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Subject:Re: Syncro Tranny Removal Procedure/tips
From:Brad Spear
Date:Thu, 23 Dec 1999 21:32:14 EST

I wrote about this a while back..OK..maybe a long time back but it should
still be in the archives.  It was a message called "Things My Bentley Never
Told Me" and it was written right after I had the transmission out of mine
the first time.  I have had it out three or four times since then and am
looking at doing it again.  Mine never had the "popping out of fourth"
symptom, it just quit doing anything when I put it in fourth.

If you can't find it in the archives let me know.  I'll try to find it on the
hard drive, if it's still there that is.

Brad Spear
Burnsville, Minnesota
'72 Westy (Too cold for this one)
'87 Syncro GL (Minus one forward gear)

In a message dated 23-12-99 18:40:53 PM Central Standard Time,
tking_ms@MSN.COM writes:

> Hi Listers -- thanks for all the tranny advice. While I'm already putting
>  the fourth-gear bungee tips to use, I think you've all convinced me that I
>  better just do it and have my Syncro tranny rebuild sooner rather than
>  later. I really want my van functioning for New Years so my wife and I can
>  spent the last evening of 1999 camping at a ski area. I suppose I could put
>  it off until after then and hope my bungee cord holds. On the other hand,
>  Daryl at AA Transaxle is local and has quick turnaround, and I'm off work
>  next week, so I have time to do the remove and replace.
Hmmmmm....decisions.
>

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