Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 11:03:08 -0700
Reply-To: Tobin Copley <tobin.copley@UBC.CA>
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From: Tobin Copley <tobin.copley@UBC.CA>
Subject: Re: Clutch Dead in Orillia Ontario / Algonquin Park - Does anyone
know Valle Shell?
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At 10:48 AM -0400 9/5/00, 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\" wrote:
>I had been having intermittent clutch problems but thought I had
>solved them by replacing my brake fluid (the clutch system also uses
>this fluid).
>
>... the sun could shine on the clutch master cylinder (it seemed wet)...
>
>
>...Another listee mentioned the repair should be around $400
>Canadian for 4hrs of labour, a new clutch and throw out bearing
>seal... sound about right?
Chris,
You say you had to be adding fluid, the clutch master cylinder looked
wet, and now your clutch won't work.
This sounds like textbook clutch master cylinder failure to me.
This is an easy job any competent machanic can do quickly. My
mechanic's rated shop time on a vanagon clutch MC replacement is 45
minutes. The part (quality aftermarket) should be a little under
CDN$100.
I wouldn't even consider internal clutch work at this point, since
it's obvious you have a hydraulic system leak. If you *do* have
other problems with your clutch, the odds are strongly that it is
entirely unrelated.
Don't let anyone work on your clutch before you have the MC checked
out (and almost certainly replaced)!.
Good luck!
T.
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Tobin Copley Bowen Island, BC, Canada 49deg 23'N-123deg 19'W
'82 Westfalia 1.6L NA diesel ("Stinky")
'97 son Russell =============
'99 daughter Margaret /_| |_L| |__|:| clatter
1995: 'Round US, Mexico, Canada 15,000 mi {. .| clatter!
1996: Vancouver to Inuvik, NWT 7,400 km ~-()-==----()-~
Previous buses: '76 westy deluxe (Daisy), '76 westy standard (Mango)
http://www.sfu.ca/~tcopley/vw/
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At 10:48 AM -0400 9/5/00, 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\" wrote:
<excerpt><fontfamily><param>Arial</param>I had been having intermittent
clutch problems but thought I had solved them by replacing my brake
fluid (the clutch system also uses this fluid).
... the sun could shine on the clutch master cylinder (it seemed
wet)...
...Another listee mentioned the repair should be around $400 Canadian
for 4hrs of labour, a new clutch and throw out bearing seal... sound
about right?
</fontfamily></excerpt><fontfamily><param>Arial</param>
</fontfamily>Chris,
You say you had to be adding fluid, the clutch master cylinder looked
wet, and now your clutch won't work.
This sounds like textbook clutch master cylinder failure to me.
This is an easy job any competent machanic can do quickly. My
mechanic's rated shop time on a vanagon clutch MC replacement is 45
minutes. The part (quality aftermarket) should be a little under
CDN$100.
I wouldn't even consider internal clutch work at this point, since it's
obvious you have a hydraulic system leak. If you *do* have other
problems with your clutch, the odds are strongly that it is entirely
unrelated.
Don't let anyone work on your clutch before you have the MC checked out
(and almost certainly replaced)!.
Good luck!
T.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tobin Copley Bowen Island, BC, Canada 49deg 23'N-123deg 19'W
'82 Westfalia 1.6L NA diesel ("Stinky")
'97 son Russell =============
'99 daughter Margaret /_| |_L| |__|:| clatter
1995: 'Round US, Mexico, Canada 15,000 mi {. .| clatter!
1996: Vancouver to Inuvik, NWT 7,400 km ~-()-==----()-~
Previous buses: '76 westy deluxe (Daisy), '76 westy standard (Mango)
http://www.sfu.ca/~tcopley/vw/
