Date:         Mon, 28 May 2001 19:46:56 -0700
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From:         Ed McLean <email99@BELLSOUTH.NET>
Subject:      Removal of Pedals?  A little help needed.
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I'm swapping a manual transmission (and required linkages) from a '84
Vanagon to a '86 Vanagon that has an automatic transmission.

All is going smoothly but I'm having trouble removing the brake/clutch
pedal assembly and bracket from the manual transmission bus.  It looks
to me like this must be disassembled before it can be removed from the
84.  Bentley says the "Instrument panel must be removed before the
booster and bracket with pedal connected can be taken out" (p 46.10).
The picture shows an automatic pedal assembly.  On page 30.8 (for
Syncro) Bentley says "For repairs on foot pedals, remove instrument
panel."  From this I assumed the manual trany pedal assembly could be
pulled out in one piece from the top, once the instrument panel and
instrument cluster were removed.  It doesn't look like it will come out
in one piece this way.  I don't think it will go out the bottom either.

Does anyone who has done this have any suggestions.  Do I have to take
apart the pedal cluster to get it out?

Thanks in advance.

Ed McLean
email99@bellsouth.net