Merry Christmas

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Wishing you all a great day with family and kombi!
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This message has come in from John Lowe:

 

Les I have addressed this to you but meant for everyone else I have a set of doors of a Telstra van that I that I parted out.   As the house where I stored these is being sold I have no where to store them so if someone wants them feel free to come and get them otherwise they will be in the tip.   There is also a Telstra roof rack and 2 A/C compressors.  The doors are not to bad only the sliding door has a 6in bit of rust on the seam I live in Swansea Caves Beach area John

 

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Les,

Does John have any contact details?

Thanks,

Skot

On 25/12/2012 9:47 PM, Les Harris wrote:
 

This message has come in from John Lowe:

 

Les I have addressed this to you but meant for everyone else I have a set of doors of a Telstra van that I that I parted out.   As the house where I stored these is being sold I have no where to store them so if someone wants them feel free to come and get them otherwise they will be in the tip.   There is also a Telstra roof rack and 2 A/C compressors.  The doors are not to bad only the sliding door has a 6in bit of rust on the seam I live in Swansea Caves Beach area John

 


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Skot.

Try this:

Lowe

John

87 Macquarie Grove, Caves Beach, NSW, 2281

O2 4971 1120

redcow05@bigpond.com

redcow@hunterlink.net.au

His incoming email to me was from the first address.  I suspect that the second email address is inactive. 

Les

From: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mr Scott Pitcher
Sent: 26 December 2012 08:24
To: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Syncro_T3_Australia] Telecom Body Parts Available

 

Les,
Does John have any contact details?
Thanks,
Skot


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Hope you all have a great day, and find a few Syncro parts lying about tomorrow!

All the best

Richard

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Same to you Richard.

Unfortunately there are more unicorns around than syncro parts.

Very hard to catch those syncros...

Have a fantastic new year all.

Cheers,

Scott

On 25/12/2018 12:39 am, cathrich1@yahoo.com.au [Syncro_T3_Australia] wrote:

Hope you all have a great day, and find a few Syncro parts lying about tomorrow!

All the best

Richard


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Best regards, Scott Pitcher SPB Consulting
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Thanks for the wishes, Richard.
Hopefully any of those Syncro parts are neatly boxed up lying under the tree, rather than those poor old rusty ones that have come adrift and lying under our Syncros.🎄😀
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Happy New year to all, hope you had a great holidays (or still having them). Syncro was decked out and spending a night out at the movies!
Scott, heaps of Unicorns here, they seem to be on everything lately..... Would like to swap a few for Syncro parts....
Yes, got a few odds and ends under the tree for the bus, just need time to fit them one day. Got a couple of the rear door cable rubbers, got one of each out of USA and Europe, they look identical, so I assume from the same supplier. The "oval" rubber has the VW part number, the round one is plain.

Few other parts, got a number of door switches, seems to be a lot of variation in parts on these. As their common to a lot of VW's, probably a lot of generic ones about, and quality no so good. The sliding door one though, even though they supply the same as for the front doors, the original is angled slight (or at least mine is), so is not identical to the front doors. Have yet to try any, and a few I would not use!

But, question for you all, recently the collar around the sliding door handle on mine fell apart. I lost the bits, but I thought it was a hard (Bakelite?) material? Again I got a couple from different vendors, they are all a thin rubber grommet. Does that sound right? Just don't remember the original looking like that. Plus one place (Bus shop Germany) has a second seal listed. This looks like a felt washer. Have yet to remove the handle, but do they have a felt seal somewhere also?

Also for anyone doing their front brake calipers, Bus Shop Germany is the only place I have found the ATE pins and rubbers (most places have the piston seals). Quality looks good, but will be a while before I get to fitting these. The calipers are the last piece I have yet to work on in the brakes, but they are in good order, so no rush for that. Everything else is new now.

And I guess lastly, helping another Brisbanite get his (Subi) Syncro fixed up, he's chancing one (front left) little rubber guard behind the front tire, the Syncro ones. Plus a left rear mud flap. Happy if they need some repairs.
If anyone had an old one lying around they want to part with.

Here's to a great 2019!!

Richard
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Hi Richard,

Happy New Year to you and everyone else on here.

My syncro has done a couple of drive-in movie events - they are very comfy for that. See photos attached.

Regarding the sliding door grommet, I have only ever used the single firm rubber seal. However, they still allow a bit of play.

A mate of mine (Lucky Phil) found another rubber supplier OS somewhere (Cant remember where) which has a better seal and tighter fit removing all slack from the handle. A good product. I actually need another one for my silver caravelle which is at the panel shop.

Sorry, I cant help with the spats - maybe try theSamba.com but the mud flaps come up for sale every now and then - you can buy them new though.

Cheers,

Scott

On 4/01/2019 2:14 am, cathrich1@yahoo.com.au [Syncro_T3_Australia] wrote:
Happy New year to all, hope you had a great holidays (or still having them). Syncro was decked out and spending a night out at the movies!
Scott, heaps of Unicorns here, they seem to be on everything lately..... Would like to swap a few for Syncro parts....
Yes, got a few odds and ends under the tree for the bus, just need time to fit them one day. Got a couple of the rear door cable rubbers, got one of each out of USA and Europe, they look identical, so I assume from the same supplier. The "oval" rubber has the VW part number, the round one is plain.

Few other parts, got a number of door switches, seems to be a lot of variation in parts on these. As their common to a lot of VW's, probably a lot of generic ones about, and quality no so good. The sliding door one though, even though they supply the same as for the front doors, the original is angled slight (or at least mine is), so is not identical to the front d oors. Have yet to try any, and a few I would not use!

But, question for you all, recently the collar around the sliding door handle on mine fell apart. I lost the bits, but I thought it was a hard (Bakelite?) material? Again I got a couple from different vendors, they are all a thin rubber grommet. Does that sound right? Just don't remember the original looking like that. Plus one place (Bus shop Germany) has a second seal listed. This looks like a felt washer. Have yet to remove the handle, but do they have a felt seal somewhere also?

Also for anyone doing their front brake calipers, Bus Shop Germany is the only place I have found the ATE pins and rubbers (most places have the piston seals). Quality looks good, but will be a while before I get to fitting these. The calipers are the last piece I have yet to work on in the brakes, but they are in good order, so no rush for that. Everything else is new now.

And I guess lastly, helping another Brisbanite get his (Subi) Syncro fixed up, he's chancing one (front left) little rubber guard behind the front tire, the Syncro ones. Plus a left rear mud flap. Happy if they need some repairs.
If anyone had an old one lying around they want to part with.

Here's to a great 2019!!

Richard

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Best regards, Scott Pitcher SPB Consulting
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Great pictures Scott, yes they are great for the drive in, we started out going in the beetle and have slowly progressed up to the Syncro :)

Wish I had pulled out the old one before it fell apart to compare. I'm only going off memory now, but thought the original was different. I have yet to fit it, but assume it's a simple job.

I keep meaning to get on the Samba, have a few other parts I need to chase up that are more available over there. One day!   Yes, know they are available new, but he's spent a lot on other parts (as you do on a Syncro), so is looking for used parts even if they need repair. His goes nicely with the Subie motor.

Richard


---In Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com, <spbconsulting@...> wrote :

Hi Richard,

Happy New Year to you and everyone else on here.

My syncro has done a couple of drive-in movie events - they are very comfy for that. See photos attached.

Regarding the sliding door grommet, I have only ever used the single firm rubber seal. However, they still allow a bit of play.

A mate of mine (Lucky Phil) found another rubber supplier OS somewhere (Cant remember where) which has a better seal and tighter fit removing all slack from the handle. A good product. I actually need another one for my silver caravelle which is at the panel shop.

Sorry, I cant help with the spats - maybe try theSamba.com but the mud flaps come up for sale every now and then - you can buy them new though.

Cheers,

Scott

On 4/01/2019 2:14 am, cathrich1@... [Syncro_T3_Australia] wrote:
 
Happy New year to all, hope you had a great holidays (or still having them). Syncro was decked out and spending a night out at the movies!
Scott, heaps of Unicorns here, they seem to be on everything lately..... Would like to swap a few for Syncro parts....
Yes, got a few odds and ends under the tree for the bus, just need time to fit them one day. Got a couple of the rear door cable rubbers, got one of each out of USA and Europe, they look identical, so I assume from the same supplier. The "oval" rubber has the VW part number, the round one is plain.

Few other parts, got a number of door switches, seems to be a lot of variation in parts on these. As their common to a lot of VW's, probably a lot of generic ones about, and quality no so good. The sliding door one though, even though they supply the same as for the front doors, the original is angled slight (or at least mine is), so is not identical to the front d oors. Have yet to try any, and a few I would not use!

But, question for you all, recently the collar around the sliding door handle on mine fell apart. I lost the bits, but I thought it was a hard (Bakelite?) material? Again I got a couple from different vendors, they are all a thin rubber grommet. Does that sound right? Just don't remember the original looking like that. Plus one place (Bus shop Germany) has a second seal listed. This looks like a felt washer. Have yet to remove the handle, but do they have a felt seal somewhere also?

Also for anyone doing their front brake calipers, Bus Shop Germany is the only place I have found the ATE pins and rubbers (most places have the piston seals). Quality looks good, but will be a while before I get to fitting these. The calipers are the last piece I have yet to work on in the brakes, but they are in good order, so no rush for that. Everything else is new now.

And I guess lastly, helping another Brisbanite get his (Subi) Syncro fixed up, he's chancing one (front left) little rubber guard behind the front tire, the Syncro ones. Plus a left rear mud flap. Happy if they need some repairs.
If anyone had an old one lying around they want to part with.

Here's to a great 2019!!

Richard

--
Best regards, Scott Pitcher SPB Consulting