mailing list - --------
Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:41:49 -0500
...Peloquin experience? > > >> Daryl, >> >> Do you think that the Peloquin locking LSD would be a good upgrade for a >> Syncro without the factory locker? Does...
Re: More Syncro DIff-lock Questions
Historical mailing list - L&A Johnson
Wed, 2 Dec 1998 17:28:45 -0500
...van we did have a lot of trouble with the Differential Lock not locking. Malcolm Stebbins wrote: > The 'plunger' into the tranny seems to...
Re: locking rear diff on 2WD van or Limited Slip?
Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
Wed, 12 Dec 2001 19:58:47 EST
...s the deal on converting a 85' 2WD to a locking rear differential? Got one in my 88....no BIG deal..IF you have...
'56 kombi transmission: the finale!
Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
Sat, 14 Jan 1995 22:31:34 -0800 (PST)
...extra washer to do the same thing, which disable the differential, effective locking the rear end. We got everything put back together by dark...
Re: Front differential lock with a non-VC Syncro - valve safety question
Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
Sun, 16 May 2004 23:41:22 -0400
...on the vacuum actuator for the front differential lock that will apply > outward pressure on the locking pin, so if vacuum to the actuator...
Re: Large price spread on The Samba?
Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:38:54 -0700
...either do it on a Syncro chassis or perhaps find a locking > differential and keep it 2wd.. > So, I peruse the Samba listings now...
For Sale: 1989 Syncro Westy Full Camper With TIICO Engine in Boulder CO $19500
Historical mailing list - matt bezark
Wed, 4 Dec 2002 17:38:58 -0700
...A/C Locking rear differential. Snap in window curtains and screen for rear hatch. Both inside swivel tables Beefy trailer hitch. Not So Good...
Re: Tranny musings (or, getting stuck on my lawn)
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Thu, 28 Aug 2014 20:01:18 +0000
...can have a 2WD 4 speed trans, with vacuum actuated locking rear differential .. > ala stock syncro . > > > On 8/27/2014 5:19 PM, Roy...
Re: Has anybody put in a sunroof into a Vanagon that did not come with one?
Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
Thu, 9 Mar 2006 11:20:15 -0900
...vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com > > Mark - You don"t happen to have the externals and/or internals for a > locking differential do you? I'm...
Re: [Syncro] How do you tell if you have 4.86 or 5.43 differentials?
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Mon, 19 Sep 2005 07:12:52 -0700
...gives? Without lifting the vehicle totally off the ground > and locking > all differentials and giving the wheels a revolution by hand, how > are you...
Back from checking out 1986 Westy GL with Buick!
Historical mailing list - John Andrew
Sat, 13 Jan 2001 14:16:58 -0700
...No locking differential was a dissapointment. Anyways, the engine sure does pack a punch! You have to be light on the pedal or your...
Re: Stops on its own (sometimes violently)
Historical mailing list - AATransaxle
Fri, 17 Nov 2006 08:00:55 -0800
...The pinion bearing is so bad that the pinion is moving and hitting the differential carrier and locking it up till the thrust is...
1.9L Turbo Diesel Westy
Historical mailing list - Bob Bellanca
Thu, 4 Sep 1997 15:30:10 -0700
...S., El Cajon, Ca.) and having the Lock-Rite locking differential removed. then reinstalling it, I got to drive it for the first time...
What to look for when buying????
Historical mailing list - Heath Vogt
Mon, 11 Sep 2000 15:34:50 EDT
...What should I look for on a Watercooled Syncro Vanagon GL? It's got 108,000 miles on it and the locking rear differential...
f.s. syncro GL @ Carlisle 5/19
Historical mailing list - Pat Horrocks
Mon, 14 May 2001 09:20:56 EDT
...Cruise control, power locks, mirrors (heated!) & windows (rear heated!) are a joy! Granny gear, locking rear differential work. The CB is fun while caravaning...