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Subject:Re: What years power steering?
From:BenT Syncro
Date:Fri, 6 Jun 2008 22:42:27 -0700

On 6/6/08, Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
>
>
> I'm sure some models, like Woofy Westies only game with PS. - an 84 is
> like that I believe.

I have an late production 84 NON-Wolfy with powersteering. I was pleasantly
surprised to find that out
two years after buying the van. Apparently not all Wolfies got them
either. My buddy just acquired
an 84 Wolfy which does not have PS. We could find no trace that it ever had
PS.

PS was on all 2.1 wbxr engineded- Vanagons  and Syncro's from 86 and up.
> scott

This would be on US spec Vanagon only. My 89 Syncro has no PS. My 88
Canadian 2.1 had no PS.
Have an 85 German Syncro -- no PS there. In Japan they called some T4's
Vanagons so you can't
argue on the basis of the name "Vanagon". I don't think they were ever
called that in Europe or RSA.

BenT