Nat wrote:

..........In Flagstaff Az. I called Burk's Autohaus who immediately told me
what was wrong and how to test the diagnosis. He was correct and had the
part required which was installed immediately.  I needed a large resistor
which was mounted behind the front grill to the left of the right
headlight.   Burkhard is a German Master Mechanic and we talked vanagons
for over a hour.  This guy knew his Volkswagen (and Vanagons to boot), He
turned me on to an article in European Car mag about the Eurospec engine
swap with a GTI for the Vanagon...one for the shop recommendation list for
sure!

Have to second Nat's recommendation, I have been relying on Burk for
several years when I get something I cannot handle with my Syncro. He's a
good man if you find yourself in need in northern AZ.

john
87 Syncro GL

BTW........I got unanimous concurrence on there being no problem with
driving without the drive shaft (just stay out of the really *deep* mud).