EMZ wrote:

>    Congratulations to: Dave Bogle
>                        Angus Gordon
>                        Rainer Woitok
>                        Tom Neal
>
>      These guys are IMHO the top Syncro Mechanics of the list.
>
>   The knob is located on a small round shaft, that spins freely.
> Therefore turning it just turns the shaft. This leads one to
> beleive it is not threaded on, but like all VW things, a simple
> hidden engineering trick.

Only this time, its not VW! If I'm not wrong, its VDO, the knob is made
by Helphos, possibly also the switch.

I also have another question! Also Syncro specific, but I guess
everybody should take a stab at this one.

Picture this; you are out off-roading in the forest or down a logging
road in your Syncro, enjoying the scenery when you get a flat tire, the
right front gets a small nail in it. You are 20 miles from the nearest
surfaced road, another 40 miles to the nearest place to get the tire
fixed, and it's a sunday afternoon. Your Syncro is equipped with
27x8,5-14, but your spare is the regular 185R14 or 205/70R14, it doesn't
matter which. You only have that one spare, and no other tools than what
your Syncro came with from the factory. You call the tow truck, but no
one wanna help you far into the woods. You know that if you just can
make it to the road, you can get help.

Question: How do you get out to the road without ruining your viscous
coupling? I have no definite answer, but I have a good theory that would
work.

PerL
87 Syncro 112i