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• Re: Kelly Park VW show, valuable documents and sheetmetal
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Apr 1995 12:15:27 -0400
  ...whereas the splits had a pan that bolted underneath the front pedals etc. to keep the cables free of road grime. do others know...
• Re: Throttle Stuck
  Historical mailing list - Tim Kasher
  Sat, 9 Jul 2005 21:32:37 -0400
  More on this and it is not good,.....went to look under the gas pedal to maybe lubricate it or what not,,,,,and the...
• Re: air-cooled vanagon question
  Historical mailing list - David Cooper
  Mon, 2 Oct 2000 10:56:05 EDT
  The sticker in my back window says it all: Don't get mad. Pass me, push me or help me pedal! Coop
• Re: Clutch Pedal Click
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 2 Jul 2010 11:20:24 -0700
  Hi Neil, I have a pedal assembly out of a syncro that I removed for worn clevis pin hole.. 'one of these days' I...
• Re: Pressure bleeding brakes questions
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 1 Sep 2019 11:36:34 -0700
  ...Gonna try using “the club” between pedal and seat. Looks long enough. Alistair > On Sep 1, 2019, at 10:40 AM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl...
• Re: Clutch pedal goes only halfway
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 8 May 2012 19:11:14 -0700
  ...A block of wood should be put under the clutch pedal to prevent anyone from pushing the clutch pedal down. doing that would be...
• questions...
  Historical mailing list - Linda J. Bartnik
  15 May 96 20:25:04 EDT
  ...Basically, brake pedal height varies. sometimes pedal height is high and brakes are firm, other times pedal is somewhat low and brakes seem slightly...
• Re: brake pedal going to floor
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Mon, 15 Nov 2004 19:40:45 +0100
  ...brake pedal going to floor > When I am stopped at a light and press my brake pedal, it will go down > to the floor...
• Re: 1.9 engine HELP!!!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 7 Jan 2010 14:26:20 -0800
  ...The first- When driving the van on the freeway going around 60mph on flat surface with the pedal pushed down about 30% it starts...
• another brake saga
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 22 Mar 2009 17:39:18 -0400
  ...Bled the system with the old fashioned GF pumping the pedal method. Pedal remains soft. Meanwhile I score a cool pressure bleeder on Freecycle...
• Re: Clutch Question
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sun, 11 Nov 2012 04:00:22 +0000
  ...Thanks! Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message ----- > I've seen this before. > It's not good to push the clutch pedal down without a clutch slave...
• Re: Soft Brake Pedal Pressure after driving with Emergency brake on.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:01:08 -0400
  ...Soft Brake Pedal Pressure after driving with Emergency brake on. Hello Everyone, I replaced my front brake pads several months ago and the pressure...
• Re: scary cruise control
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 11 May 1997 19:57:42 -0400
  ...Then if either pedal was touched the tension on the chain was slacked and viola! the circuit was killed and the vacuum was dumped...
• Re: '87 Syncro brake failure?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Tue, 30 Jul 1996 18:38:39 CST6CDT
  ...and lastly, the pedal sponginess was possibly getting the calipers so hot that the brake fluid boiled in the caliper-- gives a feeling like...
• Re: clutch problem
  Historical mailing list - S_J_ WACKER
  Sun, 10 Oct 1999 16:30:23 -0700
  ...none > 2) Is there any fluid on the carpet near the clutch pedal or near > the > slave cylinder? A: none under the master, haven...
• Re: Brake problem
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 21 Apr 2001 13:50:44 +1200
  ...When stopped in traffic with the car in gear, >the brake pedal sometimes slowly creeps to the floor. It comes back up >to the...
• Re: Brake pedal is high in warm weather?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Fri, 14 May 2004 09:52:39 -0400
  ...out to my '84 to go home from work, the brake pedal is very high, like something is expanding. I bled the brake system...
• Diagnostic Question
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Fowler
  Wed, 28 Feb 2007 19:14:31 -0800
  ...This happens when I am holding the gas steady and stops happening if I floor the gas pedal rather abruptly. A few seconds after...
• Re: Brakes, still soft after bleeding - Help!
  Historical mailing list - David W. Palmerston
  Wed, 6 Jun 2001 07:54:22 -0700
  Standard Vanagon action - adjust the rear brakes and the emergency brake and the pedal problem will go away (unless you've had an early...
• Re: '87 Master cylinder "popping" noise
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Tue, 29 Aug 2006 13:10:54 -0400
  ...It only occurs at the first hit of the > break pedal and never > during driving. Not sure if this is necessarily a > bad thing...
• Re: master cylinder problem thoughts?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 5 Feb 2015 08:39:52 -0800
  ...No air in the system and the pedal is firm both at the low position and at the pummped position. Bled 3 separate times...
• Re: Brakes still going to the floor
  Historical mailing list - William Greenamyer
  Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:59:46 -0400
  ...Can't see any leaks and the pressure on the pedal seems to start firm and with use goes more and more soft until...
• Re: cold start problem
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Tue, 2 Feb 1999 16:50:46 EST
  ...On occasion it will not start unless I press the gas pedal. When I hold the pedal down to keep the rpms up the...
• Re: netiquette
  Historical mailing list - Scott Walker
  Mon, 16 Oct 2000 11:00:42 -0400
  ...Vanagons have brakes and pedals, not breaks and peddles. Another grumpy Monday Scott
• Re: Door handles and pedal pads
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 10 Dec 2023 15:12:04 -0800
  Ok let’s try…! Yeah you’d think a metal pedal pad would be slippery. But they have surface features to give grip and...
• Re: Lack of brakes long version saga actually
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Thu, 5 Mar 2009 22:44:39 -0800
  ...I had to pump the pedal twice each time for the pedal to be high enough. Well, about 6 months or so later I...
• Re: clutch on 85 westy
  Historical mailing list - Jim & Melody
  Mon, 16 Aug 1999 12:18:25 -0600
  ...My guess is you also have a big egg shaped hole in the linkage to your clutch pedal which attaches to the yoke which...
• Re: WBX bashing
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 16:13:53 +0100
  ...Anyway, its flip-flops and sandals that are dangerous to drive in, catching the sole under the pedal, not plain bare feet - thought you...
• Re: "Wish in one hand, _____ in the other..." Clutch ?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:10:01 -0700
  ...The clutch pedal > does feel pretty "close to the top"..Would changing the block affect the > clutch pedal/linkage adjustment? Could I possible gain...
• Re: Brakes: out of the frying pan, and into the fire!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 15 Feb 2016 21:25:52 -0500
  ...At the first stop sign I realized "HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM." Hard pedal, but no brakes! Drove home very carefully, up and down...
• Re: Transporter (Vanagon) Driving Position
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Thu, 29 May 1997 19:49:01 -0700
  ...The causes are the height >of the clutch and brake pedals and the long travel of the clutch pedal. >She has to lift her...
• Re: Poor Hot Start Discovery - midway through solution
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 26 Aug 2012 12:25:54 -0700
  ...No gas pedal technique required. ( some people have the bad habbit of reviving the engine the second if fires 'to make sure it's...
• Re: Why do I have to pump my brakes?
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Mon, 1 Jun 1998 12:04:45 -0400
  ...If I push the pedal down on the first pump it > > >will go 2/3 of the way down and it will softly stop...
• Re: Weak Brakes - '88GL
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Thu, 16 Jun 2011 11:55:13 +0000
  ...On Ol' Red, with foot on the brake pedal, when the engine starts, I can feel the pedal move as the booster kicks in...
• Re: Door handles and pedal pads
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 10 Dec 2023 18:45:11 -0500
  ...But we save more weight by drilling out speaker magnets than brake pedals (snork, snigger). And one more thing: Merry Christmas! >>> >>> Jim >>> >>> Sent from...
• Brakes on an 87 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Sun, 5 Jul 2015 21:55:23 -0700
  So I think I've read threads here about brake pedal height, before and after bleeding and after replacing master cylinders, etc. My 87...
• Re: 82 Diesel won't start
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sat, 29 Apr 2000 19:37:44 -0700
  ...The van should start without any movement of the accelerator pedal. Using the pedal may PREVENT it from starting. "Pumping" of the pedal only...
• Re: Clutch problem on 85 westy
  Historical mailing list - John Pronk
  Mon, 19 Feb 2001 02:53:40 -0000
  Get under the van and have someone push in the clutch pedal, the clutch lever on the side of the bell housing that the...
• Re: Clutch not fully disengaging near Seattle
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 13 Oct 2013 10:45:31 -0700
  ...Kinda like not fully depressing the pedal. Has come on fairly suddenly. Actuating the pedal does not move any of the components, other than...
• Sticking Accelerator cable
  Historical mailing list - Elkavitch, Michael and Diana
  Mon, 6 Sep 1999 11:40:51 -0500
  ...I have the same problem as described in the earlier post - the gas pedal will go to the floor and not come up. This...
• brake pedal low--questions
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Tue, 24 Oct 2000 03:16:31 EDT
  My brake pedal is getting low but comes up where it belongs with a pump. Since the parking brake needs an extra click to...
• Fuel System Issue
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Tromp (Tromper)
  Sat, 30 Jun 2001 19:07:24 -0400
  ...Prop window squeegee between seat and gas pedal. E: Run to the back and plug in fuel injectors F Fiddle with throttle till squeegee...
• My brake lights are... (lost the post)
  Historical mailing list - Richard Bias
  Fri, 26 Oct 2001 06:35:30 -0400
  ...The brake lights should come on if you so much as breathe on the pedal. I know someone posted the same scenario a week...
• Re: pulsing rear brakes
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Sun, 5 Aug 2007 13:06:40 -0400
  ...In the process the drums bent out of round resulting in a pulsating break pedal. Replaced them with a good pair of used drums...
• FS: OEM cruise control setup for vanagon, and OEM power window setup for vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 22 Sep 2007 16:35:07 EDT
  ...includes all wiring, rear vac pump, linkage, relay, front wiring harness, vac tube to pedal, pedal switches, turn signal wiper stalk w/ cruise switch...
• Re: Brake Pedal Travel
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 15 Jul 2020 21:44:49 +0000
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• Re: Subaru conversion
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Thu, 29 Mar 2001 09:43:00 -0700
  Terry Kay wrote: > > And please take note----- > He shut it off at 115------- > He still had more pedal !!! > Yeah, right!!!!!!!!! It ain't Friday...
• Timing how to.
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Mon, 24 Nov 2003 11:13:08 -0600
  ...point me to a good tool, timing light and instructions so I can set my bus to stop backfiring on release of the pedal?
• Re: Hanging Clutch Disc
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:34:04 -0800
  IF the clutch pedal feels normal.........nice firm smooth pressure......... then I'd lean toward thinking the clutch hydraulics are working, and the pilot...
• Re: Finding and Accessing the Brake Light Switch
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 25 Dec 2005 15:19:33 -0800
  Where exactly are you putting each of the meter probes? Does it drop to zero volts when the pedal is released? The brake switches...
• stumbling and fumbling '88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Elliot Kane
  Wed, 4 Apr 2007 18:11:41 -0700
  ...The biggest issue I've been having so far is an odd stumbling issue that i believe is somewhere between the gas pedal and...
• Re: Syncro Sonata
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 16 Mar 2013 16:36:48 -0700
  ...With the clutch pedal pushed in (clutch >> disengaged) things are normal. With the clutch pedal released (clutch >> engaged) I have a rattling, banging sound...
• Re: accelerator/throttle cable
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:02:55 -0700
  ...The pedal feels too loose then. I am > not sure it is the cable. My 84 has a very smooth pedal on the other...
• Soft Brake Pedal Pressure after driving with Emergency brake on.
  Historical mailing list - Jon Kanas
  Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:38:22 -0600
  ...Now it has air bubbles in it, that's why the soft pedal. To resolve, you need to bleed the brakes. If you'd...
• Re: Creaking clutch
  Historical mailing list - Scott Harvey
  Mon, 05 Sep 94 17:14 PDT
  ...Also > soaked the pedal assembly with WD-40 (helped for a > while) penetrating oil (ditto) then cleaned it & lubed > it all up again. Now...
• Re: Replacing the master cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 9 May 2008 20:05:01 -0700
  ...Check push rod or pedal freeplay on the brake MC and brake pedal too. Should be just a tiny bit. - like eighth inch, or...
• Re: Clutch Pedal Click
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 3 Jul 2010 00:51:09 -0700
  ...the clevises, I found that pinning the clutch pedal down with 2x4 between seat and pedal, brought the clevis lower, making it easier to...
• Re: Rear Drum-to-Disc Swap?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:11:16 -0400
  ...That finished off the pedal feel (I press maybe 1 1/2" and get braking right away, very high on the pedal travel comparatively...
• Re: 85' 1.9 Clutch Woes
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:31:08 -0400
  Jeff, if there are no fluid leaks and the pedal goes to the floor with no resistance, usually it is a broken fork on...
• Re: Clutch Pedal Freeplay
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 10 Jun 2006 13:35:04 -0700
  ...Go on back and have some one cycle the pedal, then see if you can make it go all the back to the starting...