Chris:

Thanks for the excellent post.  This only serves to reinforce my wish for
some sort of "bolt on" overdrive for the Syncro!

In my Jeeps with ultra low crawler gears (5.88 final, 7.68 1st, and 4.?
transfer case ratios), it was pretty easy to get crazy with gearing, since I
would just tow the Jeep to the Rubicon, then have fun.  Tough to tow a
Syncro Westy to a trail head, though!  :-)

The other great thing about old Jeeps was the availability of a Warn (now
Saturn) overdrive unit.  These basically bolted to the back of the transfer
case, and installed a set of planetary gears onto the mainshaft of the
transmission as it came into the transfer case. The planetaries were (are)
engaged with a lever that is mounted next to the regular shifter.  (so you
ended up with three shifters).  Another fun thing was with the overdrive,
transfer case, and the 4 spd transmission, I had 16 forward gears and 4
reverse gears!  (I would always park with the gears all screwy, knowing that
no one would be able to figure out how to drive it if they tried to steal
it)

With the huge variety of Volkswagen transaxles out there, I am surprised
that I have never heard of an overdrive unit of some sort being developed
for the aftermarket...

Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy
Santa Barbara, CA

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