James,

Folks area generally not allowed on this list if they misspell Syncro,
so you may not quite be ready yet!

;-)

Karl Wolz

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
Behalf Of
> James Lowe
> Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 10:03 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: CV Joint boots & Power Door locks
>
> The persons with insecurities list?  Do you think they'd let me join?
What if I'm not
> good enough?
>
> I recently acquired a 1987 Synchro GL.  I love this van.  She is,
however, in need of
> some TLC to get everything working again.  Motor & trans seem to be in
good
> shape (not real powerful, though).
>
> One of my first projects was to fix the power door locks.  None of
them worked.
> The only glimmer of hope that I had was the passenger door motor
operated
> whenever I locked or unlocked this door.  I pulled the driver's door
motor drive
> assembly out and took it apart.  I found lots of corrosion on the
copper and
> evidence of water infiltration.  After cleaning it up I pulled it back
in and it worked!  I
> did the same for the sliding door and the rear hatch.  There was no
sign of water in
> these units, but the motors wouldn't run so I took them out of the
case and attached
> a 12V battery directly to the motor leads and they worked, too.  I
think they were
> just a little stiff from non-use.   After getting everything back
together I could lock
> and unlock all my doors with one turn of the key as those fine German
engineers
> had intended.  The only problem is, whenever I use any door other than
the drivers
> door to lock or unlock the van the lock motors will cycle endlessly
until the door is
> closed.  At which time they return to the same position as the
driver's door lock
> (either locked or unlocked).  The Driver's door lock is not activated
by the other
> locks.  This doesn't seem right to me so I was wondering if anyone
else has dealt
> with this before?
>
> Also, I read the list of things New Owners should do and am working my
way
> through it.  I've already replaced the left rear CV Joint.  My
mechanic advised that
> the left front boot was torn and that joint would go in 10,000 miles
or so.  There is
> no sign of trouble now.  I'm wondering if it is inevitable that the
joint will fail because
> the boot is torn, or if I can repair the boot and extend the life of
the joint?  Has
> anyone repaired a CV Joint Boot?
>
> All advice welcome.
>
> Thanks,
> Jim Lowe
> '87 Synchro GL