Umm..  Maybe I'm missing something - but this is all handled in the stock
configuration in a Syncro.  AFAIK you get:

Air intake snorkel w/ heavy particle & water separator (i.e. insects and
gravel)
Clutch breather tube
Transaxle breather tube
Front diff breather tube
"Water proof" bearings and CV joints

(Per, Dr. Woitok - am I missing anything?)

This all results in a published fording depth of 12", but I am confident
that it is good to the bottoms of the door sills (where you start taking on
water).

You  may be best off just grabbing the air intake snorkel from a wrecked
Syncro (if you can find one).  The rest would probably be difficult to
retrofit.

Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy "Klaus"
Santa Barbara, CA

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of (Donna Cassano)
Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2000 10:03 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: fording in a Vanagon

WOW!! What is this, Vanagon survival 101?

Jim A wrote:

> I just looked it up...  the full link is:
> <http://members.tripod.com/~wetwesties/Journeys/28.GIF>.  Just keep
> incrementing the .GIF number through 37.
>
> Jim Arnott
> WetWesties
> Union, OR