Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 02:42:29 +0000
Reply-To: Bill Shawley <easywind1975@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From: Bill Shawley <easywind1975@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: No Clutch....
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Sounds like I need to bundle up and do some crawling around, Wanee Festival is only 10 weeks away.....
> Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 21:27:44 -0500
> From: d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM
> Subject: Re: No Clutch....
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
> There are a number of other pieces that can break including the operating
> shaft in the bell housing and the pin on the clutch pedal.
>
> Dennis
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> John Rodgers
> Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 8:46 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: No Clutch....
>
> Vanagons have hydraulic clutch mechanisms all the way. No cables. It's
> almost got to be a clutch master or clutch slave cylinder failure.
> Clutch master under the dash, clutch slave mounts on the side of the MT.
> Dunno where it is on the aut tranny version but the same I suspect.
>
> John Rodgers
> Clayartist and Moldmaker
> 88'GL VW Bus Driver
> Chelsea, AL
> Http://www.moldhaus.com
>
>
>
> Michael Sullivan wrote:
> > Now you folks know I'm still learning, but replaced the clutch on my
> Beetle
> > a couple of months ago and could it not be just the clutch cable has
> > broken? Not sure about MT vans cuz mine is an AT. Just sayin....
> > Michael in San Antonio
> > 91GL AT 'Gringo'
> > 73 Beetle
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 5:56 PM, Bill Shawley
> <easywind1975@hotmail.com>wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Ok gurus, went out to show the van some love, (and to measure something),
> >> took the key to start it as well. Put my foot on the clutch and straight
> to
> >> the floor, no resistance. It is very cold, dark, and kind of immobilized
> in
> >> some shoveled snow, hardcore diagnostics can wait. No problems last time
> I
> >> drove it, may 4-6 weeks ago. Any guesses to trim the troubleshooting
> curve
> >> for me?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Ryan
> >>
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