Date:         Mon, 12 Apr 1999 09:43:06 -0700
Reply-To:     Rich Durant <rich_durant@MENTORG.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Rich Durant <rich_durant@MENTORG.COM>
Subject:      New (used) Syncro
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Hi!

Well,  after driving and liking my '86 Westfalia the past year I've been
looking for a passenger version and wound up picking up an '86 Syncro
passenger van (7seats) last friday.   I suspect my neighbors think I've
lost it now that I have two same year, same color, same interior vehicles
in the driveway.

After driving it a bit this weekend I realized that my seat is lower in the
Syncro than it is in the Conastoga.  I'm fairly tall and would like to get
the seat height up higher.  Is it safe to raise the tracks that seat is
mounted on or would I be better off mounting a seat swivel to give it a bit
more height?

The headlights are brighter on the syncro than they are on the Westfalia.
In fact they're almost acceptable.  Is there a difference that I'm not
picking up on?  I haven't had a chance to look at the bulbs on the Syncro
to see if they're different.

Flipping through the Syncro manual, it shows an air intake tube that you
fiddle with before water crossings by the access panel next to the oil
filler and dipstick.  But I don't have one.   Should it be there?

Thanks -- Rich Durant

86 Vanagon GL Westfalia
86 Vanagon GL Syncro
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Rich Durant
Licensing & Installation Products
Mentor Graphics Corporation