Date:         Thu, 25 Feb 1999 23:26:20 -0500
Reply-To:     EMZ <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
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From:         EMZ <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
Subject:      Re: Syncro: Dyno smog test dangerous?
Comments: To: Bob Stratton <rslist@SDII.COM>
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     You may find that all wheel drive vehicles in your
state are no required to that a Dyno test.

            Eric                   86-VW4x4
            vw4x4@fyi.net          72-240z
            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler


On Thu, 25 Feb 1999, Bob Stratton wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I've received my new '89 Westy Syncro, and it's every bit as wonderful as I
> thought it would be...
>
> I'm in the process of making it legal, and I noticed something in the
> manual that worries me a little...on page 73, in the "Vehicle Operation"
> section, it reads:
>
> "Performance testing
>
> If the Vanagon/Transporter Syncro requires testing on a dynamometer (engine
> output analysis and brake test) the transaxle drive shaft must be
> disconnected.
>
> The differential lock must not be engaged."
>
>
> Does anyone know whether the two-speed dyno emissions tests would also do
> whatever they're worried about in the paragraph above? I don't think
> Virginia has replaced all of the emissions stations with dynos yet, but
> they're planning on it, and I don't want to be surprised.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Bob, KE4GDC
> 89 Westy Syncro
>