Chris: Thanks for the excellent post. This only serves to reinforce my wish for some sort of "bolt on" overdrive for the Syncro! In my Jeeps with ultra low crawler gears (5.88 final, 7.68 1st, and 4.? transfer case ratios), it was pretty easy to get crazy with gearing, since I would just tow the Jeep to the Rubicon, then have fun. Tough to tow a Syncro Westy to a trail head, though! :-) The other great thing about old Jeeps was the availability of a Warn (now Saturn) overdrive unit. These basically bolted to the back of the transfer case, and installed a set of planetary gears onto the mainshaft of the transmission as it came into the transfer case. The planetaries were (are) engaged with a lever that is mounted next to the regular shifter. (so you ended up with three shifters). Another fun thing was with the overdrive, transfer case, and the 4 spd transmission, I had 16 forward gears and 4 reverse gears! (I would always park with the gears all screwy, knowing that no one would be able to figure out how to drive it if they tried to steal it) With the huge variety of Volkswagen transaxles out there, I am surprised that I have never heard of an overdrive unit of some sort being developed for the aftermarket... Brent Christensen '89 GL Syncro Westy Santa Barbara, CA > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf > Of chris weddle > Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 4:29 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Euro Ring & Pinions For Syncro Available > > >
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