Date:         Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:21:11 -0700
Reply-To:     BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Putting a 2wd transmission into a Syncro?
Comments: To: Evan Martin <7martinn@GMAIL.COM>
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I didn't are anything wrong with the guy's question. If he can't afford to fix his Syncro trans, it is a perfectly logical step to install a 2wd trans temporarily. For example, if you were in Timbuktu and the only trans you can find is a 2wd, better to roll as a non-Syncro until you get to Timbukthree or wherever else.

Turning your poptop into a hardtop might be necessary for someone who, for example, tore his top off completely on a trip to the Alaskan wilderness and can't find a replacement. Weld a steel plate over the hole to shut the hole. Which should be what should be what should happen to his thread hijacking.

;-)


BenT


On Sep 22, 2010, at 11:59 PM, Evan Martin <7martinn@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> also, can I convert my Westy to a non-poptop? just curious......
> 
> sorry, no offence. just funny how people will convert anything to something
> else. BTDT.
> 
> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 12:08 AM, Will Taygan <lists@alaskabiodiesel.org>wrote:
> 
>> Heresy, I know.
>> 
>> Will a 2wd transmission pop into a Syncro?  I'm strictly diesel 2wd, but
>> I've got some buddies with a blown syncro transmission and no money to
>> fix it.  I've got a spare 2wd tranny.
>> 
>> Found lots of info converting 2wd to 4wd, but none going the other way,
>> hard to see what is actually necessary..
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Will in Alaska.
>>