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Roger,
Doesn't time fly eh. I look back at that "virgin" Tour now with some fondness.
Quite a while ago I figured out those legs but age is catching me up ... I think maybe Bruce and/or Bob might be there .... but where is Ric? I'll need to go check my other photos.
What a classic photo eh. How many shots of syncros n legs such as that are in existence?
A thought crossed my mind after Mark recently posted that he "exercises" the rear diff-lock regularly, to keep functionality.
The previous owner of my syncro didn't install the locking transaxle ... he owned the syncro for 5 years and was an avid surfer and snow skier. Hence it was installed more than 5 years before I bought it. I didn't get it connected till some 18 months after I bought it, so for starters that makes a minimum of 6.5 years with the actuator shaft/engagement rod absolutely bone idle.
On first attempt, the difflock engaged perfectly.
So Mark, maybe you're over-doing it just a tad! ... haha
Cheers Roger,
Ken
To: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com
From: bellrmit@yahoo.com.au
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 04:01:22 -0800
Subject: [Syncro_T3_Australia] RE:Ken's Discovery of Diff Lock -MySyncro ..... history [1 Attachment]
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Doesn't time fly eh. I look back at that "virgin" Tour now with some fondness.
Quite a while ago I figured out those legs but age is catching me up ... I think maybe Bruce and/or Bob might be there .... but where is Ric? I'll need to go check my other photos.
What a classic photo eh. How many shots of syncros n legs such as that are in existence?
A thought crossed my mind after Mark recently posted that he "exercises" the rear diff-lock regularly, to keep functionality.
The previous owner of my syncro didn't install the locking transaxle ... he owned the syncro for 5 years and was an avid surfer and snow skier. Hence it was installed more than 5 years before I bought it. I didn't get it connected till some 18 months after I bought it, so for starters that makes a minimum of 6.5 years with the actuator shaft/engagement rod absolutely bone idle.
On first attempt, the difflock engaged perfectly.
So Mark, maybe you're over-doing it just a tad! ... haha
Cheers Roger,
Ken
To: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com
From: bellrmit@yahoo.com.au
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 04:01:22 -0800
Subject: [Syncro_T3_Australia] RE:Ken's Discovery of Diff Lock -MySyncro ..... history [1 Attachment]
[Attachment(s) from Roger Bell included below]
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Some of the information is on the ETKA PDF disk that I have given out under "Extras".
(Engine Nos, Models and VIN)
I will do some other codes and bring them on a USB drive if somebody brings a laptop.
Everyone that wants it can bring along a USB drive and copy it.
Or I can email it if you pm me.
Phill
(Engine Nos, Models and VIN)
I will do some other codes and bring them on a USB drive if somebody brings a laptop.
Everyone that wants it can bring along a USB drive and copy it.
Or I can email it if you pm me.
Phill
> Roger Bell <bellrmit@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Dear Ken and Phill,
> ����
> I suppose you realise that this great moment in history was captured on
> camera for posterity and���� now resides in our picture archives. Anyone
> specialise in identifying knees? My guess from left is Mark, Brian, Ken,
> Rudi���� and����Ric but I'd happily stand corrected.
> ����
> Phill, on the subsequently raised����issue on this topic, of original
> equipment according to the label under the dash, I realise you are
> coming by air but if you could include your data on this for the DOTVW
> I'm sure I am not alone in wanting to learn the pedigree (or perhaps
> illegitimacy) of my Syncro.
> Cheers
> Roger
> ����
>
> --- On Fri, 6/11/09, Ken Garratt <unclekenz@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> From: Ken Garratt <unclekenz@hotmail.com>
> Subject: RE: [Syncro_T3_Australia] RE: MySyncro ..... history
> To: "Syncro _T3_Australia forum" <syncro_t3_australia@yahoogroups.com>
> Received: Friday, 6 November, 2009, 8:17 AM
>
>
> ����
>
>
>
> Scott,
> I believe my syncro originally would have been a non-locker syncro, so
> the hirers would only have had the VC to 4WD with outback.
> At some time, an intervening owner replaced the transaxle, I can only
> assume a 2nd hand transaxle in working order. As luck would have it, the
> one installed (lying about gathering dust I suppose waiting for a new
> owner) was a locker transaxle, seems no one ever knew this fact (so not
> connected, so not used) till����it was discovered in 2007 when I was on
> the Batemans Bay Syncro Tour (thanks Ric, Rudi!). Needless to say����I was
> pretty chuffed to discover this����not inconsequential fact!����It sure
> works now though!
>
> As it was originally Sydney based,����I do at least know it's done WA by
> the first private owner����.. the����last owner was a Sydney weekend trip
> away surfer and snow skier ... in between����... no idea. It had only done
> 174,000 klms when I bought it, so not too bad really.
> ����
> Cheers.
> ����
> Ken
> ����
> ����
>
>
> To: Syncro_T3_Australia @yahoogroups. com
> From: spbconsulting@ bigpond.com
> Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 10:16:02 +1100
> Subject: Re: [Syncro_T3_Australi a] RE: MySyncro ..... history
>
> ����
>
>
>
> Fantastic history Ken.
> ����
> Your vehicle has probably seen some very interesting parts of the
> country even without you at the rudder.
> ����
> Amazing a hire company let loose a 4wd syncro with any diff-locks as
> they tend to give the novice hirers a sense that the vehicle will go
> anywhere - which they probably would if driven properly.
> ����
> Most hire companies only include a basic recovery kit with a hand winch
> to make life hard and deter adventurers from being too adventurous.
> ����
> How many Kms had your syncro done prior to your purchase?
> ����
> Be interesting to see how far and wide it travelled.
> ����
> Cheers,
> ����
> Scott
> ����
> ����
> ����
> ����
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ken Garratt
> To: Syncro _T3_Australia forum
> Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 9:56 AM
> Subject: [Syncro_T3_Australi a] RE: MySyncro ..... history
>
> ����
>
> Phill,
> Well it's Hartmuts fault then.����Whatever gave Hartmut the idea that
> Phill wouldn't have one of these rear muffler guards??????
> Shame on you Hartmut! Haha.
> ����
> As for the rear VW skidplate, well it's part of the history of my syncro
> really. My Syncro was one of perhaps only 2 or 3 syncros purchased
> originally by the "Australian Outback 4WD Hire Company"����owned by Chris
> Marten-Cooney and Jack Durack in the late 80s, early 90's.����It was this
> Company's vehicles that featured in an article called "The Tough Trek
> West" across the Simpson Desert in the magazine "Overlander" issue
> October, 1989. The Trek included a Syncro Trakka and Tristar and 2
> Toyotas.
> ����
> So I suppose my 4WD Hire Company Syncro Trakka falls into the category
> of "1 degree of separation" from fame ... seems my Trakka was the one
> they left behind ... haha
>
> So to answer your question Phill, there was probably less than a handful
> of these plates made and no part number. I understand the rear skid
> plate was made only as a one off direct request at the time by the
> owners of the 4WD Hire Company to VW����to solve a motor protection issue
> the Company felt was needed for the Syncro as a 4WD Oz Outback hire
> vehicle.
> ����
> I understand that in the early 90's, the Hire Company went into
> liquidation, so my syncro was then purchased by the first private owner.
> Interestingly it was that owner who gave me feedback about some of the
> history, including a cassette tape made by the 4WD Hire Company. It was
> an instruction/ advisory tape issued to hirers of the syncro vehicle in
> particular concerning what to do/not to do when it comes to outback
> touring/bush camping and management/crisis issues about the syncro. Now
> I'm sure the tape is here somewhere but I can't think where it is at the
> moment.
> ����
> Just a part of the story of my syncro ... what happened to it by other
> intervening owners, I have no idea.
> ����
> Cheers.
> Ken
>
>
> To: Syncro_T3_Australia @yahoogroups. com
> From: plander@optusnet. com.au
> Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 08:02:44 +1100
> Subject: Re: FW: [Syncro_T3_Australi a] Belts and Guards
>
> ����
>
>
>
> > The rear tin panel is mostly aesthetic and probably best removed
> should
> > I trip about during summer or out to hotter regions as it would
> restrict
> > muffler heat dissipation. Otherwise I'm happy to leave it installed,
> I'm
> > sure it has some value as a stone guard. Hartmut thinks it may be the
> > only one in captivity here in Oz.
>
> No, I have one. They help protect the exhaust from getting hooked up on
> things.
> There are a handful of them in Australia as you can see one in it's
> original colour on mine.
>
> http://members. ozemail.com. au/~pjlander/ tyre_carrier. htm
>
> > The motor protector/skid plate shown, I understand is an original
> > special order genuine VW product for the Oz T3 Syncro, I've yet to see
>
> > or hear of anyone else with one the same.
>
> I've never seen one of those. Is there a part number on it?
> The only genuine part for Australia that I know of is the seat belt Z
> bars.
>
>
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Quoting Roger Bell <bellrmit@yahoo.com.au>:
Those are my knees on the left. My wife says she would know them
anywhere!!
Bruce
>Roger
>
>
>
>
Those are my knees on the left. My wife says she would know them
anywhere!!
Bruce
>
>
> Dear Ken and Phill,
>
> I suppose you realise that this great moment in history was captured
> on camera for posterity and now resides in our picture archives.
> Anyone specialise in identifying knees? My guess from left is Mark,
> Brian, Ken, Rudi and Ric but I'd happily stand corrected.
>
> Phill, on the subsequently raised issue on this topic, of original
> equipment according to the label under the dash, I realise you are
> coming by air but if you could include your data on this for the
> DOTVW I'm sure I am not alone in wanting to learn the pedigree (or
> perhaps illegitimacy) of my Syncro.
> Cheers
> Roger
>
>
>
Thank you Roger for re-posting an image that is now surely in the Oz Syncro Hall of Fame. I can be identified by my hat next to me :-)
On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 11:01 PM, Roger Bell <bellrmit@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
[Attachment(s) from Roger Bell included below]
--- On Fri, 6/11/09, Ken Garratt <unclekenz@hotmail.com> wrote:
From: Ken Garratt <unclekenz@hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: [Syncro_T3_Australia] RE: MySyncro ..... history
To: "Syncro _T3_Australia forum" <syncro_t3_australia@yahoogroups.com>
Received: Friday, 6 November, 2009, 8:17 AM
Scott,
I believe my syncro originally would have been a non-locker syncro, so the hirers would only have had the VC to 4WD with outback.
At some time, an intervening owner replaced the transaxle, I can only assume a 2nd hand transaxle in working order. As luck would have it, the one installed (lying about gathering dust I suppose waiting for a new owner) was a locker transaxle, seems no one ever knew this fact (so not connected, so not used) till it was discovered in 2007 when I was on the Batemans Bay Syncro Tour (thanks Ric, Rudi!). Needless to say I was pretty chuffed to discover this not inconsequential fact! It sure works now though!
As it was originally Sydney based, I do at least know it's done WA by the first private owner .. the last owner was a Sydney weekend trip away surfer and snow skier ... in between ... no idea. It had only done 174,000 klms when I bought it, so not too bad really.
Cheers.
Ken
To: Syncro_T3_Australia @yahoogroups. com
From: spbconsulting@ bigpond.com
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 10:16:02 +1100
Subject: Re: [Syncro_T3_Australi a] RE: MySyncro ..... history
Fantastic history Ken.Your vehicle has probably seen some very interesting parts of the country even without you at the rudder.Amazing a hire company let loose a 4wd syncro with any diff-locks as they tend to give the novice hirers a sense that the vehicle will go anywhere - which they probably would if driven properly.Most hire companies only include a basic recovery kit with a hand winch to make life hard and deter adventurers from being too adventurous.How many Kms had your syncro done prior to your purchase?Be interesting to see how far and wide it travelled.Cheers,Scott----- Original Message -----From: Ken GarrattSent: Friday, November 06, 2009 9:56 AMSubject: [Syncro_T3_Australi a] RE: MySyncro ..... historyPhill,
Well it's Hartmuts fault then. Whatever gave Hartmut the idea that Phill wouldn't have one of these rear muffler guards??????
Shame on you Hartmut! Haha.
As for the rear VW skidplate, well it's part of the history of my syncro really. My Syncro was one of perhaps only 2 or 3 syncros purchased originally by the "Australian Outback 4WD Hire Company" owned by Chris Marten-Cooney and Jack Durack in the late 80s, early 90's. It was this Company's vehicles that featured in an article called "The Tough Trek West" across the Simpson Desert in the magazine "Overlander" issue October, 1989. The Trek included a Syncro Trakka and Tristar and 2 Toyotas.
So I suppose my 4WD Hire Company Syncro Trakka falls into the category of "1 degree of separation" from fame ... seems my Trakka was the one they left behind ... haha
So to answer your question Phill, there was probably less than a handful of these plates made and no part number. I understand the rear skid plate was made only as a one off direct request at the time by the owners of the 4WD Hire Company to VW to solve a motor protection issue the Company felt was needed for the Syncro as a 4WD Oz Outback hire vehicle.
I understand that in the early 90's, the Hire Company went into liquidation, so my syncro was then purchased by the first private owner. Interestingly it was that owner who gave me feedback about some of the history, including a cassette tape made by the 4WD Hire Company. It was an instruction/ advisory tape issued to hirers of the syncro vehicle in particular concerning what to do/not to do when it comes to outback touring/bush camping and management/crisis issues about the syncro. Now I'm sure the tape is here somewhere but I can't think where it is at the moment.
Just a part of the story of my syncro ... what happened to it by other intervening owners, I have no idea.
Cheers.
Ken
To: Syncro_T3_Australia @yahoogroups. com
From: plander@optusnet. com.au
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 08:02:44 +1100
Subject: Re: FW: [Syncro_T3_Australi a] Belts and Guards
> The rear tin panel is mostly aesthetic and probably best removed should
> I trip about during summer or out to hotter regions as it would restrict
> muffler heat dissipation. Otherwise I'm happy to leave it installed, I'm
> sure it has some value as a stone guard. Hartmut thinks it may be the
> only one in captivity here in Oz.
No, I have one. They help protect the exhaust from getting hooked up on things.
There are a handful of them in Australia as you can see one in it's original colour on mine.
http://members. ozemail.com. au/~pjlander/ tyre_carrier. htm
> The motor protector/skid plate shown, I understand is an original
> special order genuine VW product for the Oz T3 Syncro, I've yet to see
> or hear of anyone else with one the same.
I've never seen one of those. Is there a part number on it?
The only genuine part for Australia that I know of is the seat belt Z bars.
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[mailto: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com ]
On Behalf Of plander@optusnet.com.au
Sent: 08 November 2009 07:48
To: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Syncro_T3_Australia] RE:Ken's Discovery of Diff Lock -MySyncro
..... history
Some of the information is on the ETKA PDF disk that I have given out under "Extras".
(Engine Nos, Models and VIN)
I will do some other codes and bring them on a USB drive if somebody brings a laptop.
Everyone that wants it can bring along a USB drive and copy it.
Or I can email it if you pm me.
Phill
I can remember purchasing my syncro just a year ago when I knew very little about difflocks. Assumed they were standard on all syncro's. Boy was I disappointed to find mine didn't have any lockers. Spent hours under the car looking for something that could be a difflock actuator. What a hoot it must have been for you to score the other way round and have it all work! As far as exercising the lockers goes I have heard it is the front locker that people have most trouble with when left idle too long. erik
To: syncro_t3_australia@yahoogroups.com
From: unclekenz@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 23:56:35 +1100
Subject: RE: [Syncro_T3_Australia] RE:Ken's Discovery of Diff Lock -MySyncro ..... history
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To: syncro_t3_australia@yahoogroups.com
From: unclekenz@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 23:56:35 +1100
Subject: RE: [Syncro_T3_Australia] RE:Ken's Discovery of Diff Lock -MySyncro ..... history
Roger,
Doesn't time fly eh. I look back at that "virgin" Tour now with some fondness.
Quite a while ago I figured out those legs but age is catching me up ... I think maybe Bruce and/or Bob might be there .... but where is Ric? I'll need to go check my other photos.
What a classic photo eh. How many shots of syncros n legs such as that are in existence?
A thought crossed my mind after Mark recently posted that he "exercises" the rear diff-lock regularly, to keep functionality.
The previous owner of my syncro didn't install the locking transaxle ... he owned the syncro for 5 years and was an avid surfer and snow skier. Hence it was installed more than 5 years before I bought it. I didn't get it connected till some 18 months after I bought it, so for starters that makes a minimum of 6.5 years with the actuator shaft/engagement rod absolutely bone idle.
On first attempt, the difflock engaged perfectly.
So Mark, maybe you're over-doing it just a tad! ... haha
Cheers Roger,
Ken
To: Syncro_T3_Australia @yahoogroups. com
From: bellrmit@yahoo. com.au
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 04:01:22 -0800
Subject: [Syncro_T3_Australi a] RE:Ken's Discovery of Diff Lock -MySyncro ..... history [1 Attachment]
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Doesn't time fly eh. I look back at that "virgin" Tour now with some fondness.
Quite a while ago I figured out those legs but age is catching me up ... I think maybe Bruce and/or Bob might be there .... but where is Ric? I'll need to go check my other photos.
What a classic photo eh. How many shots of syncros n legs such as that are in existence?
A thought crossed my mind after Mark recently posted that he "exercises" the rear diff-lock regularly, to keep functionality.
The previous owner of my syncro didn't install the locking transaxle ... he owned the syncro for 5 years and was an avid surfer and snow skier. Hence it was installed more than 5 years before I bought it. I didn't get it connected till some 18 months after I bought it, so for starters that makes a minimum of 6.5 years with the actuator shaft/engagement rod absolutely bone idle.
On first attempt, the difflock engaged perfectly.
So Mark, maybe you're over-doing it just a tad! ... haha
Cheers Roger,
Ken
To: Syncro_T3_Australia @yahoogroups. com
From: bellrmit@yahoo. com.au
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 04:01:22 -0800
Subject: [Syncro_T3_Australi a] RE:Ken's Discovery of Diff Lock -MySyncro ..... history [1 Attachment]
[Attachment(s) from Roger Bell included below]
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Exactly what I am experiencing, my front one is not following orders any more. What has this generation come too??? No more discipline! Shocking (not the horse). hartmut
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[mailto:Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of erik
Hoeflinger
Sent: Sunday, 8 November 2009 4:47 PM
To: syncro_t3_australia@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Syncro_T3_Australia] RE:Ken's Discovery of Diff Lock -MySyncro
..... history
I can remember purchasing my syncro just a year ago when I knew very little about difflocks. Assumed they were standard on all syncro's. Boy was I disappointed to find mine didn't have any lockers. Spent hours under the car looking for something that could be a difflock actuator. What a hoot it must have been for you to score the other way round and have it all work! As far as exercising the lockers goes I have heard it is the front locker that people have most trouble with when left idle too long. erik
To: syncro_t3_australia@yahoogroups.com
From: unclekenz@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 23:56:35 +1100
Subject: RE: [Syncro_T3_Australia] RE:Ken's Discovery of Diff Lock -MySyncro
..... history
Roger,
Doesn't time fly eh. I look back at that "virgin" Tour now with some
fondness.
Quite a while ago I figured out those legs but age is catching me up ... I
think maybe Bruce and/or Bob might be there .... but where is Ric? I'll need to
go check my other photos.
What a classic photo eh. How many shots of syncros n legs such
as that are in existence?
A thought crossed my mind after Mark recently posted that he "exercises"
the rear diff-lock regularly, to keep functionality.
The previous owner of my syncro didn't install the locking transaxle ... he
owned the syncro for 5 years and was an avid surfer and snow skier. Hence it
was installed more than 5 years before I bought it. I didn't get it connected
till some 18 months after I bought it, so for starters that makes a
minimum of 6.5 years with the actuator shaft/engagement rod absolutely bone
idle.
On first attempt, the difflock engaged perfectly.
So Mark, maybe you're over-doing it just a tad! ... haha
Cheers Roger,
Ken
To: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com
From: bellrmit@yahoo.com.au
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 04:01:22 -0800
Subject: [Syncro_T3_Australia] RE:Ken's Discovery of Diff Lock -MySyncro .....
history [1 Attachment]
[Attachment(s) from Roger Bell included below]
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Sorry Bruce, shame on me. I remembered you for your intellect, good looks and letting me drive your diesel. That first get together was a great time though and it was good of you to again make the effort to come out to see us when we headed up to the Cape. The loan of your CB radio also helped me keep in contact with the others even if I suspect they were trying to get away from me at times.Hope we can meet up again - your wife makes a very welcome cuppa for us Mexicans.
Cheers
Roger
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