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Subject:Re: no power to tranny??
From:Daryl Christensen
Date:Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:12:41 -0700

If it's a cv, you could have pulled the decoupler engaged and kept on
driving with fnt wheels only. May just be loose bolts..They should be
retightened after things have been apart just to be sure they got torque
tight enough.

Daryl of AA Transaxle
425-788-4070
"On the cutting edge of Old technology"
86 Syncro Westy with a Zetec in the trunk

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Jay lefstein
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 7:32 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: no power to tranny??

yes tripple knobs means both lockers and a decoupler ;).. is there
another term for it?

have you seen a clutch plate come apart in the middle?
On 11-Jul-10, at 11:35 PM, BenT Syncro wrote:

> On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 11:12 PM, Jay lefstein
> <jleftbrane@gmail.com> wrote:
> hey guys... i was driving along in third gear  at low revs ( 1987
> syncro with a bostig and triple knobs ) when i here a noise almost
> like something hit my door... and then no power from the engine to the
> tranny in any gear
> engine seems fine
> clutch feels normal
> I think is sound like something is rattling now when engine is
> running..
>
> what are your thoughts?
>
>
>
> Clutch plate coming apart in the middle? What do you mean by "triple
> knobs"? Do you have a decoupler installed? Or did you put house-
> style knobs of three of your doors?
>
>
>
> --
> BenT