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• Top Gear episodes with Vanagon campers
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Sat, 25 Sep 2010 18:59:51 -0400
  If have you never watched the British show Top Gear you cannot really call yourself a gear head (petrol head in the UK). Here...
• Re: [TDI-conversion] I gotta tranny... what is the gearing? no codes
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:59:05 -0800
  sure, you can get close to what the overall ratio is in top gear by a kinda crude method . ( overall ratio is R & P...
• Re: Diesel to Gasoline Conversion?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:38:18 -0700
  ...in top gear .......that's called 'under-geared.' > > too high gearing is when it hasn't got enough beans to pull a gear , > especially...
• Re: Top Gear episodes with Vanagon campers
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Sun, 26 Sep 2010 13:22:23 EDT
  ...If have you never watched the British show Top Gear you cannot really call yourself a gear head (petrol head in the UK). Here...
• Re: New Weddle 5 Speed Conversion
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 23 Feb 2015 18:00:37 -0800
  ...Depending on your engine and van model you may not be able to pull a top gear much taller than that as much as...
• Re: curious ebay vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:00:33 -0700
  The North American Vanagon 4 speeds have a .85 top gear. Other Vanagon models had .82 or .77, for 5 speeds. Aftermarket makes a...
• Re: regearing a manual trans
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 4 Sep 2015 18:20:30 -1000
  ...4th ( top gear ) can be used from 40ish to top speed. Two gears to play with. in this 5 speed...very nice with 3...
• Re: Vanagon Re Power...with VW motor..
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 29 Oct 2007 05:22:48 -0800
  ...At 4000 rpm, stock tires, DX in top gear = 70 mph DU in top gear = 71 mph The diesel 4 speeds are far worse...
• Re: Speed
  Historical mailing list - Bostig Eng.
  Wed, 23 Nov 2005 09:58:20 -0500
  ...Zetec up top, waterboxer below... and are gear limited... even if you had the power to push the van through air etc on the...
• Re: regearing a manual trans
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Sat, 5 Sep 2015 15:34:04 -0700
  ...4th ( top gear ) can be used from 40ish to top speed. Two gears to play with. in this 5 speed...very nice with 3...
• Re: auto trans final drive
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Fri, 4 Jun 2010 09:36:40 -0700
  Are you changing out the gear oil, or just topping it off? The simplest way I've found to get it in there is...
• Re: 5 speed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:41:07 -0800
  ...and whatever top speed is. additionally ..it's nicely tallishly geared in top gear...and certainly not undergeared in top gear. and ..it has...
• Re: [Vwdiesel] top speed 82 Rabbit 1.6 NA
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Wed, 24 Sep 2003 04:07:05 -0400
  ...Was that in 4th or 5th gear? Often top speed is reached in 4th, since the engine can't rev to it's power...
• Re: Pickup
  Historical mailing list - Jean & Steve Kammerer
  Mon, 24 Aug 1998 09:04:30 -0400
  ...PU got about 30-33 mpg due to lower 4th gear ratio. Rabbit car had an overdrive for the top gear. Loved both cars...
• curious ebay vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 14 Oct 2007 22:24:14 -0700
  ...I know little about the diesels, but isn't a 1.00-1.05 top gear going to limit you to like 60-65mph...
• Gear oil change
  Historical mailing list - Michael
  Sun, 27 Mar 2016 13:14:03 -0400
  ...Got the gear oil out (blown pan gasket helped). Now, how to fill this sucker up? Through the 17mm drain plug? Through the top...
• Re: aircooled transaxle with 1.6NA diesel
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Fri, 18 Jan 2002 16:05:10 EST
  ...The whole diesel gearbox and engine sit lower and tilted to the rear compared to the 2.0 gas aircooled. THAT is why the...
• Re: friday...whats the FASTEST youve driven in your vanagon????
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sat, 6 Mar 2004 07:14:15 -0800
  215/75 - 15 tires. O.77 top gear. 5500 RPM in top. 117 on the GPS. pensioner (SVX Syncro Westie)
• Re: Frozen manual trans
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 7 Feb 1996 17:18:08 -0500
  ...If not, top it up (thru the same hole) with gear oil (80W90 or better yet use synthetic 75W90 oil). Regarding the hard ti...
• Re: wheels (was syncro fuel tanks and snow tyres)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Davis
  Sun, 19 Oct 1997 01:03:49 -0400
  ...gears to compensate for the >> larger wheels. > but bigger wheels also means lower rpm's and faster top end speed, right? Theroretically, but top...
• Re: Any air cooled owners out there running oversized tires?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Howe
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 15:00:15 +0800
  ...They would only help your top speed if you were already able to hit the redline in top gear. Some how I don't...
• Re: tiico's, subies and diesels oh my...
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Berchin
  Mon, 15 Jul 2002 18:55:13 -0400
  ...2.2, but only for top gear. I have drag and powertrain loss effects only for fourth gear for those engines - what's left...
• RPMs
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Fri, 13 Dec 2002 11:33:38 -0800
  The previous thread about engine RPMs and top speed got me thinking and I was hoping that some of you gear heads out there...
• Re: Speedometer markings
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 12 May 97 23:38:50 CDT
  ...Are these supposed to be >the top speeds for each gear? My westy would be screaming at 50 in third >gear, and 20 in...
• Re: Speed
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 23 Nov 2005 07:53:14 -0800
  ...Zetec up top, waterboxer below... and are gear limited... even if you had the power to push the van through air etc on the...
• Re: curious ebay vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:51:41 -0700
  ...I know little about the diesels, but isn't a 1.00-1.05 top gear going to limit you to like 60-65mph...
• I'm about to give up...
  Historical mailing list - zolo
  Tue, 23 Mar 2004 13:56:01 -0800
  ...The second and the fourth gears are not going in deep enough, only get to the top of the gears and they would just...
• Re: Top sppeds
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Tue, 25 Apr 2000 14:20:14 -0600
  >>>What is safe speed(engine wise) for 3rd and 4th gear in my 82 Westy? My '81 has shift marks on the speedo. Top...
• Re: I recently started assembling my engine,
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Tue, 16 Oct 2001 08:23:06 -0400
  ...I would remove the dist and drive to inspect the brass gear. If just the tops of the brass gear have damage as is...
• Re: Manual Tranny oil
  Historical mailing list - Ken Herman
  Mon, 26 Oct 1998 11:00:09 EST
  ...Instead of using a gear oil pump I have "squirted it in" using the gear oil bottle with a small hose on the top...
• Formula for calculating speed w/given gear ratios
  Historical mailing list - R J Bellanca
  Fri, 04 Jul 1997 06:16:09 -0700
  I know there's someone out there with a handy dandy formula for calculating top end for different gear ratio's and rear ends...
• No Top Bunk (Rare?)
  Historical mailing list - robert asmann
  Fri, 19 Apr 2002 14:05:48 -0400
  ...top there is a storage space rather than a top bed, the storage bins are in the same finish as the Westy camping gear...
• New tranny for a 1.6l TD westy...
  Historical mailing list - Sylvain B
  Thu, 12 Oct 2000 18:58:38 EDT
  ...With the original tranny, i find that the engine really revs too fast on top gear. I guess it must be running at about...
• Re: Trans. Oil filler plug?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:31:50 -0700
  ...The Real Beauty of the 5 speed is the rations and spacing of the top 3 gears, 3rd, 4th and 5th. top gear is...
• man. trans. noise + cause
  Historical mailing list - Pabst Michael
  Fri, 7 Sep 2001 10:58:06 +0200
  ...Had a 'clac-a-dee-clac' in 2nd gear at half load (after 220kmi). Found most gears having small dents on top of the...
• Re: aircooled transaxle with 1.6NA diesel
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Fri, 18 Jan 2002 13:07:59 -0800
  ...THAT is why the diesel calls for more oil to bring > it up to the top of the (front-side) filler hole..ya gotta...
• Re: Shifter came unbolted from floor
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:19:51 -0400
  ...The gearshift mechanism housing is just kind of laying there on top of the spare tire. The bolts on the shift lever housing are...
• Eurovan RPM@70 - Friday OT but not Phryedaye OT
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 2 Apr 2010 08:27:00 -0400
  ...1st gear – 2.71 38.1 mph 2nd gear – 1.55 66.6 mph 3rd gear – 1.00 103.2 mph 4th gear - .68...
• Shifting into 1st gear
  Historical mailing list - Thompson, Michael
  Tue, 4 Jun 2002 11:21:58 -0600
  ...The problem seems worse when the engine is warm or has been traveling in top gear for some time. It is more inconvenient than...
• Re: Gear oil change
  Historical mailing list - Michael
  Sun, 27 Mar 2016 14:43:59 -0400
  ...Got the gear oil out (blown pan gasket helped). > > Now, how to fill this sucker up? Through the 17mm drain plug? > > Through the top...
• Re: James May on westies
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Wed, 19 May 2010 10:57:57 +0000
  It is the ideal vehicle for "Captain Slow"!! Speaking of Top Gear, too bad Hammond's amphibian version of the diesel Vanagon Westy didn...
• Re: New Weddle 5 Speed Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Mon, 23 Feb 2015 20:55:40 -0400
  ...in that top gear? What are the results you'd > expect to see? Having a 5-speed with the 5th gear being the same...
• Re: Help with distributor installation, seal question
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
  Fri, 20 Sep 2002 13:59:04 -0400
  ...have to remove the drive gear to replace it or if it just sits on top of the gear. Matthew Pollard wrote: > the o...
• Re: Rebuilding Man. Tranny-Questions regarding taller gears??
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 21 Feb 2004 13:23:01 -0600
  ...us a gear by gear comparison between the Standard manual tranny, and the 5 speed manual tranny, beginning with the top gear and working...
• Re: Rebuilding Man. Tranny-Questions regarding taller gears??
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 21 Feb 2004 15:54:11 -0800
  ...us a gear by gear comparison between the Standard > manual tranny, and the 5 speed manual tranny, beginning with the top > gear and working...
• Source for those net gear hammocks?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:45:26 -0800
  ...I want some for my 'topless' camper to put my extra gear and clothes up off the floor when the bed is deployed, etc...
• Re: New oil pump not snug in case
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:35:22 -0300
  ...on putting the new Schadeck gears in the old pump housing? I can get the old top gear to move laterally ever so slightly...
• Re: curious ebay vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:05:13 -0700
  ...I know little about the diesels, but isn't a > 1.00-1.05 top gear going to limit you to like 60-65mph...
• Re: Rebuilding Man. Tranny-Questions regarding taller gears??
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 21 Feb 2004 13:58:40 -0800
  ...All 5 gears are closer together than the 4 speeds and top gear is nearly the same overall. For completeness let me add that...
• Wear Index
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Wed, 9 Nov 94 10:32:01 PST
  ...This started me thinking about compiling a wear index - Engine revolutions per mile in top gear x stroke of the engine - giving the linear...
• Re: James May on westies
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 18 May 2010 20:22:00 -0700
  You've been watching too much Top Gear... James isn't, well, you know.. sheesh - just ask his wife, Sarah Frater... I do enjoy...
• Re: tiico's, subies and diesels oh my...
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 15 Jul 2002 18:26:06 -0500
  ...2.2, but only for > top > gear. I have drag and powertrain loss effects only for fourth gear > for > those engines - what's left...
• Re: Vanagon 5 Speed Trannies. RPM in 5th gear question.
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Sun, 22 Nov 1998 02:32:09 EST
  Michael, You can use the nifty gear ratio/speed calculator at David Marshall's page- www.volkswagen.org Off the top of my head...
• Re: Top sppeds
  Historical mailing list - Carl Krucke
  Sun, 23 Apr 2000 18:51:01 -0400
  >David Cooper <Zcoop1@AOL.COM> said: >What is safe speed(engine wise) for 3rd and 4th gear in my 82 Westy? >Since my Westy...
• Re: Question on 15" rims 4 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Thu, 10 Dec 1998 10:19:48 -0700
  ...Just couldn't imagine that a gearing increase could help top end speed, but there is no refuting test results over theory! Michael will...
• Re: Frankenshifter
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sat, 19 Jan 2008 20:51:21 -0500
  ...With that bump removed from the gearshift rod, I was able to get the top collar down onto the spring so it is actually...
• Re: Pump for gallon containers of Redline Gear oil
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Thu, 7 Jul 2005 08:18:06 -0500
  ...Any marine ships store also has lower unit gear oil pumps that screw right on the top of the Red Line gear oil bottle...
• Re: Air Cooled Transmission value
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 7 Jun 2010 10:59:44 -0700
  ...in the stock set up, you get to 52 mph in top gear, and it feels just like it's time to hit the...
• Re: 84 Vanagon, will not shift into gear.
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 3 Sep 2007 15:56:12 -0600
  ...When she > turned the motor off, she was able to get it into first gear, then > started it up in gear and re-parked...
• Engine RPMs
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Sat, 21 Dec 2002 14:32:09 -0800
  ...RPMs The previous thread about engine RPMs and top speed got me thinking, and I was hoping that some of you gear heads out...