Date:         Fri, 17 Jan 1997 14:43:25 -0800 (PST)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Beth Young <young@sherlock.sims.berkeley.edu>
Subject:      Re: NO CLUTCH!!


On Fri, 17 Jan 1997, Tony Moore wrote:

> Just ordered a new one from Kyle for $65, should get it tomorrow. They say
> it might actually hit 30 F by Sunday. Heck, I can do the repair in shorts
> by then! :-)

> > From: Sean Bartnik <sbart7kb@www.mwc.edu>
> > To: tony@moorelab.com
> > Subject: Re: NO CLUTCH!!
> > Date: Friday, January 17, 1997 10:57 AM
> > 
> > Tony,
> > The slave cylinder (the one on the transmission end) is usually the one
> > that fails in extreme cold on Vanagons.  You can get a rebuilt or new
> > one and they even sell rebuild kits, but it's better to get the rebuilt
> > or new slave cylinder.

"They" say, and my personnal experience confirms, that when one cylinder 
in the clutch system fails, the other one is ready to fail too.  In my 
case, the master went bad, and I rebuilt.  Less than 3 months later, the 
slave went!  You might what to order a master rebuild kit to have around, 
"just in case."

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Tom Young               young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU
Lafayette, CA  94549    '81 Vanagon
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