Date:         Wed, 1 Sep 2004 10:50:35 -0400
Reply-To:     Laurence Smith <laurence@ALANASMITH.COM>
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From:         Laurence Smith <laurence@ALANASMITH.COM>
Subject:      Re: 85 manual Clutch and more shifting woes...
Comments: To: "David J. Bohannan" <david.bohannan@VERIZON.NET>
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Dave,
Peal back the rubber boot at the top of the clutch slave cylinder and
check for fluid.  There should be none.  If there is fluid it will
make shifting difficult because the slave is leaking.  The boot is s
tight fit so is can contain the leak with no evidence on the ground.

- Laurence


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 Laurence Smith
 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
 90 Westy / 90 Subie 2.2
 87 GL / 91 Subie 2.2
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List
> [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of David J. Bohannan
> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 9:44 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: 85 manual Clutch and more shifting woes...
>
>
> All,
>
>
>
> Its been quite some time that I have been dealing with
> these shifting
> problems...but the problem seems to be “morphing” into a
> couple things…
>
>
>
> Not only have I been having a hard time getting into gears
> (linkage?)
> Now it seems at slow speeds that I can feel the clutch not
> completely
> disengaging it sort of grabs a bit , but not enough to
> stall the engine.
> At higher speeds I do notice that it seems it stays in gear
> until I pull
> the shifter out of that gear …my brother recommended bleeding the
> clutch…and I am going to get into that today…
>
>
>
> I also just topped off the fluid in the tranny although it
> only took ½
> quart. I am planning on doing the Redline change but didn’t think it
> would make that big of a difference up front…am I wrong??
>
>
>
> I am curious as to what else could be causing this…someone else just
> mentioned a pilot bearing!?!?
>
>
>
> Thank you for ANY info you have…
>
>
>
> Dave
>