Yesterday we were on our way back from Greenbrier State Park, winding our way back down a narrow mountain road. To slow our decent, I had let the van simply coast in third gear. A couple of minutes later, when passing through a small town, I tried to downshift from third to second. Making the shift was difficult, though it took several tries and a bit of force to do so. The rest of the ride was uneventful until we reached our neighborhood. Suddenly, the van refused to go in first, second, or third and I had to yank on the gear shifter to get the van out of gear. I was able to force it into fourth gear, but the clutch made a chirping sound when I did it. I chugged in fourth back into our drive. Once stopped, I could not get it in any gear with the clutch fully depressed, only grinding noises. With the engine off, I could easily go into all the gears. This morning, I crawled around to see if I could see any thing strange. Nada. I was able to measure about 20 mm of movement in the slave cylinder arm when the clutch pedal was pressed and released. My trusty Bentley book is great if I plan on tearing down and rebuilding the tranny, but leaves me clueless if I am troubleshooting a clutch (?) problem. Your thoughts are appreciated. -- Brian '85 Vanagon 7-passenger GL __________________________________ __ /____ ______ ____== ___________\ ___ // | | | | \== \ \\ _____ // | | | | \== \ \\ //______| |______| |______\== \__________\|______ | - | | | | @ |______ _[ ____ __ _ [|][WVVW][|]_ |__] // \\ / \ |___|____________| `---/| () |\--------|| () |---/=)________)=o{}=={ }=={ } _________\__//_\__//____ \__//__\__//____________
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