Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 23:26:11 PDT
Reply-To: Timothy Gardner <caninewolf@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From: Timothy Gardner <caninewolf@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Syncro and Long Trip w/o Front Drive Shaft?
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Im not sure about the milage but I averaged 22-24mpg in my syncro.
Tim G
own:
84 wolfsburg(222k body(66k engine))
77 toyota chinook(for sale 2900/obo)(92k)
ex:
87 gl syncro(blew tranny at 181k)~Alaska~
84 ford ranger
87 dodge colt
>From: Brent Christensen <bpchristensen@MINDSPRING.COM>
>Reply-To: Brent Christensen <bpchristensen@MINDSPRING.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Syncro and Long Trip w/o Front Drive Shaft?
>Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 18:30:04 -0700
>
>Does this improve the gas mileage as well, or does the front diff
still turn
>and eat up just as much forward momentum?
>
>Brent Christensen
>'89 GL Syncro Westy
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Timothy Gardner <caninewolf@HOTMAIL.COM>
>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Monday, April 12, 1999 4:29 PM
>Subject: Re: Syncro and Long Trip w/o Front Drive Shaft?
>
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I would say that driving w/o the driveshaft is fine...I did for
many
>> miles on my syncro..not by choice because it was broken but I went
to
>> AK with it only in for 3k and the other 10k or so without
it....also
>> the summer before I drove for about 10k without the
driveshaft....I'd
>> say its a good idea to bring it with you but you shouldnt need it
in
>> for too much of your travels.
>>
>> Tim G
>> own:
>> 84 wolfsburg(222k body(66k engine))
>> 77 toyota chinook(for sale 2900/obo)(92k)
>> ex:
>> 87 gl syncro(blew tranny at 181k)~Alaska~
>> 84 ford ranger
>> 87 dodge colt
>>
>>
>> >From: Malcolm Stebbins <Malcolm.Stebbins@MSVU.CA>
>> >Reply-To: Malcolm Stebbins <Malcolm.Stebbins@MSVU.CA>
>> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> >Subject: Syncro and Long Trip w/o Front Drive Shaft?
>> >Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 19:12:46 -0300
>> >
>> >I am planning a long trip - Nova Scotia to Arizona - and back this
>> >summer. I have no plans for needing the 4WD except for maybe 2
>> >weeks in Arizona and New Mexico. My questions are:
>> >
>> >1) would you recommend removing the front drive shaft for the
trip
>> > (I can carry it with me and reinstall if/when I need it).
>> >
>> >2) Any damage in driving long periods w/o the front drive shaft?
>> > (my goal is to save the wear and tear on the VC and drive
shaft
>> > if not needed)
>> >
>> >Yes, I have the posts about removing and re-installing the front
>> >drive shaft. Thanks, Malcolm S
>>
>>
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