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• Re: 16" Transmission Codes
  Historical mailing list - Harald from Austria
  Sun, 28 Jul 2002 07:27:23 -0400
  ...http://www.t3-forum.de/user/harald23/Transmission_code-syncro.JPG Harald Graz/Austria �88 Caravelle CL syncro with drive shaft decoupler and 112...
• Syncro tire pressure
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 23 Jan 2020 09:53:24 -0800
  hi all, I talk with a guy yesterday, about tire pressure on a permanent 4x4 vehicle, he drives a tintop syncro (no decoupler) and...
• more syncro stuff on my blog
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 3 Apr 2010 20:19:18 -0700
  ...Factory drawings, showing standard VC drive line and the much rarer factory decoupler set up. here; http://shufti.wordpress.com cheers, alistair
• Re: Removal of Lock Diff and Decoupler Knobs?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:04:29 -0400
  They twist off. Pull them out, and put some plyers on the shaft, then twist. On Jun 22, 2006, at 2:48 PM, Jeffrey...
• Stranded in Portland OR
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Sat, 26 Jun 2010 11:01:16 -0700
  ...No power to rear wheels, but when decoupler is activated, the front wheel work and got me off I-5. CV's are all...
• Re: no power to tranny??
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:41:23 -0700
  ...no power to tranny?? > > yes tripple knobs means both lockers and a decoupler ;).. is there > another term for it? > > have you seen a clutch...
• Re: Ideas on shipping/towing from Nova Scotia
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 19 Aug 2003 09:32:11 -0400
  ...do you remove the driveshaft when > towing? Or do you have a decoupler? IIRC, removing the driveshaft is unnecessary when towing with all four...
• Rumble
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:55:00 -0700
  ...87 syncro with a decoupler. I've only tried it decoupled. I suppose I should couple it up and check that too. Does the...
• Re: My New Ride
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 1 Apr 2009 10:49:10 -0700
  My mistake, I meant the front locker and the decoupler. On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com...
• Re: Donuts, Westy Style
  Historical mailing list - Julianna Thoennes
  Wed, 29 Jan 2014 23:10:44 -0800
  ...http://youtu.be/s7Nnf3iVPTI > > It seems I forgot to re-engage my decoupler and the diff lock, though. > > Chris. > > Wysłane z iPhone'a
• FRONT DIFF LOCK MERITS & AVAILABILITY
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Fri, 12 May 2006 18:55:56 -0700
  Now that the decoupler thread has quieted down some.....could someone please explain the pros and cons and costs and availability of a front...
• Re: Cheap mechanics
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 16 Jun 2005 19:58:05 -0700
  ...The other was in an effort to get the driveshaft decoupler switch wired in by an improper splicing under the Syncro instead of locating...
• Re: report on Limited Slip Differential
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:29:02 -0500
  ...My Westy Syncro has the LSD for the front, a decoupler (even though I still have the VC) and locker in the rear. On...
• one-armed wisdom of viscous coupler
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Sun, 4 Feb 2007 15:54:26 -0700
  ...I am not knocking decouplers but for safe driving and convience, the viscous coupling is perfect and I see exactly why VW put it...
• Re: Syncro tire pressure
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 23 Jan 2020 22:54:32 -0300
  ...on a permanent 4x4 > vehicle, he drives a tintop syncro (no decoupler) and a Subaru Forester. He > said that he put equal tire pressure...
• Re: Chains for your whip (was whips and chains, O My)
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:18:07 -0800
  ...Czech em > out. > > Pensionerd > > Snickero, westie, decoupler and lockers SVX in the boot.ds >
• Re: Stranded in Portland OR
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Sat, 26 Jun 2010 14:43:18 -0400
  ...No power to rear wheels, but > when decoupler is activated, the front wheel work and got me off I-5. > > CV's are all...
• Re: Syncro tire pressure
  Historical mailing list - moritz schmid
  Thu, 23 Jan 2020 14:04:30 -0500
  ...on a permanent 4x4 > vehicle, he drives a tintop syncro (no decoupler) and a Subaru Forester. He > said that he put equal tire pressure...
• Re: update to south african parts group purchase page
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Thu, 14 Mar 2002 14:01:39 EST
  ...EDU writes: > i have updated the page with information about the decoupler vacuum > setup and lugnuts for the alloy wheels. > > http://members.cruzio.com...
• Re: [syncro.org] FRONT DIFF LOCK MERITS & AVAILABILITY
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 13 May 2006 01:26:56 -0400
  ...I added the decoupler on a lark at the last moment. But I figure, with the rears locked, the front engaged, and a limited...
• Re: Removal of Lock Diff and Decoupler Knobs?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:10:47 -0400
  They unscrew. So you have to pull them out, then hold the stem to unscrew the knobs. You probably also have to remove the...
• SYNCRO de MAYO was Great! (early details)
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 20 May 2002 17:57:30 -0700
  ...Tom Lengyel(decoupler fame) put on demos of what a highly skilled driver could do with a stock looking Syncro. His dual lockers and...
• Re: no power to tranny??
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 11 Jul 2010 23:35:01 -0700
  ...What do you mean by "triple knobs"? Do you have a decoupler installed? Or did you put house-style knobs of three of your...
• Re: Towing a Vanagon behind a motorhome
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Sun, 12 Aug 2012 13:41:47 -0600
  ...He pulls an '82 Westy that he converted from diesel to Subaru 2.5 and Syncro(!) He must have a decoupler to tow it...
• Re: Syncro de-coupler questions
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 19 Jun 2006 15:57:11 -0400
  The decoupler disconnects power transfer to the front wheels. It doesn't matter if you have a rear locker or not. No, you don...
• Re: Donuts, Westy Style
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Wed, 29 Jan 2014 18:30:10 -0800
  ...today:  http://youtu.be/s7Nnf3iVPTI It seems I forgot to re-engage my decoupler and the diff lock, though. Chris. Wysłane z iPhone'a
• Fryeday: Unearthed Paints - the reason I was not so active lately
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Fri, 23 Sep 2011 19:28:03 -0600
  ...And, of course, I will continue to sell decouplers for all the syncros out there........ Florian
• Re: Rumble
  Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
  Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:41:43 -0400
  ...from the drivers seat, not the > passengers. > > 87 syncro with a decoupler. I've only tried it decoupled. I suppose I > should > couple it...
• Re: Syncro Critic
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Wed, 11 Sep 2013 11:25:57 -0700
  ...Some have decouplersso there is a 2WD mode. They come, all versions with the wiring all ready in the harness, for an indicator light...
• Re: snow plow on vanagon
  Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
  Wed, 14 Jan 2015 12:59:18 -0500
  ...Similar in appearance to the decoupler nose, but different. > On Jan 14, 2015, at 12:45 AM, jordanvw@AOL.COM wrote: > > In a message...
• Re: Donuts, Westy Style
  Historical mailing list - TonyCollin
  Wed, 29 Jan 2014 22:29:43 -0500
  ...http://youtu.be/s7Nnf3iVPTI It seems I forgot to re-engage my decoupler and the diff lock, though. Chris. Wysłane z iPhone'a
• Re: Low Mileage Syncro Westy for $6,000?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Thu, 14 Jul 2005 14:52:36 -0700
  ...As a favor to all list members I therefore invite all listees >with non stock equipment such as a Gary Lee rack, decoupler, syncro...
• Syncro transmission seam leak
  Historical mailing list - MilosKitchen
  Sun, 15 May 2005 08:27:05 -0400
  ...It is coming from the transaxle output case at the parting seam, not the driveshaft seal itself (the housing where a driveshaft decoupler would...
• Re: My New Ride
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Wed, 1 Apr 2009 11:06:49 -0700
  ...Wednesday, April 1, 2009, 1:49 PM My mistake, I meant the front locker and the decoupler. On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 10...
• Re: Chains for your whip (was whips and chains, O My)
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:23:44 -0800
  ...Czech em >> out. >> >> Pensionerd >> >> Snickero, westie, decoupler and lockers SVX in the boot.ds >> > >
• New Absurdity -$75,000 Syncro Westy
  Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
  Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:32:07 -0500
  ...suspension/drive train bits...like custom geared tranny and R&P, decoupler, slip yoke drive shaft, locking front diff, and sway way axles and...
• transmission/clutch noise
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 25 May 2015 11:20:17 -0700
  ...The transmission does have a driveshaft decoupler. The sound is unaffected by whether the driveshaft is coupled or decoupled. It also made no difference...
• Re: rad fan with hose fittings?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:20:07 -0400
  ...the connectors for the differential locks, front and rear, and the decoupler sensor. Or maybe it was Steyr Puch not cost cutting. On Aug...
• Re: Bus Depot Snow Tires are in!!
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:23:13 -0500
  ...Only AFTER I had gotten to work did I realized that the > decoupler was engaged. I.E. I had been in 2wd mode all...
• Electric Vanagon Possibility
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:10:57 -0700
  ...mount the electric motor directly to the front differential (with a decoupler). Viola! A Vanagon hybrid. You'd still have the gas motor for...
• CV joint failure while on a trip, what next?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Fri, 2 May 2003 15:28:52 -0700
  ...I have a decoupler and the bus drives ok. Need to drive back home (1000km). There is no chance of getting a new cv...
• Re: Need Viscous Coupling Refresher Course - '91 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Mon, 16 May 2005 10:46:48 -0700
  ...IMHO the vanagon should have had the manual decoupler all along. If it were mine to design I would have designed it with free...
• Re: Spare tire rotation - Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Chris Szpejankowski
  Sat, 11 Jul 2015 12:13:01 -0400
  ...I also have a decoupler so I don't worry about putting my spare on. Wysłane z iPhone'a Dnia 11 lip 2015 o...
• Re: This GoWesty is really starting to annoy me....
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 1 Apr 2008 16:16:51 -0700
  ...1000 more engine, or Recaro seats, or a solid shaft and decoupler, or who maybe wants it painted CRAZY EXPENSIVE RED? Generally, they seem...
• Re: Syncro tire pressure
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 Jan 2020 16:11:45 +0000
  ...on a permanent 4x4 > vehicle, he drives a tintop syncro (no decoupler) and a Subaru Forester. He > said that he put equal tire pressure...
• Re: Syncro Critic
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Wed, 11 Sep 2013 15:35:18 -0500
  ...the decoupler. > Everysyncro I have ever seen have provision on the dash ..for knobs and > indicator lights for rear diff locked, decoupler in AWD...
• Syncro de Mayo EAST 2007
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Thu, 29 Mar 2007 16:14:04 -0400
  ...East coasters can see first-hand how the various equipment fares in the rough stuff - various tires and wheels, decouplers, lockers front and rear...
• Re: vc question on syncro
  Historical mailing list - Ki
  Sun, 21 Mar 2004 12:23:55 -0800
  ...vc, the vc is removed from the front diff when the decoupler is installed correct? On Sun, 21 Mar 2004, Frank Condelli wrote: > In...
• Re: another syncro question
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 19 May 2010 09:25:18 -0700
  ...I was thinking of getting a decoupler for my new syncro.. does anybody know if I Need to use a straight shaft in place...
• Re: Limited slip differential
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:58:11 -0600
  ...and soon a decoupler > On 4/30/09, Troy <colorworks@gci.net> wrote: > > Hi folks: > > > So, since I have to pull the transmission anyway...
• Re: Drivetrain Diagnosis - Update
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:07:03 -0600
  ...That's basically what is done when a Syncro has a decoupler, except that the prop shaft continues to spin and be connected to...
• Re: [syncro.org] Re: Oversized Spare Tire Rack?
  Historical mailing list - Jon Brown
  Mon, 19 Dec 2005 16:46:15 -0800
  Even with a decoupler, wouldn't this be hard on the differential? Sometimes I ask stupid questions that expose my ignorance... hence the fire...
• Re: [Syncro] decouplers
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 20 Feb 2003 06:42:40 EST
  In a message dated 2/19/2003 12:22:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: > The think is I don...
• Re: snow plow on vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Wed, 14 Jan 2015 10:49:25 -0800
  ...Similar in appearance to the decoupler nose, but different. > On Jan 14, 2015, at 12:45 AM, jordanvw@AOL.COM wrote: > > In a message...
• another boring trip to Maine and Vermont.
  Historical mailing list - Rob Infante
  Thu, 17 Aug 2006 10:21:46 EDT
  ...Its also now sporting SA headlights, a rebuilt transaxle, schwenk springs with OMEs, SA front brakes, projekstwo fog lights and a decoupler, so it...
• Re: FRONT DIFF LOCK MERITS & AVAILABILITY
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 12 May 2006 22:17:37 -0400
  ...FRONT DIFF LOCK MERITS & AVAILABILITY Now that the decoupler thread has quieted down some.....could someone please explain the pros and cons and costs...
• Re: transmission/clutch noise
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 25 May 2015 11:31:10 -0700
  ...It will also go away if I push in > the clutch pedal. > > The transmission does have a driveshaft decoupler. The sound is unaffected > by...
• Re: CV joint failure while on a trip, what next?
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Fri, 2 May 2003 16:05:47 -0700
  ...movable quite a bit inside the cv > boot. > I have a decoupler and the bus drives ok. > Need to drive back home (1000km). There...
• Re: Misclassified NH Syncro on Samba
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:20:47 -0700
  ...If you consider this van be ready to have the trans rebuilt and add a decoupler w/ billet shaft or a new vc. my...
• Re: Need Viscous Coupling Refresher Course - '91 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Mon, 16 May 2005 11:09:42 -0700
  ...IMHO the vanagon should have had the manual decoupler > all > along. If it were mine to design I would have designed it with free...