On Sun, 17 May 1998, thetrans wrote: > Recap: > > Clutch refuses to disengage when shifting. Seems to happen somewhat > intermitantly, but almost guaranteed to happen at least once during any > driving outing. [snip]
> [snip] came to a turn and went to > downshift into third, and no clutch release.. had to coast to a stop, > jiggle shift lever, pump clutch, etc..kicked back into gear.
Bill: If the clutch really didn't disengage, how did you coast to a stop, since you should, at this point, be stuck in 4th? From your description, it doesn't sound like a clutch problem, it sounds like a shifter mechanism or tranny problem. When you san "no clutch release" are you saying the clutch pedal wouldn't depress, or are you saying that the pedal depressed OK, but you were somehow "stuck" in 4th? If the latter, then start, first, by inspecting the shifter mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Young young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU Lafayette, CA 94549 '81 Vanagon --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.