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Fri Nov 29, 2002 8:33 pm

hi is it possible too put a freeway flier in my bus and retain the gear reduction boxes or does ths defeat the purpose thanks carson.........

Fri Nov 29, 2002 9:34 pm

yes, it is possible to put a flier and retain the redux boxes. check out rancho performance - they seem to have one of the best rep's for fliers. i'm gong to go that route myself - i want to keep the stock height for my camper. rancho is at www.ranchoperformance.com

Fri Nov 29, 2002 10:18 pm

That's the route I'm going with my 13-window. I'll let everybody know how it turns out when I get it back from the rebuilder...whenever that is...

Andrew
'58 Panel Bus
'60 European Beetle
'67 Deluxe Bus

Sat Nov 30, 2002 9:20 am

Just got my Rancho tranny and redux boxes rebuilt. Have the flyer with the higher 4th gear and it works great. I also have a 1776 with dual Kadrons to push it.

Scott

Sun Dec 01, 2002 10:10 am

I've got a '66 E-Z Camper w/ a FF (3.88 R&P w/ stock .082 bus 4th gear) and redux boxes installed. I too have a 1776 to push it and love it. Highly recommended!

Nate
http://www.nateswaterart.com/vw/

Sun Dec 01, 2002 11:23 am

From what I've heard, a 1600 dp/sp is about the bare minimum for pushing along a bus with a freeway flyer. I will only have that problem for a couple months(hopefully). Pretty soon I'm going to have my buddy start on a 1955 to motivate my bus. That should make for an awesome setup, and I can't wait to get it.

Andrew
'58 Panel Bus(for sale)
'60 European Beetle
'67 Deluxe Bus

Mon Dec 02, 2002 11:13 am

I'm having conflicting thoughts on wether to go the freeway flyer route talked about above or to take out the reduction boxes and go with IRS on my '66 bus. I was wondering, if I keep the reduction boxes, can I still lower the back (just like two inches)?

Mon Dec 02, 2002 9:44 pm

How much would it cost to switch from stock to a freeway flyer, and what would need to be replaced, and such?
Jerms

Wed Dec 04, 2002 2:42 pm

The beaauty of the freeway flyer is that there is NO modification necessary to your rebuilt tranny as far as anything outside the case is concerned. If you are doing a core exchange, just make sure you get an exact match for the old tranny. I did my '64 bus with the small nut (even lower gear ratio) redux. boxes. I couldn't be happier. The bus used to max out arount 58mph, now I can do 65mph all day. Any faster and the air pressure starts to lift the whole bus off the road. Drove from Denver to New Jersey and actually passed 13 cars, everyone else passed us.

Wed Dec 04, 2002 3:29 pm

vw also used differant gear ratios in the reduction boxes. There is a big differance between the big and small nut generally but then they also ran I believe four differant ratios in the big nut boxes.

Sat Dec 07, 2002 8:48 pm

i have a stock 1600 pushing my 58' with a freeway flier i got from ITS it does fine....i gotta give it a little more gas or drop to 3rd on steep grades..but other than that its fine...putting another in my single cab but im gonna have a 1776 in this one.

Thu Dec 12, 2002 9:30 am

Surferbus,

I used Troy's Toys here in Laguna Beach. He is on Laguna Canyon Road and is listed in the phone book. He does very good work but takes a long time as he has lots of other work...

Scott

Thu Dec 12, 2002 1:11 pm

Scott,

Who installed the Rancho tranny, rebuilt redux boxes, and other engine work. Were you pleased. How do I contact them. Thanks.

Fri Dec 13, 2002 7:34 pm

yes you can lower your bus a few inches with your rreducyion boxes still in place....you just move your torsion arms up or down...they just pop off and pop on its alot easier with the tranny out.

nick

Mon Jan 13, 2003 9:30 am

Does anybody know what can cause a tranny to have 4 reverse and 1 forward? What could have gone wrong in tranny assemble to cause this?

Mon Jan 13, 2003 9:35 am

sounds like what happens when u lower a bus and don't flip the ring gear from one side to the other. try this at bus boys.

http://www.bus-boys.com/instruct-swing-pg2.htm

the first paragraph sounds like what you are saying.

66

Mon Jan 13, 2003 9:36 am

read the first sentence, 1st paragraph

Mon Jan 13, 2003 9:38 am

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Check out the Tech tips on this page, I switched my tranny myself, I took over 60 pictures of the procedure, and documented it all. I hope you guys can learn something from it! Enjoy! :)

James

Mon Jan 13, 2003 10:14 am

Chin up olsenlvb@aol.com ,your not the firts one,and wont be the last to do that.

Mon Jan 13, 2003 10:20 am

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