One of the men on this list has a 2wd van with the diff lock on it. He says
that it will easily travel almost all the trails/roads that he has been on
while with volks in Syncro's.Daryl (aatransaxle.com) would be a real good
guy to discuss that with. You're right, no time like the present to make
mods while you're already going to the expense of a tranny rebuild.

bob
'87 syncro westy 2.2 rear locker ... and soon a decoupler

> On 4/30/09, Troy <colorworks@gci.net> wrote:
> > Hi folks:
> >
> So, since I have to pull the transmission anyway, and the fact it has
> > about 130,000 miles on it, I thought it might be a good time to do a
> rebuild
> > and add the Limited slip differential. Tranny is starting to slip (cold)
> and
> > needs to be warmed up already. Not cheap, probably looking at $2200 +
> > shipping cost and install. More like 3K all said and done.  Do you guys
> > think it's worth it?
> >
> > 89 Westy, subaru 2.2
> >
> > Troy
>