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Jeff's Old Volks Home
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Joined: December 19, 2011
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Location: Chester Basin, Nova Scotia
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 Posted: Sat May 10, 2014 4:43 am Post subject: Towing a Syncro with a Syncro |
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Just came back from Montreal with a stripped Syncro in tow. It towed great, I set the cruise control at 95kph, and 1500km later I still averaged 11l/100km, very happy with that. On the longest of hills through New Brunswick it dropped off to below 90kph. The 'new' van is a little rusty, no interior, it was a poptop weekender, no engine but came with a good tranny and complete syncro running gear. Good chance I''ll fix it. I have tons of parts to make it perfect.
This is at the Walmart campground somewhere in NB.
Jeff
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2004 Jetta TDi Wagon
2002 Smyth Ute TDi
1990 Vanagon weekender Syncro AAZ
1987 Syncro Doka AAZ...soon to be TDI 
2014 DL650ABS Xpedition
1986 Weekender Syncro (Under construction)
1987 Westfalia (Under construction)
1987 Syncro Single cab |
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syncroluvr
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Joined: October 11, 2010
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Location: Trois Rivieres,QC
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| Posted: Sat May 10, 2014 5:00 am Post subject: |
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I'm glad you made it back safe and sound, and I'm very happy to have met you. I'm putting a list together (xmas in july type of thing) and look forward to doing business with you in the future! 
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Jeff's Old Volks Home
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Location: Chester Basin, Nova Scotia
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| syncroluvr wrote: |
| I'm glad you made it back safe and sound, and I'm very happy to have met you. I'm putting a list together (xmas in july type of thing) and look forward to doing business with you in the future! |
It was great to meet you too. Did you install your viscous coupling yet?
Jeff
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www.jeffsoldvolkshome.com
2004 Jetta TDi Wagon
2002 Smyth Ute TDi
1990 Vanagon weekender Syncro AAZ
1987 Syncro Doka AAZ...soon to be TDI
2014 DL650ABS Xpedition
1986 Weekender Syncro (Under construction)
1987 Westfalia (Under construction)
1987 Syncro Single cab |
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alaskadan
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Location: anchor pt. alaska
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| Hey there thanks for your reply re front hub before. I found one in Wa. state. How much do you think that van still weighed? 3000 lbs? I'm curious as I have a starcraft fishing boat and have thought about how well my syncro with a 2.5 suby would pull it. Need to refresh my memory on how much it weighs. |
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jerrydog411
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Joined: September 28, 2009
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Location: North Vancouver, BC
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| Posted: Sat May 10, 2014 7:02 am Post subject: |
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Nicely done, Jeff.
who's (company) canvas is that on your fabulous looking Syncro?
Cheers,
John |
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insyncro
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Location: New York
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| Posted: Sat May 10, 2014 7:34 am Post subject: |
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Your camper is set up right to haul like that, kudos.
Nothing better than having an extra Syncro around 
Have some fun with it.
Any chance you know your transmission case or fluid temp while towing? |
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Jeff's Old Volks Home
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Joined: December 19, 2011
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Location: Chester Basin, Nova Scotia
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| Posted: Sat May 10, 2014 11:03 am Post subject: |
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| jerrydog411 wrote: |
Nicely done, Jeff.
who's (company) canvas is that on your fabulous looking Syncro?
Cheers,
John |
That's a North Westy canvas. I love it!
Jeff
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2004 Jetta TDi Wagon
2002 Smyth Ute TDi
1990 Vanagon weekender Syncro AAZ
1987 Syncro Doka AAZ...soon to be TDI
2014 DL650ABS Xpedition
1986 Weekender Syncro (Under construction)
1987 Westfalia (Under construction)
1987 Syncro Single cab |
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Jeff's Old Volks Home
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Location: Chester Basin, Nova Scotia
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| Posted: Sat May 10, 2014 11:06 am Post subject: |
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| insyncro wrote: |
Your camper is set up right to haul like that, kudos.
Nothing better than having an extra Syncro around
Have some fun with it.
Any chance you know your transmission case or fluid temp while towing? |
That's actually my 3rd Syncro...
I didn't check the temp of the tranny, but I was under at one point to give it all a once over, and it was WAY cooler than the engine and the engine never exceeded 95c...I do have oiling plates, a reinforced gear carrier, and I opened the holes in the case so the oil can 'flow' everywhere in the box a bit better.
EGT spiked to 1200f once at the top of a very long hill, and cruising it was around 6-800f. VNT17/22 on a built AAZ. Liquid-Air charge cooler. No fan on a floor mounted rad.
Boost set conservatively at 16psi, not the usual 30
Jeff
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2004 Jetta TDi Wagon
2002 Smyth Ute TDi
1990 Vanagon weekender Syncro AAZ
1987 Syncro Doka AAZ...soon to be TDI
2014 DL650ABS Xpedition
1986 Weekender Syncro (Under construction)
1987 Westfalia (Under construction)
1987 Syncro Single cab |
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Jeff's Old Volks Home
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| Hey there thanks for your reply re front hub before. I found one in Wa. state. How much do you think that van still weighed? 3000 lbs? I'm curious as I have a starcraft fishing boat and have thought about how well my syncro with a 2.5 suby would pull it. Need to refresh my memory on how much it weighs. |
I'd be quite acurately guesstimating the Syncro was 2700lbs towing. I've driven lots of 2.5 Subaru Vanagons, mine feels about the same, maybe my diesel has a little better holding power on the hills. I'd say you wouldn't have any trouble on a short haul. It'll burn twice as much fuel though.
Jeff
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2004 Jetta TDi Wagon
2002 Smyth Ute TDi
1990 Vanagon weekender Syncro AAZ
1987 Syncro Doka AAZ...soon to be TDI
2014 DL650ABS Xpedition
1986 Weekender Syncro (Under construction)
1987 Westfalia (Under construction)
1987 Syncro Single cab |
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syncroluvr
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Location: Trois Rivieres,QC
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Not yet, Jeff, I'm looking at next weekend!
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Zeitgeist 13
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How are you controlling the vanes on the VNT?
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Jeff's Old Volks Home
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Dawes Device VNT controller. Works perfect. No linkage, just vacuum like an N75 valve. More than 20k on the set up. A little tricky to adjust at first but once it's dialled in, set it and forget it.
Jeff
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2004 Jetta TDi Wagon
2002 Smyth Ute TDi
1990 Vanagon weekender Syncro AAZ
1987 Syncro Doka AAZ...soon to be TDI
2014 DL650ABS Xpedition
1986 Weekender Syncro (Under construction)
1987 Westfalia (Under construction)
1987 Syncro Single cab |
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