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Subject:Re: converting to 4 wheel drive - Quaife?
From:Mick Kalber
Date:Thu, 6 Dec 2001 17:18:08 -1000

> It should have been clarified earlier that you actually do not need to
> install a Syncro tranny. What you actually need to do is get the case from
a
> Syncro trans with the locking diff. Then install your transmission in that
> case along with the hardware for actuating the locker. Earlier this year I
> bought such a set-up for $150 less the vacuum parts.

good point, ben... I forgot about that.  however, there is a bit of labor
involved in moving the guts from one trany to another, is there not?  for
some of us buying the whole syncro tranny with a locker or having someone
make the swap for us would be the only workable solution, eh?

mick
89 syncro westy
hilo, hawaii