Date:         Wed, 14 Oct 1998 12:12:23 -0700
Reply-To:     Ron Lussier <coyote@LIKEMINDS.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Ron Lussier <coyote@LIKEMINDS.COM>
Subject:      Clutch problems...
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Please reply to braver03@matrix.newpaltz.edu, thanks!

-----Original Message-----
From: steven braverman [mailto:braver03@matrix.newpaltz.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 1998 6:36 AM
To: coyote@vanagon.com
Subject: problems

I own a 1982 Vanagon diesel that I enjoy tremendously.  A while back it
developed a clutch problem.  I started to notice it getting hard to shift.
Gradually the problem worsened until it would always grind into reverse and
creep from a stand still with the clutch pedal all the way to the floor.  I
checked the hydraulic system and noticed that the clutch master was kind of
leaky, so I replaced it.  I bled the system every way I could think of but
the problem still persists.  Is there a way to measure the travel at the
slave cylinder?  It seems to have quite a bit of travel, but maybe it's not
enough.  Bob Donalds suggested that it could posibly be a bad pilot bearing.
I want to collect more opinions before I remove the transmission.  What do
you think?
Steve