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• Front Skid Plate Design -Reply
  Historical mailing list - Jimmy Sanby
  Fri, 3 Jul 1998 07:58:28 +0200
  Hi, The skid plate fitted standard to my Syncro definitely does not have holes in it. It is different to the skid plate/spare...
• FS: Syncro Rear Skid Plate
  Historical mailing list - David Wilhite
  Fri, 21 Apr 2006 01:54:15 +0000
  Would anybody be interested in a skid plate for $150.00 shipped in the continental U.S.? Just wondering. I see someone on ebay...
• Re: Diesel Syncro Question: RE: Skidplate
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 17:09:25 EST
  ...However, it would appear that the 16" Syncro has an actual skidplate on the bottom portion. It is a formed steel plate several times...
• Re: retrofit syncro skid plate on 2wd?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 20 May 2004 18:23:29 -0600
  ...retrofit syncro skid plate on 2wd? > Howdy, > > I'm curious if it's possible to install the rear syncro skid plate on a > 2wd...
• Re: why...vibration @ idle only when skidplate is installed -- turbodiesel engine
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 4 Apr 2005 14:10:11 -0400
  ...With the skid plate attached, you are tying into the frame in another location beyond the engine compartment. If your body is wracked (from...
• Re: why...vibration @ idle only when skidplate is installed -- turbodiesel engine
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 4 Apr 2005 10:50:51 -0700
  On Apr 4, 2005 7:34 AM, Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@mac.com> wrote: > Which portion of the skid plate, Ben? That around the engine...
• Re: Syncho Skid Plates on 2WD?
  Historical mailing list - Brad Anderson
  Tue, 7 Sep 1999 13:56:43 -0700
  ...The syncro header has a bend in it to go up and over the frame of the skid plates, if I remember correctly. BTW...
• Re: Journeys under difficult conditions
  Historical mailing list - John Welsh
  Thu, 26 Jun 1997 22:17:12 +0000
  Jim and Listees, I would like very much to add skidplates to my Vanagon. Though it already has the stock Syncro skid rails, I...
• Re: removing syncro tranny drain plug
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 05 Jun 1997 13:21:20 -0700
  ...Then, you could turn that >allen head with a wrench that just might fit in the space between the skid >plate and the tranny...
• retrofit syncro skid plate on 2wd?
  Historical mailing list - Joel VanderKwaak
  Thu, 20 May 2004 10:43:02 -0700
  Howdy, I'm curious if it's possible to install the rear syncro skid plate on a 2wd. I do a lot of off...
• Re: Part #/plans for front end skid plates?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Jul 1995 10:36:19 -0400
  ...I prefer working with aluminum alloy material for skid plates (3/8ths inch thick T-6 6061 alloy) rather than fabricating skid plates out...
• syncro skid plate on a 2wd?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Sun, 8 Oct 2006 17:56:03 -0700
  ...Included in that is a skid plate. I happen to have a few extra. Has anybody put a syncro skid plate on a 2wd...
• Syncho Skid Plates on 2WD?
  Historical mailing list - Johnson, Darrell
  Tue, 7 Sep 1999 13:20:28 -0700
  ...Any chance of the rear skid on the Synchro fitting the 2WD?
• Re: 87 syncro: replacing exhaust components
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 11 May 1997 10:09:57 -0400
  >Is that where the skid rail can contact the exhaust if it's bent up? >I bent my skid frame again on a bad...
• Re: transmission/clutch noise
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 26 May 2015 10:52:40 -0700
  The skid plate and bars are not currently mounted on the van but I'll look for other tight clearances that could be vibrating...
• Re: 87 syncro: replacing exhaust components
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Thu, 15 May 1997 14:35:03 -0400
  ...What Bently also doesn't tell >>you is that you have to drop the skid plates to get the old pipe off and the...
• Re: [Syncro] Re: Diesel Syncro Question: RE: Skidplate
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 21:09:41 -0800
  In about three weeks I will have a 01/88 Syncro 16" TD and a 05/92 Syncro 14" TD skid plate to do...
• Re: [Syncro] Re: Diesel Syncro Question: RE: Skidplate
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 21:09:41 -0800
  In about three weeks I will have a 01/88 Syncro 16" TD and a 05/92 Syncro 14" TD skid plate to do...
• Syncro Tranny Drain
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 28 Sep 2002 14:20:33 -0600
  ...My skid plate sits 1/2" from the bottom-middle of the plug. Even if I could get a hex wrench on it I...
• FS: Syncro 16" front skid plate
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:15:39 -0700
  This is the skid plate that goes where the spare tire carrier is on most vans. It's in Halifax, Nova Scotia (B3M 1P5...
• Re: extra wieght for blizzard
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 17 Feb 2003 09:15:05 EST
  ...The great thing about anti-skid ballast is that whenever you do eventually get hung up, just grab some of it and broadcast it...
• why...vibration @ idle only when skidplate is installed -- turbodiesel engine
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 4 Apr 2005 03:27:11 -0700
  ...Then we put the skidplate back on. Bam! She was vibrating like a marital aid gone insane again. Same symptoms as before. Take the...
• Diesel Syncro Question: RE: Skidplate
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sun, 4 Mar 2001 16:56:33 EST
  The 1.6TD engine in my 1989 16" Syncro is boxed on both sides and the bottom by skidplates. I noticed that the Wasserboxers...
• Re: Tire recommendation requested
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 26 Nov 2003 21:18:02 EST
  ...For ballast I would use what the local masonry supply yard called "anti-skid" which was sharp-edged, broken stone the size of peas...
• Re: why...vibration @ idle only when skidplate is installed -- turbodiesel engine
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 4 Apr 2005 10:34:01 -0400
  Which portion of the skid plate, Ben? That around the engine, that between the front and rear diffs? Or the front section? (note to...
• Syncro Transmission Oil Drain Under Skid Plate
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin E. Beasley
  Thu, 26 Jun 2003 18:10:52 -0400
  ...Then I slid further back, when to my dismay, I noticed that the drain plug was underneath the skid plate protecting the engine case...
• Re: transmission/clutch noise
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 26 May 2015 08:45:22 -0700
  ...bit which bring the exhaust pipes closer to the skid plate - the 2 skid plate bars - these could be bent up on mine I...
• pseudo-Syncro's (2WD skid plate plans)
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Mon, 11 May 1998 14:37:43 -0300
  Hi, Scanned in some drawings of 2WD vanagon skid plates, bumper to bumper protection, wasserboxer/diesel. Some stuff will fit Syncros too. From a...
• Dual Syncro Fuel Tanks & Skid Plate
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Sun, 7 May 2000 21:03:24 -0700
  ...miles, dual fuel tanks, dual propane tanks, and a full-length skid plate. Karyn and Adam Grove of Anchorage are the owners...are you...
• Re: Replacing Propane Regulator
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Apr 1995 09:54:28 -0400
  ...1:30 remove skid plate and regulator, replace regulator, reinstall skid plate 2:00 add Gasglow gague (drill new holes in skid plate) 5...
• Re: Syncro Tranny Drain
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 29 Sep 2002 11:46:54 -0700
  Just undo the bolts at the back of the skid plate and let it drop a little. This is what I do. David Marshall...
• Re: draining
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 25 Apr 1999 22:53:04 -0700
  The rear skid plate has to be removed when servicing the transmission. Word to the wise - wash your van's underside before you start...
• POR-15 [was: Rust Inhibit Kit (WAXOYL)]
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Tue, 5 Mar 2002 14:15:53 -0800
  ...I washed off the truck, wiped down the skid plate--and the "scratches" wiped right off! The marks I'd seen on the skid...
• Re: transmission/clutch noise
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Sat, 30 May 2015 06:32:10 -0700
  ...bit which bring the exhaust pipes closer to the skid plate >> >> - the 2 skid plate bars - these could be bent up >> >> on mine I...
• Journeys under difficult conditions
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 23 May 1997 15:56:09 -0700
  ...BTW, I have nothing for syncros. :( Guess with AWD one doesn't need skid plates. Jim Arnott Union, OR
• Re: Diesel Syncro Question: RE: Skidplate
  Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
  Sun, 4 Mar 2001 22:40:41 -0500
  ...My old '82 Vanagon 1.6NA had a tin shroud that looked as you have described, although metal was not anywhere near "skidplate" gage...
• Re: Diesel Syncro Question: RE: Skidplate
  Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
  Sun, 4 Mar 2001 22:40:41 -0500
  ...My old '82 Vanagon 1.6NA had a tin shroud that looked as you have described, although metal was not anywhere near "skidplate" gage...
• Re: draining
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 26 Apr 1999 07:11:24 PDT
  You can remove the drain plug without dropping the skid plate. I use a 17mm allen "socket" that I fit into the drain plug...
• Re: Westy propane tank fill valve fix
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 22 Mar 2017 12:50:32 -0700
  I had high the early and later model westy tank and skid plate in my workshop for a while. The later model skid plate...
• Reinforcing Skid Plate Frame Rails
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Mon, 19 May 1997 16:00:52 -0400
  ...Chain the skid rail down to the drain, >>and then jack the van up into the air with some strong jacks. This will pull...
• Re: WINTER DRIVING
  Historical mailing list - Dan Soiney
  Tue, 11 Nov 1997 12:47:37 -0600
  Another quick note about skids LOOK WHERE YOU WANT THE CAR TO GO If you look at the ditch where will you wind up...
• Re: draining
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm White
  Tue, 27 Apr 1999 00:07:27 GMT
  ...past the skid plate! > >Joel >'87 Syncro My local mechanic (ex-VW) cut a small U-section out of the skid plate which makes...
• Re: Syncro Tranny Drain
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 29 Sep 2002 00:02:24 EDT
  In a message dated 9/28/02 4:21:02 PM, mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM writes: << My skid plate sits 1/2" from the bottom...
• Re: 87 syncro: replacing exhaust components
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 11 May 1997 05:30:02 GMT
  ...What Bently also doesn't tell >you is that you have to drop the skid plates to get the old pipe off and the...
• Re: $100k Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 10 Oct 2017 11:15:33 -0700
  I too noticed the rusty propane tank skid plate. But I don't think it takes too much to cause the paint to start...
• Re: Diesel Syncro Question: RE: Skidplate
  Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 13:04:23 -0500
  ...Derek Drew <derekdrew@RCN.COM> > Subject: Re: Diesel Syncro Question: RE: Skidplate > > I happen to have a set of these tin shroud tinplate pieces...
• Re: Westy propane tank fill valve fix
  Historical mailing list - Roman Haag
  Wed, 22 Mar 2017 18:38:44 -0400
  ...The later model skid plate did not fit on the tabs of the early model tank. Ti be honest on both tanks the tabs...
• Re: Journeys under difficult conditions
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 23 May 1997 17:21:45 -0700
  ...BTW, I have nothing for syncros. :( Guess with AWD one doesn't need skid plates. Jim Arnott Union, OR Oh yeah, you might let...
• Re: Update: vibration source found, Syncro 1.9 TD (also found a few more ponies!)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Wed, 7 Apr 1999 22:09:17 -0400
  Dear Karl, Are you going to be able to modify the skidplate to avoid this "interference"? or is it gone forever (meaning there is...
• Re: 87 syncro: replacing exhaust components
  Historical mailing list - Richard Danzey
  Fri, 23 May 1997 21:59:39 -0400
  Rob wrote: > > >Is that where the skid rail can contact the exhaust if it's bent up? > >I bent my skid frame again on...
• Re: extra wieght for blizzard
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 17 Feb 2003 08:51:27 -0600
  George, in all my 30 years of Alaska driving, I never found it necessary to carry a shovel, or use anti-skid, or have...
• Westy propane tank skidplate prototype
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 2 Dec 2016 08:20:37 -0800
  ...But I have posted a very short bit on an aluminum skid plate for the westy tank. What's shown is actually the second...
• Syncro skid plate and longitudinal bars needed
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Thu, 25 Feb 1999 21:52:44 -0500
  Anyone have a complete extra set lying around? Email me if you do. Karl Mullendore
• Part #/plans for front end skid plates?
  Historical mailing list - Tobin T. Copley
  Tue, 4 Jul 1995 12:51:25 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Journeys under difficult conditions" for the VW Transporter/Caravelle and LT, but they only show plans for skid plates for the motor, transmission, and...
• Re: [NVC] Beware of the Skid Demon
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir H Desai
  Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:58:55 -0400
  Although, a name like "skid demons" might suggest the band terrorizes men for used tightie-whities. :D On Sep 18, 2008, at 12:26...
• Re: Syncro Transmission Oil Drain Under Skid Plate
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Thu, 26 Jun 2003 18:22:49 -0700
  I don't have a Syncro, so can't help on the skid plate, but I would *not* use MTL - use MT90 instead. Although...
• Re: Vanagon Safety - Stopping Distance?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sat, 27 Jun 1998 09:13:36 -0400
  ...just slammed on the brakes, and the van skidded to a stop, but it skidded in a straight line and we were stopped well...
• WESTY: Anybody have for sale...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 15 Jan 2004 21:52:36 -0600
  Anybody have a front table and arm (brown) or a skid plate/cover thing for the LP tank on a westy? Thanks, Jim
• Re: Syncro Aux. fuel tank.
  Historical mailing list - John P. Stoneback
  Wed, 22 Oct 1997 15:01:10 -0400
  ...Besides, I'll bet he can't get the WEBASCO in with that huge skid plate :) . John
• Re: A kid in Honda crunched my 87 syncro yesterday/ body damage pics
  Historical mailing list - Doug F
  Thu, 26 Jan 2006 14:38:39 -0800
  ...However sometimes they just plow into you without skidding so you wouldn't see or hear it coming. I wish up to 25 you...