Les, give Howard Instruments in Heidelberg a call, they repair all sorts of new & old instruments. Eddie.
Nick,
No. It is immediately obvious that the odometer is not recording distance travelled and most people would have it rectified immediately. About the only thing that causes this is pressing the reset while the road wheels are still turning – therefore uncommon.
Les
From:
Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com [mailto:
Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com ]
Sent: 02 June 2014 09:20
To: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Syncro_T3_Australia]
Speedo Nylon Gear
Does this mean a lot of
vans out there have the wrong kms on the clock and buyer beware etc?
Morning Les,
There is a Speedo repair place in St Mary’s on Glossop St, I will get his details for you later today and I might as well ask him can he help you.
Regards
Bob
From: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: Sunday, 1 June 2014 1:38 PM
To: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Syncro_T3_Australia] Speedo Nylon Gear
I have split the nylon gear on the end of the speedo odometer shaft and so far can’t find one on the Internet. I will try John Goodison on Monday. In the meantime, does anyone have any suggestions?
Les
Hi All, done the same thing, resetting while on the move. I send my unit to Ottoinstruments . They installed a new gear, all is fine. They are very trustworthy and overhauled the whole unit.
If remembering correctly the damage was $ 170.--
Hartmut
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On 1 Jun 2014, at 4:04 pm, "Ken Garratt unclekenz@hotmail.com [Syncro_T3_Australia]" <Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Hi Les,I'd expect there are one or more members who have already been through this repair process and can report fix.Meanwhile, some light reading, these links may be of some interest, though little locally ...Australia:DE:UK:USA:Cheers.Ken
To: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com
From: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2014 13:38:20 +1000
Subject: [Syncro_T3_Australia] Speedo Nylon Gear
I have split the nylon gear on the end of the speedo odometer shaft and so far can’t find one on the Internet. I will try John Goodison on Monday. In the meantime, does anyone have any suggestions?
Les
Hartmut,
That is a frightening amount of money to install a gear that costs ten cents to make four minutes to install!!
But the good news is that I have located my Loctite 263 so I will pull the gear out again, soak it in acetone to remove the old coating and start from scratch.
When I have done that, I will look at setting up the NAVMAN-50T in any event.
Les
From:
Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com [mailto:
Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com ]
Sent: 02 June 2014 12:02
To: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Syncro_T3_Australia]
Speedo Nylon Gear
Hi All, done the same thing, resetting while on the move. I send my unit to Ottoinstruments . They installed a new gear, all is fine. They are very trustworthy and overhauled the whole unit.
If remembering correctly the damage was $ 170.--
Hartmut
Les;
Attspeed auto instruments- www.attspeed.com.au. 98330055.
Unit 1 35-37 Glossop st. St Marys. Ben Attard.
Regards
Bob
From: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: Monday, 2 June 2014 10:40 AM
To: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Syncro_T3_Australia] Speedo Nylon Gear
Morning Les,
There is a Speedo repair place in St Mary’s on Glossop St, I will get his details for you later today and I might as well ask him can he help you.
Regards
Bob
From: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: Sunday, 1 June 2014 1:38 PM
To: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Syncro_T3_Australia] Speedo Nylon Gear
I have split the nylon gear on the end of the speedo odometer shaft and so far can’t find one on the Internet. I will try John Goodison on Monday. In the meantime, does anyone have any suggestions?
Les
Bob and all who replied,
Once I found my (mislaid) Loctite 263, I was able to repair the gear again and I have it working again.
A spare gear would be a good idea so I will try to find one from the many referrals.
Thanks
Les
From:
Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com [mailto:
Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com ]
Sent: 03 June 2014 13:41
To: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Syncro_T3_Australia]
Speedo Nylon Gear
Les;
Attspeed auto instruments- www.attspeed.com.au. 98330055.
Unit 1 35-37 Glossop st. St Marys. Ben Attard.
Regards
Bob
Went to start the Syncro this morning and got the biggest backfire ever. Hurried around the back, expecting to find that the muffler had relocated itself at least two suburbs away but it hadn’t.
S’funny, thought I, tried another start, which resulted in the engine going from zero revs to about ten thousand in two milliseconds. Oops!!
(From here on, Greg Esposito is going to laugh himself silly!)
Go back two Day of the Volkswagens; started up at the end of the day to go home and it went quite weird. Opened up the engine bay, found that the throttle body was no longer connected to the manifold! The two hefty retaining bolts were well and truly gone.
Having no spare bolts on board, I just stood there saying unrepeatable things. Greg appeared, took one look, went to his toolbox, came back with two hefty cable ties and it was reattached in seconds. Thanks Greg!! Drove the 80k home with great relief.
Now I really and truly meant to find the right bolts and replace those cable ties but . . . After two years of sterling service, they both broke.
Yeah, I know, slack, slack, slack . . .
Les
Cable ties and fencing wire, the greatest weapons in a bush mechanics arsenal.
Sent from Greg's iPhone
Sent from Greg's iPhone
On 8 Jun 2014, at 11:24 am, "'Les Harris' leslieharris@optusnet.com.au [Syncro_T3_Australia]" <Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Went to start the Syncro this morning and got the biggest backfire ever. Hurried around the back, expecting to find that the muffler had relocated itself at least two suburbs away but it hadn’t.
S’funny, thought I, tried another start, which resulted in the engine going from zero revs to about ten thousand in two milliseconds. Oops!!
(From here on, Greg Esposito is going to laugh himself silly!)
Go back two Day of the Volkswagens; started up at the end of the day to go home and it went quite weird. Opened up the engine bay, found that the throttle body was no longer connected to the manifold! The two hefty retaining bolts were well and truly gone.
Having no spare bolts on board, I just stood there saying unrepeatable things. Greg appeared, took one look, went to his toolbox, came back with two hefty cable ties and it was reattached in seconds. Thanks Greg!! Drove the 80k home with great relief.
Now I really and truly meant to find the right bolts and replace those cable ties but . . . After two years of sterling service, they both broke.
Yeah, I know, slack, slack, slack . . .
Les
I'm glad that your engine is still OK, Les.
Years ago I had a motorcycle engine that took off from a cold start like this and it wrote off it's bearings.
Under different conditions I've had two engines in different car at different times chuck a rod by over revving.
Peter
--Original Message Text---
From: 'Les Harris' leslieharris@optusnet.com.au [Syncro_T3_Australia]
Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2014 11:24:15 +1000
Went to start the Syncro this morning and got the biggest backfire ever. Hurried around the back, expecting to find that the muffler had relocated itself at least two suburbs away but it hadnt.
Sfunny, thought I, tried another start, which resulted in the engine going from zero revs to about ten thousand in two milliseconds. Oops!!
(From here on, Greg Esposito is going to laugh himself silly!)
Go back two Day of the Volkswagens; started up at the end of the day to go home and it went quite weird. Opened up the engine bay, found that the throttle body was no longer connected to the manifold! The two hefty retaining bolts were well and truly gone.
Having no spare bolts on board, I just stood there saying unrepeatable things. Greg appeared, took one look, went to his toolbox, came back with two hefty cable ties and it was reattached in seconds. Thanks Greg!! Drove the 80k home with great relief.
Now I really and truly meant to find the right bolts and replace those cable ties but . . . After two years of sterling service, they both broke.
Yeah, I know, slack, slack, slack . . .
Les
Years ago I had a motorcycle engine that took off from a cold start like this and it wrote off it's bearings.
Under different conditions I've had two engines in different car at different times chuck a rod by over revving.
Peter
--Original Message Text---
From: 'Les Harris' leslieharris@optusnet.com.au [Syncro_T3_Australia]
Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2014 11:24:15 +1000
Went to start the Syncro this morning and got the biggest backfire ever. Hurried around the back, expecting to find that the muffler had relocated itself at least two suburbs away but it hadnt.
Sfunny, thought I, tried another start, which resulted in the engine going from zero revs to about ten thousand in two milliseconds. Oops!!
(From here on, Greg Esposito is going to laugh himself silly!)
Go back two Day of the Volkswagens; started up at the end of the day to go home and it went quite weird. Opened up the engine bay, found that the throttle body was no longer connected to the manifold! The two hefty retaining bolts were well and truly gone.
Having no spare bolts on board, I just stood there saying unrepeatable things. Greg appeared, took one look, went to his toolbox, came back with two hefty cable ties and it was reattached in seconds. Thanks Greg!! Drove the 80k home with great relief.
Now I really and truly meant to find the right bolts and replace those cable ties but . . . After two years of sterling service, they both broke.
Yeah, I know, slack, slack, slack . . .
Les
$2000! In nsw. Bargain for someone handy?
On 8 Jun 2014, at 11:33 am, "gregespo73@yahoo.com [Syncro_T3_Australia]" <Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Cable ties and fencing wire, the greatest weapons in a bush mechanics arsenal.
Sent from Greg's iPhone
On 8 Jun 2014, at 11:24 am, "'Les Harris' leslieharris@optusnet.com.au [Syncro_T3_Australia]" <Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Went to start the Syncro this morning and got the biggest backfire ever. Hurried around the back, expecting to find that the muffler had relocated itself at least two suburbs away but it hadn’t.
S’funny, thought I, tried another start, which resulted in the engine going from zero revs to about ten thousand in two milliseconds. Oops!!
(From here on, Greg Esposito is going to laugh himself silly!)
Go back two Day of the Volkswagens; started up at the end of the day to go home and it went quite weird. Opened up the engine bay, found that the throttle body was no longer connected to the manifold! The two hefty retaining bolts were well and truly gone.
Having no spare bolts on board, I just stood there saying unrepeatable things. Greg appeared, took one look, went to his toolbox, came back with two hefty cable ties and it was reattached in seconds. Thanks Greg!! Drove the 80k home with great relief.
Now I really and truly meant to find the right bolts and replace those cable ties but . . . After two years of sterling service, they both broke.
Yeah, I know, slack, slack, slack . . .
Les
Apparently it has a very good transfer case!
Sent from Greg's iPhone
Sent from Greg's iPhone
On 9 Jun 2014, at 4:02 pm, "Nick Fletcher nwjfletcher@yahoo.com [Syncro_T3_Australia]" <Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
$2000! In nsw. Bargain for someone handy?
On 8 Jun 2014, at 11:33 am, "gregespo73@yahoo.com [Syncro_T3_Australia]" <Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com> wrote:Cable ties and fencing wire, the greatest weapons in a bush mechanics arsenal.
Sent from Greg's iPhone
On 8 Jun 2014, at 11:24 am, "'Les Harris' leslieharris@optusnet.com.au [Syncro_T3_Australia]" <Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Went to start the Syncro this morning and got the biggest backfire ever. Hurried around the back, expecting to find that the muffler had relocated itself at least two suburbs away but it hadn’t.
S’funny, thought I, tried another start, which resulted in the engine going from zero revs to about ten thousand in two milliseconds. Oops!!
(From here on, Greg Esposito is going to laugh himself silly!)
Go back two Day of the Volkswagens; started up at the end of the day to go home and it went quite weird. Opened up the engine bay, found that the throttle body was no longer connected to the manifold! The two hefty retaining bolts were well and truly gone.
Having no spare bolts on board, I just stood there saying unrepeatable things. Greg appeared, took one look, went to his toolbox, came back with two hefty cable ties and it was reattached in seconds. Thanks Greg!! Drove the 80k home with great relief.
Now I really and truly meant to find the right bolts and replace those cable ties but . . . After two years of sterling service, they both broke.
Yeah, I know, slack, slack, slack . . .
Les
Greg,
This is quite common. When I bought my Syncro, it was advertised as having diff locks – plural. When I went to look at it, it had a rear lock only. The person selling it thought that the diff lock subpanel was showing ‘locks’ – plural, even though there was only one knob. The seller owned a dedicated VW business in Melbourne but his knowledge of Syncros was very limited.
Les
From:
Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com [mailto:
Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com ]
Sent: 09 June 2014 16:30
To: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Syncro_T3_Australia]
Syncro on gumtree
Apparently it has a very good transfer case!
Nick,
Do you have a link?
Cant find it.
Cheers,
Skot
On 9/06/2014 4:02 PM, Nick Fletcher nwjfletcher@yahoo.com [Syncro_T3_Australia] wrote:
Do you have a link?
Cant find it.
Cheers,
Skot
On 9/06/2014 4:02 PM, Nick Fletcher nwjfletcher@yahoo.com [Syncro_T3_Australia] wrote:
$2000! In nsw. Bargain for someone handy?
On 8 Jun 2014, at 11:33 am, "gregespo73@yahoo.com [Syncro_T3_Australia]" <Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Cable ties and fencing wire, the greatest weapons in a bush mechanics arsenal.
Sent from Greg's iPhone
On 8 Jun 2014, at 11:24 am, "'Les Harris' leslieharris@optusnet.com.au [Syncro_T3_Australia]" <Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Went to start the Syncro this morning and got the biggest backfire ever. Hurried around the back, expecting to find that the muffler had relocated itself at least two suburbs away but it hadn’t.
S’funny, thought I, tried another start, which resulted in the engine going from zero revs to about ten thousand in two milliseconds. Oops!!
(From here on, Greg Esposito is going to laugh himself silly!)
Go back two Day of the Volkswagens; started up at the end of the day to go home and it went quite weird. Opened up the engine bay, found that the throttle body was no longer connected to the manifold! The two hefty retaining bolts were well and truly gone.
Having no spare bolts on board, I just stood there saying unrepeatable things. Greg appeared, took one look, went to his toolbox, came back with two hefty cable ties and it was reattached in seconds. Thanks Greg!! Drove the 80k home with great relief.
Now I really and truly meant to find the right bolts and replace those cable ties but . . . After two years of sterling service, they both broke.
Yeah, I know, slack, slack, slack . . .
Les