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• Re: Burning Van or Insanorama
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 6 Dec 2002 17:29:56 -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: help in Monterey, Ca
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Wed, 17 Dec 2003 21:41:20 -0500
  ...It could be the clutch that went bad. Put the transaxle then decide what you need. Eric 86-VW4x4 vw4x4@fyi.net 86-SS...
• Re: home-made pressure bleeder
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:37:29 -0400
  ...specifically i made to to bleed the rear wheels and clutch slave. since i don't like having stuff/tools around that can't...
• Syncro Engine PULL Questions
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Mon, 27 Apr 1998 20:22:28 -0400
  ...Now at this time we were not intending on a clutch, but at 110k or so, perhaps it is warranted, if so is it...
• Re: teenagers and vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Wed, 11 Oct 2006 13:10:21 -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: Buick V6 powered Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 2 May 2008 21:21:31 -0500
  Sudhir, I think we discussed your V6 Chevy Powered Vanagon a few years back. I think the conclusion was that your conversion would have...
• Re: 2wd Limited Slip
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:21:52 -0500
  ...John > John Rodgers > Clayartist and Moldmaker > 88'GL VW Bus Driver > Chelsea, AL > Http://www.moldhaus.comVW classic parts does sell a factory clutch...
• Re: Discovered my clutch failure reason.
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 26 May 2021 21:39:54 -0600
  ...I’ll patch up my current wbx, new clutch stuff etc. And work on subie for a swap. > > I know, I know…. > > Ab > >> On...
• Re: Engine Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 7 Oct 2008 23:04:06 -0400
  ...Steel ? but not a high relative cost. > > If one kept their clutch/starter, purchased a *known* working engine > (can't stress this enough), fabricated...
• Re: [Syncro] Re: Bill of Sale Issues on my first Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 9 Nov 2010 13:21:59 -0800
  Maybe it's just a rusted together clutch disc and flywheel/pressure plate. sometimes you can even break those loose .. usually cranking on starter...
• Re: Good to be back finally
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Sat, 28 Dec 2013 17:55:56 -0800
  ...Not many news from my side Vanagonwise, V6 TDi still up and running (but with a busted torque converter clutch). Oh, three new things...
• Re: hydraulic clutch
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Jun 95 11:46:27 EDT
  ...the part through them" which they proceeded to do at a discount but still the guy had to pay $245 for the part. A...
• Resolved!!!!: Problem putting Golf diesel into Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mladen, Zoran
  Mon, 29 May 2000 18:38:28 -0600
  ...turning. > > As part of the engine swap, we replaced the clutch plate, disc, T.O. We > checked the transmission, and it turns fine without...
• Re: Easiest Platform to Cnvert to I-4 FROM?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 27 Apr 2004 16:25:41 -0700
  ...A smoking 5 mm wider than the Golf-Jetta clutch disc/plate. Robert K 1982 Westfalia robert k 1982 Westfalia ----Original Message Follows---- From...
• Re: 1.9 WBX cooling system repair
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 9 Oct 2006 09:54:01 -0400
  It appears that this thread shifted from the original discussion about the piece on the forward firewall, where the big hoses join and which...
• Re: Idle at 1900 rpm
  Historical mailing list - Richard Bias
  Thu, 30 Nov 2000 07:50:23 -0500
  ...Wed, 29 Nov 2000 18:45:13 -0600 > >Tough on a cold engine, hard on the clutch, increases gas consumption, >and is just a...
• Re: F$&#$*& Transmission
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 18 May 2003 18:37:28 -0700
  ...clutch went bad a few weeks ago and I'm finally getting around to it. > Anyhow, I've got the engine and transmission disconnected...
• Re: vanagon difficulty
  Historical mailing list - Janne Ruohom�ki
  Fri, 4 Sep 2009 15:29:35 +0300
  ...No clutch, engine, drivetrain repairs or anything. And for goddness sake this is a japanese car! The engine and drivetrain were in excellent condition...
• Re: Auto conversion to Manual?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Fri, 18 May 2007 18:04:34 -0400
  ...Does anyone know if you can add clutch disc to beef up the clutch packs in them? Someone asked me this today and I...
• Re: AMC Cylinder Head Question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:20:56 -0500
  When I renewed my crankshaft seal and clutch I replaced my transmission input shaft as it was a bit chewed up from a PO...
• Re: Front Oil Seal vs Flywheel Seal vs Bob Donalds Installation Video
  Historical mailing list - Pascal
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:57:44 -0300
  ...Flywheel clutch disc contact face cleaned and > scuffed, new flywheel "O" ring installed, new pilot bearing greased and > installed, New oil seal put in...
• Clutch Judder Fixed
  Historical mailing list - Don Bolt
  Wed, 25 Dec 2002 21:52:34 -0500
  ...Bled the clutch again, no change. Now we will try the shift rod guide bolt. Loosen the big nut, put 13mm on shaft hex...
• Re: Not quite a backfire . . .
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:01:11 -0700
  ...to prevent stalling if say, you press the > clutch pedal in? > The idle switch cannot discern the difference between idling and coasting in > gear...
• valves -> rebuild
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 2 Oct 1995 13:03:35 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Replace clutch, piston and cylinders (or maybe just new rings?), increase bore (how much?),... I'm sure all this has been discussed in the...
• 2wd transmission noise question
  Historical mailing list - peter shaw
  Tue, 24 Jan 2006 19:56:38 -0800
  ...disconnected something was making some noise. So, the symptoms: When the engine runs it makes some grinding noises, and I depress the clutch the...
• Re: 2wd Limited Slip
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Wed, 23 Mar 2011 09:53:48 -0700
  ...The term LSD is a generic one for limited slip diff and the TBD is a diff style (without clutch plates internally). Hope that...
• Factory Tools List Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 Feb 1995 12:42:22 -0500
  ...Release shaft bushing CLUTCH US1103 see Kukko 17/1 puller, , US1115 see VAG equivals., 17.90, FUEL INJECTION Pre '78; discontinued; Same as VAG...
• Re: non-starting vanagon
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 10 Jan 2003 14:23:28 -0800
  ...Any disconnection in any of these 3 wires will keep the engine from starting no matter what. Mark dgk1 wrote: > > Mechanic tips wanted. The...
• Re: More O2 Sensor confusion...
  Historical mailing list - Schmidt
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 06:52:33 -0500
  ...I recall my 84 having full power and smooth idle while my (1yr) old o2 sensor was disconnected and I awaited the new one...
• Re: More O2 Sensor confusion...
  Historical mailing list - Schmidt
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 06:52:33 -0500
  ...I recall my 84 having full power and smooth idle while my (1yr) old o2 sensor was disconnected and I awaited the new one...
• Re: strange Clicking Noise from engine compartment (??)
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sun, 13 Jun 2010 10:57:25 -0400
  ...It seems to me that any noise from the clutch apparatus or flywheel would probably have some discernable impact on how the clutch feels...
• Re: 2wd Limited Slip
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Tue, 22 Mar 2011 23:19:45 -0700
  ...The original ZF built style with clutch packs internally that always have about a 40 or 50% going to each wheel, but do wear...
• Re: Discovered my clutch failure reason.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 24 May 2021 14:16:40 -0700
  I can’t machine the splines on the arm. I’d have a go at the splines in the shaft, that’s easier. But...
• Re: Thick-Glasses /How Do U Clean Injectors?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Sat, 11 Apr 1998 11:10:59 -0400
  ...Hour later daughter needs to go out, we get in the Van, start, and discover nearly empty. Uh-oh, I had poured Techron into...
• Tail Light Problem--85 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Marc Theune
  Mon, 11 Oct 1999 21:46:55 -0400
  ...I know one of these grounds connected to the headlights, cuz they wouldn't work when it was disconnected. None of the grounds I...
• Re: in the year 2015......
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 26 Oct 2005 11:36:39 -0500
  ...to put a clutch in it but once > I got started I found that the PO had installed a quick disconnect plug on > the...
• Re: Clutch Pedal Funk - Worn Pedal/Clevis Linkage
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Sun, 29 Feb 2004 01:05:25 -0800
  ...Don't disconnect the master cylinder hydraulic > lines though, they will flex enough to allow you to remove it from the brake > booster. Okay...
• Re: Gowesty reduction starter user input please
  Historical mailing list - Michael McSwain
  Thu, 2 Feb 2017 17:06:46 -0500
  ...My only real concern doing this > repair "in the field" is snapping the starter mount stud at clutch housing; > AFAIK, it needs to be...
• Baltimore/central Maryland locals?
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Mon, 24 Apr 2006 22:57:45 -0400
  ...I recently took the tags off telling myself I was going to do body and paint, fix the clutch slave and do rear brake...
• Re: Advice about buying a bug
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 19 Apr 2011 10:45:29 -0700
  You are correct that most of the postings are NOT Vanagon related and should be relegated to a Friday discussion. 1) Noteworthy that Don...
• Re: seeking Air Cooled info/advice (82 Westy)
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Wed, 18 Sep 2002 14:04:25 -0400
  ...I have no clue what Haynes is talking about in "marking the clutch". Unless you are going to swap out the clutch to the...
• Cheap struts for Vgon rear hatch
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Fri, 08 Dec 1995 17:07:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...This is the same place I got the '80 Vanagon clutch for $111, all Sachs, 100% German parts, disc, plate, t/o bearing, pilot...
• Re: Hi list. 90 syncro bad leak stuck in parking lot
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 28 Jun 2014 17:54:44 -0400
  ...John On 6/28/2014 2:41 PM, Nomadix wrote: > Hi just wanted to post an update. > > Mainshaft seal bad > Clutch disc had oil...
• Re: Zoltan's Porsche engine
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 2 Dec 2020 11:17:00 -0800
  ...s) ) > will mate to the diesel Vanagon clutch housing, the diesel Vanagon oil > pan mates engine. > > Discussion on AEB (or ATW) engine mounted at...
• replacing front brake hoses (WAS Re: upgrading brakes in 83.5)
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Wed, 20 Jun 2018 16:58:37 -0400
  ...Would I have to bleed the rear brakes (ore even also the clutch) if I remove those front hoses? -Wes On Thu, Jun 14...
• bucking in parking lots
  Historical mailing list - dj
  Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:08:01 -0800
  ...I discovered many problems. Most of them I have worked through. For example patching the canvas and screen. New fuel pump, new clutch slave...
• 2.0 ABA inline gas Vanagon. how it works
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 16 Oct 2010 09:10:56 -0700
  ...I used a standard Sachs diesel vanagon clutch kit. This may be marginal (the diesel vanagon clutch has a smaller diameter than a WBX...
• Re: brake bleeder sizes
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Belman
  Wed, 13 Dec 2000 13:25:40 -0500
  ...One serves the clutch slave cylinder. I did learn that >there >is a difference, on my vehicle, between the front and the rear wheel...
• Re: Mysterious Air Control Valves, 1985-1.9L
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 19 May 2006 07:55:28 -0400
  One of them is wired the switch on the Power Steering pressure hose and the other is connected to the AC compressor clutch. When...
• Re: A/C repair $ticker $hock - not "urgent," but "pressing"
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Fri, 20 Aug 1999 02:03:02 -0500
  ...If it doesn't your clutch is either dead or there is a circuitry problem, methinks. If you have low pressure, well, the question...
• Fuel Pressure Test. Gauge Needle Wiggles at Idle?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 8 Jul 2012 18:34:52 -0700
  ...Take foot off gas, dump the clutch it idles low and rough or stalls. After that, no stalls. Is the wiggling needle related to...
• My near Vanagon disaster(long)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 21 Sep 2003 00:31:30 -0700
  ...The engine is a 2.0 Golf inline - four that I removed in July to replace the clutch and change the fuel injection system...
• Re: 2.0 ABA inline gas Vanagon. how it works
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Berg
  Thu, 21 Oct 2010 10:52:28 -0400
  ...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: `Cont'd: After 3000 mi trip: 84h2o overheating, grinding gears(manual trans
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 26 Jan 2002 17:23:42 -0500
  ...I disconnected the hoses right after the plastic bleeder. The hose from the thermostat housing up to that bleeder valve is getting warm, too...
• Re: how much can my camper weigh?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 16 Dec 1999 08:40:29 -0800
  ...Not fun to drive, and I had to replace the clutch that fall. My advice is to reconsider the tent trailers or give up...
• Re: 2.5L 120HP waterboxer.....that runs on 91 octane......90mm stroke by 94mm bore....and pases smog...hmmm?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 15 Mar 2002 22:45:56 -0700
  ...GUAGES OIL TEMP & PRESSURE 100 BALANCING CRANK &RODS, PISTONS, FLYWHEEL AND CLUTCH 110 STOCK STUDS VW 043-198-035-SP(RARE GERMAN) 35 ENGLE...
• Clutch alignment tool? and Lapping compound ?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 4 Sep 2010 16:16:15 -0700
  ...So I haven't swapped a clutch recently. I know I have to align the disc so it will remate with the output shaft...
• Sunday Washington Post Classifieds
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Sun, 11 Oct 1998 10:33:15 PDT
  ...410-439-4645. '74 Super Beetle, new/recent tires, glass, seats, clutch, transmission, carburetor, $2500. 202-667-1276. '74 Beetle, sunroof, fresh new paint...
• Front Oil Seal vs Flywheel Seal vs Bob Donalds Installation Video
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:45:19 -0500
  ...Flywheel clutch disc contact face cleaned and scuffed, new flywheel "O" ring installed, new pilot bearing greased and installed, New oil seal put in...
• more on brakes for rick
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 17 Jul 1994 09:04:17 -0400
  ...when i did my mc i removed all the instrument electronics (a couple of phillips screws and electrical disconnects - i didnt mark them 'cause...