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crowlejo Samba Member
Joined: May 29, 2007 Posts: 53 Location: Wichita Falls, tx
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Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 1:40 pm Post subject: Alpine gears |
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Does anyone know where to find alpine gears? I've been searching classifieds for a long time and cannot find them anywhere. I recently posted an ad, and nothing...Is there somebody out there that reproduces them? |
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Lionhart94010 Samba Member
Joined: January 04, 2005 Posts: 1417 Location: SF Bay Area / Silicon Valley / So Cal
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Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 2:24 pm Post subject: |
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If you want to find something that rare; IMO you would have to look in places they were sold more often, I have seen T2 mountain tranys in Split and Bays on e-bay Europe, but most often they were still in the bus ;0)
www.ebay.ch (eBay Switzerland)
www.ebay.de (eBay Germany)
FYI I have bought some rare items directly from eBay, Germany, England, Greece etc… biggest problem is sending money if they do not take PayPal and the shipping cost… _________________ Current VWs 71 T2 Westy SO-72/6(Miami), 71 Crew Cab, 2015 GSW TDI
Other owned VW’s 59, 68 1500s, 69 & 71 Bug’s; 72 & 73 S-Bug’s; 67 Westy, 67 Deluxe, Other 71 DC, 72 KG GT that now lives in Australia, 12 JSW TDI, 2015 GSW TDI, 2023 Tiguan
VW technical information sights
thesamba - www.ratwell.com - www.shoptalkforums.com/ - www.vw-resource.com - http://www.type2.com/
http://bobhooversblog.blogspot.com/ - www.aircooled.net/gnrlsite/resource/articles.htm |
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Stocknazi Samba Member
Joined: June 18, 2004 Posts: 5150
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Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 6:36 pm Post subject: |
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Why are you wanting mountain gears in FL?
Not trying to be a smartass, just curious. _________________ WANTED:
58 Westfalia cabinet knobs (3 needed), roof rack, and (7) privy tent poles (silver painted).
"When the people are afraid of the government, that's tyranny. But when the government is afraid of the people, that's liberty."
"Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God."
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busdaddy Samba Member
Joined: February 12, 2004 Posts: 51153 Location: Surrey B.C. Canada, but thinking of Ukraine
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Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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StockNazi wrote: |
Why are you wanting mountain gears in FL?
Not trying to be a smartass, just curious. |
X2, most for some reason want to go the other way _________________ Rust NEVER sleeps and stock never goes out of style.
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crowlejo Samba Member
Joined: May 29, 2007 Posts: 53 Location: Wichita Falls, tx
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Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 9:23 pm Post subject: |
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I have a place in West Arkansas that I have one of my busses at. It gets really crappy driving around in the mountains. I had alpine gears in a previous bus that could handle the terrain a lot better. I didn't realize what I was giving up when I sold it. |
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mandraks Samba Member
Joined: November 28, 2004 Posts: 7050 Location: Lawrenceville, Ga
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Posted: Sat May 17, 2014 11:08 am Post subject: |
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search for schweizer armee bus, berg getriebe, there were a ton of those, and everybody who bought one, installed a regular tranny and RGBs for use on the autobahn. there has to be a ton of those _________________ regards
Uli
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Eric&Barb Samba Member
Joined: September 19, 2004 Posts: 24764 Location: Olympia Wash Rinse & Repeat
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Posted: Sat May 17, 2014 12:17 pm Post subject: |
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Have you tried directly contacting transaxle rebuild shops??? _________________ In Stereo, Where Available! |
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Lionhart94010 Samba Member
Joined: January 04, 2005 Posts: 1417 Location: SF Bay Area / Silicon Valley / So Cal
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Posted: Sat May 17, 2014 3:40 pm Post subject: |
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If ground clearance is not an issue; perhaps you could find the shortest sidewall for a 14” rim, most tier specs have their circumference… and get some gearing reduction that way… probably not too hard to calculated the max possible reduction using tiers and compare to Alpine Trany… _________________ Current VWs 71 T2 Westy SO-72/6(Miami), 71 Crew Cab, 2015 GSW TDI
Other owned VW’s 59, 68 1500s, 69 & 71 Bug’s; 72 & 73 S-Bug’s; 67 Westy, 67 Deluxe, Other 71 DC, 72 KG GT that now lives in Australia, 12 JSW TDI, 2015 GSW TDI, 2023 Tiguan
VW technical information sights
thesamba - www.ratwell.com - www.shoptalkforums.com/ - www.vw-resource.com - http://www.type2.com/
http://bobhooversblog.blogspot.com/ - www.aircooled.net/gnrlsite/resource/articles.htm |
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55samba Samba Member
Joined: June 21, 2002 Posts: 805 Location: CA Bay Area
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Posted: Sat May 17, 2014 4:30 pm Post subject: |
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Another thought is a 4.86 or 5.14 ring and pinion. But as someone above said, I would call Rancho and some other trans builders to see if they have any core mountain ratio reduction boxes. Most people wont want them so you might get lucky. |
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crowlejo Samba Member
Joined: May 29, 2007 Posts: 53 Location: Wichita Falls, tx
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Posted: Sat May 17, 2014 9:08 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah I already talked to Rancho. This post was kind of a last ditch effort. I don't know much about transmissions. I've rebuilt reduction boxes though and I figured that this would be the easiest way. I'll just keep searching I guess. Thanks! |
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