Jetta Syncro -88 & Golf VR6 Syncro -96

[Tiny]

Yes well HELLO!

I have at the moment 2st Syncros.
Jetta Syncro -88 , 98hp 8V-motor.
Golf VR6 Syncro -96 , 190hp-motor.

For the moment they only run at wintertime.
So now its time to get them going again after the summer.

Is some work to do before winter thou.

[Tiny]

Having just taken the prop apart…..
But before that, i tried to turn the prop to release all cv-bolts.
Did not turn how the F*** i did , the prop refused to turn by hand.
But with the engine on and in a gear when it went all right.

Yeah yeah []
Here’s som pics anyways.

Front one.

Back one.
Totaly shot to pices.

The Golf VR6-Syncro was OK to turn by hand.
On that one the wheel went round easy , either by turning the wheels OR by hand on the front hardy. But on the Jetta cheepsyncro i got to get up from under the car and bloody start, run around and repeat.
This is to get around to loosening all bolts on the cv-joints.

Then another problem, only one rear wheel spins when the visco connecting?? The left hacks and spins a bit sometime in the beginning but then stopps.
What’s the problem here?

Last winter before i took it out of traffic it went fine, took off well on all fours and skidded on both backwheels then.

[Chris S]

it is probably your brake drum/shoes binding (rust on the drum), especially if as you say it has not moved for a while.

[Tiny]

But the wheel spins totaly FREE by hand if i take my hand and spinn it. Then there is no handbrake thats catching the movement?

Should BOTH the backwheels spinn when visco is engaged?

The reardiff is the “open” typ right?
Then there is nothing stopping the car from “onewheeling” when lifted?

[Tiny]

I have a complete set of extra doors for both cars.
The Mk 3 Golf doors i have gone at with my angelgrinder.
Now there is about 10-15kg of every door.
Should make good for the total weights.

Looking to save about 50kg total just from the doors.

[Tiny]

Have worked on the Jetta.
MOT coming up in about two weeks.

Tested the syncrodrive.
Visco works just fine.

Sorted all lights on the car.
Need som more lightbulbs and parkinglights.

Need to check the cooling.
Loosing water thru the engine.
Not water in the oil , no leek under car.
So i believe its waporisning thru the catalysator.

Wintertires on.
Freesing at night now.

[conor]

Nice jetta, great to see another one

[Tiny]

Update.

The cars has now passed the MOT.
Last MOT was 2006 and since then has been not moving.
So i have rescued the Jetta Syncro from the scrappers.

Not much winter but some skids and powerslides i have made.
Just waiting for the real snow now so ia can go out sliding!

Next up is the Golf VR6 Syncro.
The Golf have a broken beem for the engine.

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