Tim, You gotta be kidding! Drop the tranny - don't screw with the engine! It's about a four hour job!!!! Karl > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > Aristotle Sagan > Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 11:34 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Will the clutch survive the trip on 89 Westy? > > Yep, doing a clutch is one of the easiest things you can do in the way of > major maintenance. Drop the engine, replace the clutch, put it back in. > About a day, if it's your first time. Use the Bentley. > > tim in san jose > > > > > > > > Note that I have not had to double clutch and experience no loss of power > due > > to the clutch. So, am I reasonable safe for another 6,500 miles or should > I > > sell my soul and hire a clutch job? Doing it myself is probably out of the > > question until I have more experience. > > > > Your comments will, as always, be most helpful. > > > > Dan Roberts > > |
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