At 08:29 PM 12/13/2009, Karl Ploessl wrote: >the declutching valve, build into the kickdown valve is opened by the >accelerator cable whenever the accelerator is returned to it's fully >up position. The release of hydraulic pressure by the declutching >valve causes the forward clutch of the transmission to disengage, thus Gee, on my old Saab 96 I had to reach down to the firewall and pull a lever if I *didn't* want it to do that. They'd gone to all V-4 engines by then, but the freewheeling clutch from the two-stroke days survived. :) d |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.