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Subject:Re: stock gear ratios
From:Jake de Villiers
Date:Mon, 23 Jan 2006 12:40:16 -0800

You're getting pretty fun to watch Aaron; a regular one-man Mailing List!

On 1/23/06, Aaron Pearson <Aaron.Pearson@gxt.com> wrote:
>
> nevermind: it's  .85.
>
> aaron
> '87 syncro gl (for sale)
> '87 syncro westy ej22 (on it's way)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of Aaron Pearson
> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 8:24 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: stock gear ratios
>
> i'm buying a van that has a german transaxle trans, with "regeared" 3rd
> and 4th.  the p.o. (c.o.) doesn't know what those ratios are, so i
> contacted german.  they said "normally we would put in a 1.18 or 1.14
> 3rd gear and a .77 4th gear."  isn't .77 stock for 4th?  if not, what
> is?
>
> aaron
> '87 syncro gl (for sale)
> '87 syncro westy ej22 (on it's way)
>

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Jake
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