In a message dated 5/16/05 1:51:59 PM, vanagon@ASTOUND.NET writes: << as soon as I can get the cash I will be installing the manual decoupler and SOLID shaft in place of the vc and will never look back. IMHO the vanagon should have had the manual decoupler all along. >> I'm with you on that one, but there's a German (maybe Austrian) Phd-of-something who posts to the Syncro group and he will argue at length that the idea of shit-canning the VC is foolish. His point is that the benifits of an all-wheel drive system in providing superior vehicle control under all road conditions outweigh its shortcomings. I guess he has never had a VC eat a transaxle for lunch. George |
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