JeanAnn, Right on ! You GO Girl ! No kidding, I am super highly in favor of women being empowered in any Endeavour, including 'everything' Syncro. Scott ...
Tom, I think it works "backwards" with master cylinders, that is, to get more braking power, use a smaller piston. On the other end, the calipers, more piston...
IIRC, A1 chassis VWs went to a bigger MC piston with the 16V Scirocco, which had bigger front discs and rear discs instead of drums. So is a bigger MC...
I ran the VIN and it was bought at a dealer auction in Portland last year with 158,114 miles. Looks like it hasn't been driven it much since then. BTW: it was...
Yup, I guess they made a few Weekender Westy Syncros. The price is real attractive for a running Vannagon and a running Syncro. I 've got my eyes on one at a...
Marco over at Buslab in Berkeley has a Porsche 911 MC on his SVX Carat. I think he has Audi front and rear discs and that is one outstanding set of brakes. He...
Larry has it exactly right, Smaller MC gives greater hydraulic pressure for a given force applied to the pedal. A Master cyl must do two things, 1. take pedal...
There's another problem with bigger diameter caliper pistons - makes for more area for heat to transfer from the brake pads to the brake fluid - which is a...
The Vanagon Syncro has 23.8mm My LT 4x4 has a 25.4mm (hmmm 1 inch - lots of stuff in inches on that truck!) Looking at ETKA, the T3 Syncro has a 281 612 105...
Lisa, GOOD JOB!! Finally some FUN on the list! JeanAnn Kirk Helena, MT '89 GL Syncro custom made into a Westy.... working on 3rd engine conversion.... it's a...
Troubleshoot my no start problem today due to warm weather. I have new items on the way such as temp2, 02, plugs, wires, ect.but today I'm just "checking ...
I'm not the expert about this but have had enough chats with local techs, tranny rebuilders and Syncro friends who have/are dealing with this that I'll just...
the go westy springs work real well for me, they are very stable on road, great for suking up big bumps on off raod, almost 2" lift puts you in control of...
That's what it is all right, for sure. ... From: Syncro@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Syncro@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Simon Reinhardt Sent: Monday, March 03,...
Scott/Simon, Thanks! Were they two wire sensors where it hooked up? The reason I ask is I'm trying to figure out the ground wire that is cut on top of the...
Can someone explain why I NEVER has this issue with 3 jeeps, 2 trucks and an audi with 300K miles in our family but almost every syncro has horrible vibration...
... Rainer: How have you shimmed or changed the angles of your tranny and front diff? Just by shimming it seems one cannot do very much. Dropping the engine...
I've had this happen two times in the 7 years I've owned my Syncro, about 4 years apart. Replacing one of the u-joints fixed it. However, the first time the ...
don't know about you guys but i continue to have unique problems with women that i almost never have with men. yet, i continue to be involved with women. maybe...