Date:         Thu, 22 May 2003 06:38:31 -0700
Reply-To:     mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: [Syncro] Syncro = 2WD conversion
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I assume that you mean the crossmember that anchors the rear end of the
fuel tank support plates on the 2WD. It needs to be trimmed in the
center so the drive shaft will clear. Since the whole thing sticks down
a little lower than in a Syncro I first trimmed it all the way across.
Then I made the clearance area for the driveshaft. Then I shaped some 1
1/2" wide 1/8" metal flat stock to that whole lower edge and welded it
in. Since my 83 had come with the older metal long cooling pipes I also
enlarged the hole in the crossmember to allow the larger plastic Syncro
pipes to be used.

Mark

VW4X4@FYI.NET wrote:
>
> Here is a question for the few that have converted
> a 2WD Vanagon to a Syncro:
>              The Frame section in a 2WD Vanagon
> just in front of the transmission is straight
> and flat. In the Syncro it has a hump in it. What was
> done to this,  to convert to a Syncro setup?
>
>                                               Eric
>