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• Re: Automatic vs Manual
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Fri, 25 May 2012 20:27:31 -0700
  ...All four have had problems with the shifters or clutches, and frankly the transmissions themselves aren't really a stellar unit anyway. I'm...
• Re: Discovered my clutch failure reason. ~~ Now > H2OBoxr Upgrades
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 26 May 2021 14:16:16 -0600
  Both Sets I’ve Installed I did with Eng’ In Van & while on My Back on a Creeper ~ Only Diff’ of doing install in...
• Re: The Meaning of Life
  Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
  Fri, 21 Jul 2000 07:17:54 -0700
  ...That is for a clutch disc that I burned (responsibility taken) one temp sensor o-ring (.59) and the fuel tank rebuild. Now the...
• Re: CV Boots, accel & clutch cables
  Historical mailing list - john keith hopp
  Thu, 5 Jan 1995 09:55:22 -0700 (MST)
  ...you must (obv.) disconnect the tranny from the CVs anyway. > > 3: Should I just go ahead and replace the clutch and accelerator > cables? YES...
• More about 1600cc Vanagon Engine swap...
  Historical mailing list - Ian E. Abbott 225-1793
  Sat, 07 Jan 1995 09:45:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...The *clutch disc* diameter changes between the T-I/II/III engine and the Vanagon, but the *outer diameter* of the flywheel appears to...
• Re: teenagers and vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Wed, 11 Oct 2006 13:29:24 -0400
  ...Don't push the stress for the student with > learning the fine muscle control of the clutch/gas combination at the same > time. For...
• Re: Full Throttle AC Cutout?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Tue, 29 May 2007 19:57:04 -0500
  ...Standard disclaimers apply; I don't get money or other consideration from any companies mentioned. Matt Roberds
• Re: 2.0 ABA inline gas Vanagon. how it works
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 20 Oct 2010 21:56:30 -0700
  ...DV FW, clutch housing, PB. Maybe Vanagon clutch bolts on? And, DV oil pickup tube, pan engine brackets. I use a stock gas starter...
• Re: BAD OIL Again!/Bad Rebuild
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 12 Feb 2003 20:06:32 -0600
  ...PITA to fix, as the tranny had to be pulled and clutch disc replaced, and it was new with the new engine. John Rodgers...
• Re: Cleaning CV
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:52:19 -0400
  ...to starting the clutch replacement on Gertie ('85, 1.9) > > When I got the axles removed fromt he trans I discovered that the passenger...
• Re: disconnecting syncro driveshaft
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Mar 1996 23:39:17 -0500
  ...from disconnecting the syncro drive sh= >aft?=20 > This may improve gas mileage and eliminate (?) possibility of damage= > to the=20 >viscous clutch during...
• Clutchless in Ca. Update
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  14 Dec 1995 11:10:00 -0800
  ...The last time I replaced the slave cylinder, I discovered that the bracket mounting bolt into tranny's threaded hole was missing. I further...
• Re: hesitation off the line
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
  Tue, 26 Mar 2002 18:59:27 -0400
  ...Performance with a warm engine improved somewhat when I disconnected the Idle Stabilizer Valve, and improved radically when the oxygen sensor was disconnected. Looking...
• Re: 12 clutch pedals
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 24 Jan 2002 14:47:06 -0600
  Buy My Crap! http://williamwareagency.com/forsale/stanvan/parts.htm I'll discount ....... I'm looking to take a road trip soon. Brownsville Texas...
• Re: what size wrench for bleeding clutch?
  Historical mailing list - Veedub
  Thu, 11 Nov 1999 08:43:08 -0500
  ...It made for an interesting bleed! I pushed the piston up with the line disconnected, then tightened the line and let go. I did...
• Re: AT internals question
  Historical mailing list - armando guzman
  Wed, 4 Jun 2003 20:32:43 -0700
  ...In the area of the 1st/reverse >brake plates and clutches, I seem to have a discrepancy with the Bentley >manual. Bentley shows: 1...
• FS Complete running 2.1 w/peripherals
  Historical mailing list - Chris brown
  Mon, 4 Feb 2002 18:28:40 EST
  ...This includes engine, clutch, wiring harness, brain, and any other relays and bits that go along with the gasoline engine (Except fuel pump [saving...
• Burning Van or Insanorama
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 6 Dec 2002 15:55:44 -0800
  ...You can call it "insanorama" after you momma (sorry mom) or Burning > Van. > > How about it? December in the cold clutches of Ocean Beach...
• Re: Clutch issues
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Sun, 10 Jun 2007 10:06:44 -0700
  ...does not release properly. >>>>If the disc is bent from hanging the trany off it then the disc will not >>>>disengage not that Ive...
• Re: AC relay question
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:40:00 -0500
  ...compressor clutch while > disconnected and it works. The compressor shaft turns with clutch > engaged and has normal resistance. No power to the clutch wire...
• Re: vacuum servo question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 4 Jun 2003 00:12:41 -0400
  ...vacuum servo question Hello all, I can't STOP buying new components for my braking system on my 81 van with a hydraulic clutch...
• FS? 1990 Tiico Westy
  Historical mailing list - Francois Tremblay
  Mon, 25 Aug 2003 22:11:57 -0400
  ...stebro.htm) Very solid and reliable Rebuilt 4sp manual transmission New clutch, disc, TO bearing 4 new Bilstein shocks 5 recent continental reinforced tires...
• Re: bucking on deceleration...one problem after another
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 22 Jun 2004 10:57:06 -0400
  ...assuming its a clutch problem because I just had the engine out a few >> weeks >> ago and the clutch disc looked like it had...
• Re: Vanagon jerking in stop and go traffic
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sat, 20 Mar 1999 11:03:00 -0600
  ...The jerking can be stopped either by stepping on the >clutch (engine goes into idle immediately, running smoothly, does not >stall) or by accelerating...
• Re: Weird oil leak
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 7 Mar 2005 09:26:15 -0600
  First you need to discern whether the fluid you're leaking is engine oil or transmission oil. If it's the latter, you'd...
• Re: 2.0 ABA inline gas Vanagon. how it works
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 20 Oct 2010 19:53:47 -0700
  ...Continuing this discussion, Let's say I have a '96 2.0 ABA from a Jetta that I want to bolt it into an...
• Re: Bus Depot Vanagon Master/Clutch cylinder - Warranty ?
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:20:02 -0500
  Alright, first my disclaimer : I've posted about this before and I just have to go off on this........... Larry, did you not purchase...
• Diesel starting problem epic
  Historical mailing list - Robert Gruber
  Wed, 7 Mar 2001 09:09:51 -0800
  ...after cranking a while, the Bendix just starts spinning as the engine stops) I removed the clutch cover/disc, and used two precisely-sized...
• Re: Storing Van outside over winter???
  Historical mailing list - Don Spence
  Tue, 15 Nov 2005 10:06:21 -0700
  ...in the spring), charge and disconnect the battery, once a month go out and "exercise" the brake and clutch pedal. Leave note on the...
• Re: Clutch Master Cylinder Installation Q:'s
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Fri, 10 May 2002 20:22:08 -0700
  ...To prevent that, what I did first was drain enough fluid from the reservoir on the brake master cylinder to go below the clutch...
• Re: 88GL Tranny Swap - from manual to automatic
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Thu, 22 Aug 2013 14:29:03 -0700
  ...On 8/22/2013 2:20 PM, Jim Felder wrote: > John and I have been discussing this. Neither of us knew the other was...
• Re: limited slip differential question
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Sat, 2 May 2009 08:15:56 -0700
  The TBD is a gear operated differential..The True "LSD" uses clutch plates to control traction. As the differences in wheel rotation happen, the...
• Re: clutch slave - how to rebuild, etc.
  Historical mailing list - sam.cooks
  Fri, 19 Dec 2003 14:59:27 -0500
  A description of how to rebuild the clutch slave cylinder by Rainer Woitok is among the post compiled in the file I created on...
• Re: Auto Tranny vs. Manual?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 27 Mar 1998 17:59:25 -0800
  ...Don't have to worry about mainshaft splines or damaging the clutch disc when installing. This is my first VW automatic. All others before...
• Re: Manual trans replacement
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 9 Mar 2009 13:08:14 -0700
  ...I always change the brake fluid in the clutch hydrualic fluid any time I work on the clutch. You can't change it too...
• Re: Questions re. Audi 3A engine swap (after searching the archives)
  Historical mailing list - Sam Payne
  Thu, 6 May 2004 00:41:34 -0400
  ...I'm a bit worried that this thread will turn into a discussion of the merits of different conversions. There have been many excellent...
• FS '85 Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Mar 1997 18:18:39 -0500 (EST)
  ...PLease make all inquiries to the bus owner listed at bottom. (General disclaimers apply!) FOR SALE 1985 Westfalia Camper, orange/plaid 118k, with motor...
• Re: [subaruvanagon] Re: SVX-powered crewcab pickup blows trans
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 9 May 2002 23:25:37 +1200
  >AFAIK, with RHD vehicles the gas pedal is still on the right, brake in >the middle, and clutch on the left. The gearshift is...
• FS 81 Westfalia Air Cooled
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 24 Jan 2002 10:12:16 -0600
  ...One new Sachs clutch kit. If you find something there that you can use, drop me a note and I'll discount it to...
• Re: 1987 GL question
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 30 Apr 2003 09:21:24 -0600
  ...As I did not replace the clutch slave when the clutch master was replaced, I expect it to fail at any time, though there...
• 1.9 available WA state
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:16:48 -0700
  ...This is the whole engine, engine harness, computer, hoses, mounts, alternator, AC compressor, water pipes, "H" pipe, hoses, clutch assy, O2 sensor, air intake...
• 1980 Vanagon with a problem, HELP!!!
  Historical mailing list - William GoldBerg
  Wed, 30 Nov 1994 15:56:37 EDT
  ...Here is another curiosity, which led me to discover the oil through the muffler. He was driving on the highway, doing about 65 when...
• Help!! Black Smoke..3400RPM tops 87 Synchro
  Historical mailing list - Roger & Zoe Ann Banker
  Sat, 25 Oct 1997 13:36:40 -0400
  ...Recently (2 months ago) had white smoke so we replaced heads along with clutch ignition wires, tune up items and some misc. stuff to...
• Re: Accurate maintenance records
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 1 Mar 2002 16:41:12 -0600
  ...I made a few long distance phone calls to see if a clutch > job had > been done with the factory rebuilt engine. No clutch...
• Re: Regarding the input shaft of transmission
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 28 Dec 2010 22:37:47 -0800
  ...and being in the clutch disc splines ...it holds it well enough to transfer drive to the 'real' mainshaft of the trans without a...
• A/C Advice Needed -- Kind of Long
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Wed, 5 Jun 2002 10:06:42 -0700
  ...If you really need the evap fan running, disconnect the wire to the compressor clutch. Relying on the low pressure switch to keep you...
• Re: Transmission swap problems: 86 tranny onto 83 engine.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 7 Jan 2016 20:36:06 -0500
  ...I think I'm far >>> enough >>> > away that the input shaft has not even started into the clutch >>> > disc splines; the fresh grease I...
• Re: transmission diagnosis help
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 3 Aug 2004 19:15:03 -0400
  ...Can the gears be engaged without it running? Place in 1st, start engine while in gear with clutch depressed. If van starts to move...
• Good to be back finally
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Sat, 28 Dec 2013 21:08:38 +0100
  ...Not many news from my side Vanagonwise, V6 TDi still up and running (but with a busted torque converter clutch). Oh, three new things...
• FS 85 Vanagon GL N. California
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steele
  Mon, 05 May 1997 23:19:53 -0700
  ...Last November, I did a top end rebuild complete with rebuilt RIMCO heads, new rings, complete gaskets and seals, clutch disc, throwout bearing, phosphate...
• FS: 2.1 wbx eng. (Nor Cal.); was 2.1wbx engine needed
  Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
  Thu, 3 Jul 1997 13:01:02 -0700
  ...This would be the complete 2.1 engine, flywheel, clutch, bellhousing, all engine accessories, ECU, engine wiring harnesses and hoses, i.e., a conversion...
• Re: CV Joint separation from axle shaft
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Thu, 25 Nov 1999 14:34:07 -0800
  ...When new, they are just like the clutch disc splines and slip back and forth with no resistance. Doktor Tim Maintenance Repair and Restoration...
• Re: F$&#$*& Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Sun, 18 May 2003 19:49:59 -0500
  ...clutch went bad a few weeks ago and I'm finally getting around to it. > Anyhow, I've got the engine and transmission disconnected...
• Need A/T Part for '91 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Jim Huskins
  Sat, 24 Jan 2004 12:44:16 -0500
  ...Yesterday I discovered that I have a broken diaphragm spring in the forward clutch. It was too late to check with Makco where I...
• Re: High Idle, Sometimes (NOT Idle Stabiliser Controller)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 18 Dec 2002 09:29:36 -0600
  ...Warm the engine, shut it off, disconnect the ISV, then restart and check the idle rpm. Adjust as necessary. Shut down, connect the ISV...
• Re: can't go forward
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:06:29 -0400
  ...All the clutches, seals, friction discs and if needed the steel plates. In tranny land we call this the "master" overhaul kit. You also...
• Re: [WetWesties] Canadian Importing Vanagon Westfalia to Canada: insurance while in US?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 10 Mar 2012 17:49:55 -0500
  ...Found that > out in Boston when the front seal on the transmission went out ruining the > clutch disc, and more money. My friends back...
• '86 Synchro FS Milwaukee
  Historical mailing list - William A. McKinley
  02 Dec 96 17:53:20 EST
  ...The owner says he has recently replaced the power steering rack, clutch, brakes, and the van has about 137K on it. I don't...
• `Cont'd: After 3000 mi trip: 84h2o overheating, grinding gears(manual trans
  Historical mailing list - Matthias Kuster
  Sat, 26 Jan 2002 02:42:38 -0800
  ...I disconnected the hoses right after the plastic bleeder. The hose from the thermostat housing up to that bleeder valve is getting warm, too...
• opps! let the brake fluid reservoir bleed empty
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Gies
  Mon, 26 Jul 2004 14:21:22 -0500
  ...When I had the brake lines disconnected while swapping out the cylinders, enough brake fluid drained out to empty the reservoir behind the dash...