I don't have a Synchro, but I've had plenty of manual transmission equiped cars. Your problem sounds like either a badly worn clutch and pressure plate, or a leaky clutch cylinder. I don't know the system your van uses, but I'd check the master and slave clutch cylinders (or whatever VW equivalent is on yours). That's probably where the trouble is. A way to check is to try pumping the clutch, and also be sure to check your clutch fluid level. Craig ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Craig Standley 1974 Volkswagen Westfalia; The Cow Van University of Washington Physics "Heaters? We don't need no stinking cstand@u.washington.edu heaters." http://weber.u.washington.edu/~cstand -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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