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• Lock-Right limited slip differential
  Historical mailing list - Bob Bellanca
  Tue, 22 Jul 1997 07:07:08 -0700
  Volks, Just ordered the above for my 091 trans rebuild. Anyone else tried one of these? Bob Bellanca `81 Diesel Rabbit `82 Diesel Westy...
• FS 1990 West Syncro for sale, Locking rear & FRONT diff
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sun, 14 Mar 1999 18:06:00 -0400
  ...1990 West Syncro for sale, Locking rear AND FRONT differential, flawless van. (Portola Valley, California (Northern)) contact them not me.
• Syncro Differential Lock Stuck?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Work
  Sun, 10 Jul 2005 21:43:39 EDT
  I cannot engage the diff lock. There are no vacuum leaks. I have traced the problem to the operating rod? It seems frozen in...
• Re: Limited slip differential
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:58:41 -0400
  ...Limited slip differential Hi folks: Just wanted to do a reality check here. I have seals leaking in my transmission and got an estimate...
• Re: rad fan with hose fittings?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:20:07 -0400
  ...The electrical connection is for the front differential lock sensor. In one of the few cases of VW, not customizing wiring harnesses, all Syncros...
• Re: Locking differential
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Edwards
  Mon, 1 Jan 2018 23:39:21 -0600
  ...Steve. > David Boan wrote: > I had my transaxle rebuilt a few years ago at German Transaxle, and did the "super-differential" upgrade. I dont...
• Re: VC: Clinging sound found
  Historical mailing list - Peter Larsson
  Mon, 15 Dec 1997 17:48:33 +0100
  ...parts should be great but, do you mean a full front differential > with driveshafts and the VC as a exchange part? [Vanagon] > It should...
• Re: Auto Trans Problem
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Sun, 13 Jan 2002 22:09:10 EST
  In a message dated 1/13/02 4:11:03 PM Eastern Standard Time, Dagbear@AOL.COM writes: << I just renewed the differential on...
• Re: 1990 Auto Trans Differential...how to check fluid?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 22 Sep 2005 12:40:11 EDT
  In a message dated 9/22/05 12:13:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, kevindobrien@YAHOO.COM writes: > I assume it is that BIG...
• Re: Locking differential
  Historical mailing list - David Wilhite
  Wed, 17 Jul 2002 18:47:56 -0400
  ...Locking differential > > > > > >As for the 2WD vans and locking differentials, I believe it was decided > > that > > >due to the Vanagons' near 50/50 weight...
• Re: "Emergency Brake Trick" ?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 27 May 2004 09:33:53 -0400
  ...As you may know, on an open-differential car, if one wheel loses traction, all the power will go to that wheel. If you...
• Re: Front differential lock with a non-VC Syncro - valve safety question
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sun, 16 May 2004 11:47:42 -0400
  ...perhaps installing a spring > on the vacuum actuator for the front differential lock that will apply > outward pressure on the locking pin, so if...
• Bus work in the barn and Tiny O Ring on Differential
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:37:47 -0500
  ...http://picasaweb.google.com/pnoceanwesty/JoesVanTrannyWork# Wondering what the little O ring is called located on the differential - under the cover plate that goes...
• Re: The hits keep coming
  Historical mailing list - Michael
  Sat, 9 Apr 2016 14:11:58 -0400
  ...I wanted to check to see if I could tell if >> ATF was mixing with the differential so I unscrewed the drain plug and...
• Re: OK, Swepco gear oil..
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:29:37 -0400
  At 01:25 PM 4/22/2010, Marc Sayer wrote... >MTL and MT-90 are not for use in transaxles or differentials with >hypoid...
• Re: Locking differential
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Mon, 15 Jul 2002 22:07:41 -0600
  ...Locking differential > > I remember Lilly saying he had this on his > vanagon, but I've never seen them advertised > before. Just the trick for...
• Re: Real Cheap traction
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Apr 1996 22:45:54 -0400
  ...to hold the pedal to the metal and steer with the brakes differentially on the rear wheels. Somewhat like steering a tank I believe!!!!
• Re: Aftermarket diff-lock for Vanagon?-REPLY
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:28:21 EDT
  ...Would one of those limited diffs be available for the front differential so I dont have to figure out how to manually lock up...
• Re: Syncro without AC without diff lock @ $11K
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 28 May 1998 12:10:25 EDT
  if you want one and you are near minneapolis, i have an 87 with new head gaskets with the locking differential for 3850.00...
• Re: limited slip differential for 2WD Vans
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 1 Oct 2005 13:11:54 -0400
  >> > It's not Friday or anything, but where, exactly, IS Fat City? I think it's somewhere near Doowahdiddy. Oops ... there I go showing...
• Re: Bus work in the barn and Tiny O Ring on Differential
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:27:07 +0000
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• Re: Locking differential
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Wed, 17 Jul 2002 22:40:54 +0100
  ...Locking differential > > > >As for the 2WD vans and locking differentials, I believe it was decided > that > >due to the Vanagons' near 50/50 weight...
• Re: limited slip differential for 2WD Vans
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Sat, 1 Oct 2005 14:43:39 -0500
  ...limited slip differential for 2WD Vans >Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 08:04:53 -0700 > >On 10/1/2005 7:53 AM George Goff...
• 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: Gear oil in the Automatic fluid
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Sat, 28 Mar 2009 22:56:06 -0700
  ...On this trasmission the bearings on the differential on the sides where the output flanges are seem quite tight. Seemingly not enough to make...
• HELP! STRANDED![via LSMTP - see www.lsoft.com]
  Historical mailing list - rusty
  Wed, 19 Nov 1997 05:04:29 -0600
  I'm stranded in Vicksburg, need differential, locals can't find one. '84 Vanagon automatic (if that makes any difference). If you can help...
• [Fwd: Re: Rob Wilke: Re: Bad Vibrations from Aug/97]
  Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
  Wed, 17 Jun 1998 00:41:44 -0700
  Hi Eric Do you know what actually happened to your front final drive ? Was it the VC, differential, the pinion ? Or all of the...
• Limited-slip for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Wed, 15 Sep 1999 20:39:01 -0700
  Does anyone know if a limited slip differential can be fitted to the Vanagon transmission? I've heard that there is a ZF unit...
• Re: Need good Westy Auto Trans shop in SE Michigan
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:21:48 -0400
  ...Most of the time the ATF getting into the differential is actually the fault of the governor seal. By removing the governor and differential...
• Re: 2wd Syncro? -Different F/R Final Ratio?
  Historical mailing list - Yi-Ruey Wei
  Wed, 12 Aug 1998 18:24:12 -0500
  ...But I couldn't believe the final differential ratio is different between the front and rear until I checked the Bentley. It is different...
• Re: The hits keep coming
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 9 Apr 2016 11:51:18 -0700
  It's not possible for oil from the engine to get into the differential. That hex plug is the differential fill hole, and the...
• Re: Synthetic Oil in Syncro Transmission, the BEST, SWEPTO
  Historical mailing list - Modl6971
  Fri, 15 May 1998 02:28:37 EDT
  ...my intention to change the oil in the transmission and front differential of my 86 Syncro. Would synthetic oil be the preferred choice? If...
• Re: Auto Trans leak
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Sun, 13 Jan 2002 21:23:03 -0500
  ...When I cleaned the differential case the oil > seal for the governor mounted on the side may have been dislodged. As the > transmission pumps...
• Peloquin
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Fri, 27 Apr 2018 18:08:34 +0000
  ...I'm looking for a peloquin or peloquin type differential to add into this build for my mtdi. Who's got reasonable prices? Thanks
• Re: Locking differential
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 2 Jan 2018 18:23:44 +0000
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• New Vanagon Trannies and front diffs (syncros)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 19 Mar 1999 03:19:06 EST
  ...Also brand new front differentials for syncros for $850 (VC not included). Just in case you need 'em. Ken Wilford Van-Again John 3...
• air-cooled vs WBX transmission
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Thu, 17 Jan 2002 10:57:50 -0600
  ...Are the differentials the same? Chris.
• Re: limited slip differential for 2WD Vans
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sat, 1 Oct 2005 17:50:38 EDT
  In a message dated 10/1/05 11:05:16 AM, j.michael.elliott@gmail.com writes: << It's not Friday or anything, but...
• Re: sucks in snow!
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 2 Dec 2005 14:18:45 EST
  ...Torque biasing diff put in during a rebuild to get positraction... >> Is this type also known as a Torsen differential? And, how much ?$? George
• Re: Hypoid? EMERGENCY....
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Fri, 10 May 2002 13:43:21 -0700
  ...1 for the transmission and 1 for the differential. <DIV></DIV>&gt;The trans pan has a dipstick tube out the driver side bottom...
• Re: The hits keep coming
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 9 Apr 2016 16:54:47 -0400
  It is possible and common for the governor seal to fail which will cause ATF to transfer into the differential housing. It can be...
• Re: Limited slip differential
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 1 May 2009 04:54:32 +0000
  ...Limited slip differential On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 6:58 PM, Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@gmail.com> wrote: > One of the men on this...
• Re: Fridge more sensitive to low pressure than cooktop?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Mon, 8 Jan 2007 22:10:31 -0500
  ...11" pressure is an 11" differential when measured with a manometer. You should have enough of a "U" so there's always some water...
• Re: Dometic in 100F ambient?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:39:55 -0700
  The real figures are more like 40-50 degree differential. Keeping the heat from building up behind the fridge is essential in hot weather...
• Re: loud trans clanging in reverse and first
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Mon, 29 Jun 1998 19:30:16 -0400
  ...new tires on all four; adjusted the tire pressure to 43 psi front and 50 psi rear; replaced the differential oil to synthetic to...
• Re: SA Limited slip differential and Spare Wheel Carrier Supplier
  Historical mailing list - Brian McClure
  Mon, 11 Feb 2002 22:51:17 EST
  Guess you havent driven your van in the snow yet! Hee hee heee heee! Brian 83 1/2 non posi scare the heck out...
• Re: Lockers -- how hard to install LLSD?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 9 May 2011 17:20:01 -0700
  I am. Differential doesn't care what does the shifting, does it? -- Rocky J Squirrel On Mon, 2011-05-09 at 16:50 -0700...
• need info: rear brakes, diff dope.please,quickanswer
  Historical mailing list - Ken & Sue
  Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:53:48 -0400
  ...what rear differential oil to use, how much capacity? 2. what is the best rear brake shoes to use? I have 120,000 mile...
• Re: Search for tires
  Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
  Sat, 13 Feb 2021 14:11:38 -0500
  A Peloquin is a limited slip differential. Not redundant. With a stock Syncro set up, if one of the wheels in the rear starts...
• Re: Need good Westy Auto Trans shop in SE Michigan
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:43:03 -0400
  ...Most of the time the ATF > getting into the differential is actually the fault of the governor seal. > By > removing the governor and differential...
• Re: Locking differential
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Wed, 17 Jul 2002 11:13:16 -0400
  ...Locking differential As for the 2WD vans and locking differentials, I believe it was decided that due to the Vanagons' near 50/50 weight...
• Re: Heavy steering / Tire dragging
  Historical mailing list - Henry Luhrs
  Wed, 12 Aug 1998 17:41:33 -0400
  ...That's because the silicon viscosity coupling > engaged automatically when it heated up by the different rpm's between > front differential shaft and rear...
• Re: Differential->Half Shaft Seal?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Sun, 17 Sep 2000 15:21:07 -0700
  ...The > seal cap #091 301 189, which caps the differential and is between > it and > the CV joint, was out of position. I examined...
• RE: The '71 single cab that isn't
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Sep 95 10:27:34 +0200
  yes, the Corvair engine rotates in the other direction, there where special camshafts to take care of that, or you could flip the differential...
• Torsen Diff
  Historical mailing list - Peter Larsson
  Thu, 12 Jun 1997 18:54:50 +0200
  What could be the benefits/"misbenefits" with a Torsen differential = instead of the VC? Torsen diff distributes power to the side that has = traction...
• 1986 vw westy for sale
  Historical mailing list - Nick Kalman
  Thu, 14 Oct 1999 16:12:21 -0400
  ...6 disc CD/CB/Gauges/Awning/racks driving lights/alarm 117K miles differential locker full kitchen Runs excellent. New brakes/muffler/starter/alternator/water...
• Re: Transaxle R&R
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Fri, 26 Feb 2016 19:50:31 -0800
  ...Transaxle R&R Bryan, I don't know if your problem is with the transmission or the differential part of the assembly, but regardless...
• Re: Use of Synthetic Oil in Syncro Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Kim
  Fri, 15 May 1998 11:33:50 EDT
  ...my intention to change the oil in the transmission and front >differential of my 86 Syncro. Would synthetic oil be the preferred choice? > If...
• Re: Thermostats at Bus Depot
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Tue, 15 May 2001 08:52:27 EDT
  ...Other than the definition of entropy and enthalpy, one thing I recall is that, although nonlinear, there is a direct relationship between temperature differential...
• Re: The Ideal vanagon (syncro systems)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Fitzsimons
  Sat, 18 Oct 2003 12:59:32 EDT
  ...It is a permanent all wheel drive system with a central differential and two vacuum controlled differential locks. Its the drive train audi originally...