Date:         Fri, 17 Jan 1997 14:56:23 -0800
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Chris Pittack <chrisp@dgtl.com>
Subject:      RE: NO CLUTCH!!

Same thing here...replaced  the slave and a few months later the master
went.  I figure might as well do both while you're dirty!


Chris P.   Seattle, WA
'89 Oil Burning Jetta "Jake"
'87 Wasserboxer GL "Lewis"
'82 Oil Burning L "Billie Rae"


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>From: 	Beth Young[SMTP:young@sherlock.sims.berkeley.edu]
>Sent: 	Friday, January 17, 1997 2:46 PM
>To: 	Multiple recipients of list
>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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