Date:         Sat, 1 Feb 2014 15:56:07 -0800
Reply-To:     "SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From:         "SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Organization: Cosmic Reminders
Subject:      Re: No Clutch
Comments: To: Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
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yep, in any tired clutch hydraulic system ..
when one fails..
and the other one that hasn't failed yet is still working..

you anticipate or warn that when you replace the one failed one, that
can make the other pretty-old-anyone one fail too, like in a few weeks.
Seen it many times over the decades.


On 2/1/2014 2:46 PM, Richard Koerner wrote:
> Tom, the symptoms you describe sound like what happened to me; turned out it was a failed clutch slave cylinder.  If you pull the rubber boot back and it's full of fluid, there's your problem.  Was for me anyway.  No drips or other evidence of leak.  "They" say that sometimes a "newer" clutch master cylinder will overpower and cause the slave cylinder to fail.  Worn out.
>
>
> Rich
> San Diego
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>   From: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Sent: Saturday, February 1, 2014 2:37 PM
> Subject: Re: No Clutch
>
>
> The fluid went somewhere. Look under the floor mat! Did that last winter in
> Fun Bus. No the floor paint is the peel off type. In that case the hose from
> the reservoir to the clutch cylinder failed. How that hose got close enough
> to the clutch pedal arm to wear thought is beyond me. Anyway, filling and
> pumping won't make it work again. You will have to bleed it.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Tom Buese
> Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 5:28 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: No Clutch
>
> Came home from BBB 18 after 18 days away & the Syncro Doka started right up,
> but the clutch pedal went right to the floor even after topping off the
> brake fluid reservoir.
> Pumped & pumped & pumped, but no increase in pedal resistance.
> no sign of leaking @ clutch master or slave cylinders, & all worked well
> before leaving.
> Any hints?
>
>
> --
> Tom Buese
>