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• Differentials: open, limited-slip, & locking (was: limited slip rear end)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 Apr 1996 16:48:28 -0400
  ...LIMITED SLIP DIFFERENTIALS A small step up from the "open" differential is a "limited-slip" differential. In the case of the limited slip differential...
• trying to locate VW automatic transmission seals
  Historical mailing list - Daniel O Stevens
  Fri, 6 Nov 2009 12:19:50 -0500
  ...Seal, torque converter to differential, 003 519 089 D $34.00 Seal, differential to auto tranny, 2 needed, 089 409 529 D (38 x...
• Syncro locking differential
  Historical mailing list - John Connors
  Tue, 15 Oct 2002 04:19:33 EDT
  Hello everyone Does anyone know approximately how much it would cost to convert a non-locking differential on a 1986 Syncro GL to a...
• choice of differential
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 15 Dec 2016 09:46:48 -0800
  hi all, I am thinking putting limited slip differential on my 2WD could any one please explain to me what the difference between these...
• Re: Syncro locking diffs question from Sudhir Desai
  Historical mailing list - Jim Davis
  Fri, 19 Sep 1997 02:02:13 -0400
  ...The center "differential" on a Syncro operates sort of like an automatically locking differential and will lock up automatically when the rear tires begin...
• Re: report on Limited Slip Differential
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:09:49 +1300
  > those two statements suggest that you see the VC as a limit slip for the > front differential. > If so, , > I belive you are incorrect...
• Vanagon Automatic Transmission or Differential Wanted
  Historical mailing list - dodge89
  Wed, 14 Apr 1999 23:21:01 -0400
  I have a 1986 Westy with the differential gears worn out. The automatic is still good. I'd like to find a used transmission...
• Re: trying to locate VW automatic transmission seals
  Historical mailing list - W Monk
  Fri, 6 Nov 2009 15:09:51 -0500
  ...differential, 010 321 385 B > 4.28 > > O-ring, auto tranny to differential, 010 409 549 B > 11.52 > > Seal, torque converter to differential...
• Auto Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Wed, 16 Jan 2002 20:00:56 EST
  ...I examined it and determined that the gear oil from the differential had contaminated the fluid. I removed the transmission and disassembled the differential...
• Re: [Syncro] Syncro Lights
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Tue, 18 Jan 2000 19:21:34 -0500
  ...The switch to the light is located on the end of the Differential Lock shaft (LHS of Differential). It is a simple switch with...
• Differential Leak Solved
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Sat, 19 Jan 2002 21:09:01 EST
  I recently replaced the bearings and seals on the differential on the 84 GL which my son drives. When I filled the auto transmission...
• Re: trying to locate VW automatic transmission seals
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 7 Nov 2009 01:48:26 -0500
  ...Seal, torque converter to differential, 003 519 089 D $34.00 Seal, differential to auto tranny, 2 needed, 089 409 529 D (38 x...
• Dumb differential question
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 1 Dec 2009 08:17:33 -0800
  Can the differential and the transmission come apart or all they all one thing? Reason I ask is I have now a 5sp manual...
• Peloquin Differential
  Historical mailing list - Nathan Wood
  Mon, 10 Mar 2014 22:33:22 -0500
  German Transaxle also offers the Peloquin Differential in their rebuilt automatic transaxles. It is not listed on the website but when I emailed them...
• Re: limited slip differential question
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Fri, 1 May 2009 21:08:58 -0600
  ...limited slip differential question > > Regarding limited-slip differentials in 4 speed manual trannies in 2wd > Vanagons, what are the impacts on fuel economy and...
• Re: Dumb differential question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 2 Dec 2009 00:10:52 -0500
  ...Dumb differential question Can the differential and the transmission come apart or all they all one thing? Reason I ask is I have now...
• Re: limited slip differential question
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 1 May 2009 18:29:40 +0000
  ...limited slip differential question Regarding limited-slip differentials in 4 speed manual trannies in 2wd Vanagons, what are the impacts on fuel economy and...
• WTB: automatic transmission core, near FAS in Maine if
  Historical mailing list - pedro dos santos
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:19:08 -0700
  Hi Frank, thanks a lot for your help! Yes that's the broken part, the differential, I always called the tranny that whole piece...
• 86 Syncro - Differential Lock
  Historical mailing list - Hovey, Wendell H.
  Tue, 29 Feb 2000 15:16:14 -0700
  In the time my 86 Vanagon Syncro has been out of commission - notorious 3-4 gear fracture - the differential lock vacuum solenoid became misplaced...
• Question about rear differential seals
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Mon, 20 May 2002 15:33:36 -0700
  ...The oil leak is differential fluid and its leaking from each side of the differential where the half shafts go in. (The point were...
• Question about rear differential seals
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Wed, 22 May 2002 12:48:52 -0700
  ...The oil leak is differential fluid and its leaking from each side of the differential where the half shafts go in. (The point were...
• Re: Auto Tranny Symptoms & Advice?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 22 Nov 2005 14:28:13 -0800
  ...You might start by draining the fluids from the transmission and differential. If the differential oil comes out thin and red colored, then the...
• Re: vanagon off-road capable?
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Tue, 21 Jul 1998 19:59:12 PDT
  ...I don't know about that, but it IS indicative of a differential. Just a differential. I also started >it up, and put him...
• Re: Peloquin Differential
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 10 Mar 2014 07:33:03 -0700
  Is there a difference between the Peloquin and the Quafie differentials? On 3/10/2014 6:26 AM, JRodgers wrote: > Had a nice chat...
• Re: Automatic Locking Rear Differential??
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Wed, 11 Sep 1996 07:49:30 -0400 (EDT)
  ...The salesman says that in '89 they > went to a automatic locking differential. Is this true? I have never > heard of it. If it...
• Re: trying to locate VW automatic transmission seals
  Historical mailing list - Zolly
  Sat, 7 Nov 2009 11:25:28 -0800
  ...differential, 010 321 385 B > 4.28 > > O-ring, auto tranny to differential, 010 409 549 B > 11.52 > > Seal, torque converter to differential...
• Syncro Differential Lock
  Historical mailing list - Justin Gordon
  Mon, 8 Mar 1999 14:55:45 -0800
  I am considering buying a syncro without a differential lock. Does that matter? What does it do? Justin Gordon
• Syncro Front Differential Mount
  Historical mailing list - Luke Plaizier
  Wed, 12 Jul 2000 07:58:41 -0700
  Does anyone know of a salvage yard/wrecker/dismantler/anyone else who might be willing to sell me one of the Front Differential mounts...
• Re: Dumb differential question
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 1 Dec 2009 09:09:40 -0800
  ...BenT On Dec 1, 2009, at 8:17 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > Can the differential and the transmission come apart or...
• Auto Trans Problem
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Sun, 13 Jan 2002 16:10:33 EST
  I just renewed the differential on my 84 GL. The failure of the forward pinion bearing had caused the seals to fail and the...
• Vanagon differential question
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sun, 19 Sep 1999 22:01:16 -0700
  Does the Vanagon transmission use the same differential as the old IRS type I and II transmissions? Thanks, Todd '88 Westy
• Torque Converter seal install
  Historical mailing list - Chris Hawkins
  Thu, 7 Jun 2007 07:28:13 -0400
  Folks, Some collective advice please...presently the differential and transmission are removed from my 91 Westy to preventively replace the usual seals etc. Since...
• Re: SA Limited slip differential and getting stuck
  Historical mailing list - Dart 330
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 09:12:15 -0600
  ...I see that quaife makes a differential for type 1, so they may be inclined to make a type 2 differential. I was reading...
• Differential Side cover Failure
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Mon, 18 May 1998 11:01:10 -0700
  Any one ever hear of the differential side cover cracking in a syncro trans. Are they interchangable with standard vanagon transmissions. Steve
• Looking for syncro diff lock switch, vac resevoir
  Historical mailing list - John Clemens
  Thu, 4 Apr 2002 14:34:52 -0800
  I'm having my 2WD transmission rebuilt('83 Westhalia) and have the option of adding a vacuum controlled locking differential, using a syncro case...
• Gowesty posi traction differential
  Historical mailing list - Mike Saint-Amour
  Tue, 3 Nov 2015 14:49:09 -0700
  Has anyone installed the gowesty posi-traction differential? If so how does it work? How difficult was it to install? Mike Saint-Amour
• Can you drive without differential lock plumbing
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Thu, 22 Jun 2006 19:53:57 -0400
  Time is really working against me and I am not sure I will be able to remove all the plumbing for the differential lock...
• Differential pan gasket
  Historical mailing list - Rick Koller
  Mon, 14 Jun 2004 11:18:02 -0400
  Hi all, Any suggestions for a good sealant to use in conjunction with the gasket on an automatic differential pan. Thanks. Rick Koller ' 91...
• Why automatic 86 vanagon's differential failed
  Historical mailing list - dodge89
  Fri, 16 Apr 1999 08:16:04 -0400
  Since my request for information (below), I have received e-mails asking why I thought the differential failed. I bought this camper as-is...
• Re: Light for synchro
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 20 Dec 1995 20:01:47 -0500
  ...Note that the operation of the Syncro All-Wheel-Drive system is not affected by the use or non use of the rear differential...
• Re: differential broke
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 Dec 1997 14:15:25 +0000
  ...What a coincidence! My front differential disappeared too!! And to make things worse, someone installed an alloy engine in its place...then I realized...
• Needed-differential for 84 automatic
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Mon, 18 Oct 1999 10:48:03 -0500
  I need a differential for an '84 automatic if anyone is parting one out. Do not need transmission section, only final drive.Thanks, Steve...
• Re: Dometic Frig - Realistic Cooling
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Thu, 4 Jun 2009 13:23:44 -0700
  ...However, the differential is also proportional to the ambient temperature. The lower the temperature, the greater the differential between the boiler temp and the...
• Re: locking differential
  Historical mailing list - Martin Peitz
  Wed, 10 Dec 1997 21:17:30 -0600
  Bob Berkemer wrote: > > I think that a couple of weeks ago Helmut mentioned in one of his posts > that there was a locking differential...
• locking differential
  Historical mailing list - Bob Berkemer
  Wed, 10 Dec 1997 17:57:19 -0600
  I think that a couple of weeks ago Helmut mentioned in one of his posts that there was a locking differential available as an...
• Re: Differential Lock curiosity
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 2 Dec 1998 11:18:42 +0000
  ...www.vanagon.com, then syncros, then technica, then "Syncro viscous coupling & differential lock FAQ" Malcolm S
• Re: report on Limited Slip Differential
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:23:56 -0800
  ...people get nutty when I say the VC is a front-rear 'differential' as it's not a differential in the usual sense ........like...
• differential broke
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 4 Dec 1997 13:04:03 -0500
  Saturday night as i was driving along at 65 MPH my differential broke and fell off my 89 syncro and made the drive shaft...
• differential nut
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Clayman
  Sat, 17 Nov 2007 10:26:30 -0500
  Hi, I have a female type nut in my differential fill hole for my 87 a/t 2.1. Anybody know what the wrench...
• Re: SA Limited slip differential and getting stuck
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 19:29:13 -0800
  ...I see that quaife > makes a differential for type 1, so they may be inclined to make a type 2 > differential. I was reading...
• 83.5 Westy; Automatic; Replacing Differential (Final Drive) Pan G asket
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rissman
  Mon, 3 Apr 2000 16:58:45 -0700
  I am replacing my gasket for the differential (Final Drive) on my 83.5 Westy Automatic (160,000 Miles) because its starting to leak...
• Replace a differential?
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Mon, 27 Mar 2000 23:54:33 -0500
  Is it possible to replace the differential in a Westy with automatic transmission without replacing the tranny? A guy I met did a silly...
• Re: transmission/differential O ring seal
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:17:01 -0400
  ...transmission/differential O ring seal Just got word from my mechanic that the seal between the transmission and the differential is leaking. I'm...
• limited slip differential question
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Fri, 1 May 2009 12:19:41 -0600
  Regarding limited-slip differentials in 4 speed manual trannies in 2wd Vanagons, what are the impacts on fuel economy and tire wear? Thanks in...
• Re: Syncro locking differential
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Tue, 15 Oct 2002 17:58:54 +0100
  ...Syncro locking differential > On Tuesday, October 15, 2002, at 04:19 AM, John Connors wrote: > > > One more question: Is it possible to have a...
• Re: Vanagon parking misfourtunes and a Syncro question...
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 25 Apr 1997 01:21:01 -0400 (EDT)
  ...My Syncro does not have a differential switch. I thought that all Syncros '87 and up come equipped with a switch. Does anyone else...
• Re: 86 Syncro - Differential Lock
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 2 Mar 2000 04:16:24 +0100
  ...4 > gear fracture - the differential lock vacuum solenoid became misplaced. > The van is together except for the missing differential lock solenoid (and > bracket). > > Is...
• Re: 86 Syncro - Differential Lock
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Wed, 1 Mar 2000 07:20:24 -0500
  ...wrote: > In the time my 86 Vanagon Syncro has been out of commission - notorious 3-4 > gear fracture - the differential lock vacuum solenoid became...
• Re: SA Limited slip differential and getting stuck
  Historical mailing list - bill harris
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 19:43:15 -0700
  ...I see that quaife > > makes a differential for type 1, so they may be inclined to make a type 2 > > differential. I was reading...
• Re: Dumb differential question
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 1 Dec 2009 10:19:39 -0700
  ...bob On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 9:17 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote: > Can the differential and the transmission come apart...