Date:         Fri, 7 Apr 1995 19:02:12 -0500 (CDT)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Gerald Skerbitz <gsker@lenti>
Subject:      Re: 85 Vanagon starts hard


On Fri, 7 Apr 1995, Terry Tan wrote:
> >From my own analysis I think there is something  in the hydraulics
> that is not working right.
> 
> vehicle will shift smoothly when cold but when riding for 
> say half an hour or so it gets difficult to shift the gears. This is
> an indication that somewhere in the hydraulics some kind of expansion has
> occurred reducing the clutch travel.

Yup. Mine does that.  I replaced the clutch in December, but I haven't 
driven it any distance since.  On one 45 minutes trip I notcied that it 
still get's a little tough to get it OUT of gear after having been driven 
for a while on the freeway.  This does NOT happen in town no matter how 
long it gets driven. It only happens at freeway speeds.  I've not tried 
to figure out exactly why it's going wrong.  We're going down to Chicago 
at the end of this month (From Minnesota) so I'll find out if it's really 
bad still.  I've always assumed it was linkage problems because I KNOW 
I've got some seriously worn parts that are not cheap in there.  

--
Gerry
Gerald Skerbitz <gsker@med.umn.edu> U of MN Med School Admin 6-5379