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• Clutch Pedal Funk - Worn Pedal/Clevis Linkage
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Fri, 27 Feb 2004 01:03:30 -0800
  My clutch pedal has developed a very slight "bind" during the first inch (freeplay portion) of travel. Hard to explain, but it feels as...
• Re: Gas pedal
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Sat, 12 Apr 2014 20:42:53 -0500
  ...The > gas pedal is a retrofit Golf pedal. The angle is not the most pleasant. I > have heard of an adjustable pedal that is...
• how is the gas pedal affixed?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Thu, 15 Aug 2013 08:34:41 -0700
  I was not having a good van day, and to top it off, when pulling out of the gas station, the accelerator pedal didn...
• Re: Brake pedal goes to the floor
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:24:37 -0400
  On the Vanagon the low pedal before pumping is usually a sign of miss adjusted or incorrectly installed rear brakes along with the wrong...
• Re: clutch pedal travel
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 10 Jun 2019 10:07:57 -0700
  ...I have to repost the answer to Dean... > > hi Dean, > > - as I push down the clutch pedal, *the clutch release* near the > Beginning/Top...
• Re: Pedal Pressure & Brake Lights
  Historical mailing list - Vern in Bend
  Sat, 3 Jul 2010 17:36:10 -0700
  Scott wrote: > you could convert to a pedal activated switch ... > where as soon as the pedal moves down even a bit, brake lights are...
• Re: brake parts quality question
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:27:28 -0400
  ...They're also easy to mess up if you use the "pump the pedal" bleed method -- if your helper pumps the pedal all the...
• Help Please, Lost Brakes :-(
  Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
  Wed, 6 Jun 2012 21:45:00 -0400
  ...I pumped the brake pedal and got pressure back when attempting to depress the pedal but then eventually it the pedal went back down...
• Re: Low Brake Pedal, Caliper Piston Movement.
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 26 Jun 2015 09:58:30 -0700
  ...The low pedal is likely due to a shoe fine adjustment. Before and during shoe adjustment I pushed the brake pedal several times to...
• Re: Clutch pedal stuck
  Historical mailing list - Antaki
  Wed, 12 May 2004 22:05:35 -0700
  Where the pedal attaches to the cable end may be worn away. I had that problem once, replaced the pedal with one from a...
• brake parts quality question
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:49:32 -0800
  ...Every push on the brake pedal made a strange noise that sounded like air rushing. The pedal went most of the way to the...
• clutch and brake assembly refurb
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 8 Nov 2010 21:03:43 -0800
  I did a bit of work on a spare pedal assembly I have. Made the worn hole in clutch pedal round, and replaced clevis...
• Re: Proper Brake Pedal Feel/Travel?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:17:19 -0800
  ...Took it out for a spin. >> >> >> > Does the pedal 'pump up'? i.e., if you mash it repeatedly does the >> travel >> > shorten/pedal become...
• Re: How to remove clutch pedal ???
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:55:59 -0800
  ...How to remove clutch pedal ??? > > AFAIK, the pedal assembly for a manual transmission Vanagon can't be removed > from the vehicle without removing one...
• Re: clutch pedal travel
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 10 Jun 2019 09:13:56 -0600
  ...I'm still not a clear about this description ~ As You push the pedal Down, does the Clutch Release near the Beginning/Top or...
• Low Brake Pedal
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Baird
  Fri, 12 Nov 2004 16:45:30 -0500
  On my 85 Wolfie Auto, the brake pedal seems low. I have changed the fluid and adjusted the rear brakes, bled all the calipers...
• Re: Gas pedal
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 12 Apr 2014 19:53:16 -0700
  If I had an angle of the pedal problem, the way I would fix it is probably "flintstones"....but I'd just shape a...
• vanagon trivia..who can answer this???
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 13 May 2005 11:49:43 EDT
  ...why do automatic transmission vanagons have a plastic accelerator pedal reinforced with metal, and manual transmission vanagons just have a plastic accelerator pedal with...
• Neils Brakes: "What Me Worry?" (WAS: pedal feel)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:35:45 -0800
  ...Explained work done and concerns. (pedal travel under heavy foot pressure and pedal feel) Before test drive, he felt pedal. His explanation (which he...
• Re: Gas pedal
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sat, 12 Apr 2014 03:10:38 -0700
  ...The gas pedal is a retrofit Golf pedal.� The angle is not the most pleasant.� I have heard of an adjustable pedal that is...
• Re: Odd Brake Bleeding issue in 90 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 23 Jul 2015 22:17:47 -0400
  ...Open bleeder, depress pedal and hold. Close bleeder, release pedal. With pedal up you should see fluid level drop slightly as master cylinder fills...
• Re: Accelerator Pedal
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Madsen
  Fri, 10 May 2002 12:44:23 -0400
  ...At first the pedal with new cable was TOO easy to depress. I like the pedal to have some resistance for driving comfort. To...
• Re: Proper Brake Pedal Feel/Travel?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:44:34 -0700
  you should never feel that 'bottomed out against something hard like medal' feeling in your brake pedal. unless you say your MC is new...
• Re: Auto Trans: Upshifting later, per GTA?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 10 May 2011 14:13:03 -0700
  ...Not easily, not unless I either take foot off pedal momentarily and re-seat it on the pedal at a higher location, sliding my...
• Re: Proper Brake Pedal Feel/Travel?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:34:16 -0800
  ...A short video I made of pedal. Beginning shows pedal sinking just after engine started. It's easier to hear pedal bottoming near end...
• broken return spring on brake pedal
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:39:13 -0500
  ...The Bentley diagram, unfortunately, seems to be showing the brake pedal for an automatic, which is singularly unhelpful at the moment. The brake pedal...
• Re: Brake question
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sun, 1 Apr 2007 05:25:00 -0700
  Troy <colorworks@GCI.NET> wrote: <snip> The pedal is going about two thirds of the way to the floor before I get decent pressure...
• Re: brakes
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Hogue
  Mon, 12 Feb 2007 08:49:39 -0400
  The booster is leaking vacuum internally continuing to assist the pedal to the applied position. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)" <Pascal.Giasson...
• Re: broken gas pedal
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Mon, 11 May 2009 23:45:00 -0230
  ...The rod is attached to the pedal. The pedal is no longer attached to the floor (or whatever it was attached to) at the...
• Re: clutch pedal travel
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 9 Jun 2019 06:58:10 -0600
  On 8 Jun , 2019, at 3:12 PM, Dan N wrote: > hi all, > > one of my van has a long clutch pedal travel - the...
• Re: [vanagon] vanagon trivia..who can answer this???
  Historical mailing list - Aleksandr Milewski
  Fri, 13 May 2005 08:55:37 -0700
  JORDANVW@AOL.COM wrote: > lets see who can answer this one.. > > why do automatic transmission vanagons have a plastic accelerator pedal > reinforced with metal...
• Re: Pedal foolery
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 6 Sep 2016 14:08:38 -0700
  ...The >>> left side of my foot would be hangin off the side of the pedal. No room to >>> shift foot over to the right...
• Re: Clutch pedal repair question
  Historical mailing list - Leon
  Wed, 25 Aug 2004 09:14:04 -0700
  ...You need to remove the clutch > pedal from the pedal assembly in order to get the rest of the pedal > assembly from behind the...
• Re: Accelerator Pedal problem, so I think....
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Tue, 18 Apr 2006 10:33:03 -0400
  I replaced the rivets for the gas pedal more than once on my 90 and decided to try the dealers rivets the dealer rivets...
• Pedal action migrating towards the floor (clutch)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 19 Nov 2011 07:37:48 -0800
  ...If so, and then the pedal action again migrates down the pedal stroke....another clutch slave will be installed... Sound like I am on...
• Re: broken gas pedal
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 11 May 2009 21:20:32 -0600
  ...The rod is attached to > the > pedal. The pedal is no longer attached to the floor (or whatever > it was > attached to) at the...
• Re: brakes
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Mon, 12 Feb 2007 08:33:03 -0400
  ...If I press on the brake pedal just hard enough to slow down, the brake pedal will stay at that position, it will not...
• Re: vanagon trivia..who can answer this???
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Fri, 13 May 2005 12:21:08 -0400
  Ummm.... 'cause too many auto-trans owners were snapping off the pedal trying to get the van to go faster? Still enjoying the neck...
• Re: Brake pedal fades to floor at stops
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 13 May 2008 23:43:33 -0400
  ...Air in the lines would show up as having no braking power unless you pumped the brake pedal. This is more indicative of a...
• Gas Pedal
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 4 Feb 2007 23:57:32 -0600
  ...How does the gas Pedal fasten to the floor on the "heel" end. Mine came loose and I don't see how it attaches...
• Eng. off/cold; brake pedal goes to floor. Eng. on/pump pedal; pedal height ok.
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sat, 7 Oct 2006 22:21:10 -0400
  ...Cold in the morning engine off; brake pedal is easy to push to floor. Pumping doesnt' seem to bring up pedal height. After starting...
• Re: Eng. off/cold; brake pedal goes to floor. Eng. on/pump pedal; pedal height ok.
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sun, 8 Oct 2006 12:52:48 -0400
  ...Pumping doesnt' seem to bring up > pedal > > height. After starting, and a couple pumps, pedal > > height is ok. It stays ok as I drive...
• Accelerator Pedal problem, so I think....
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Tue, 18 Apr 2006 00:35:42 -0400
  So I am driving my 88 Wolfsburg today down to the beach, cruising down the road and my Accelerator Pedal felt like It was...
• Re: Clutch Pedal Repair
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:34:17 -0700
  ...I removed the clutch pedal and found > the > pin which holds the clevis to the clutch pedal was worn where it contacts > the > pedal...
• Re: Brake pedal fades to floor at stops
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Tue, 13 May 2008 23:54:58 -0400
  ...Brake pedal fades to floor at stops I'm pretty sure this isn't normal. But I noticed today when I am at a...
• Re: Brake booster?
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Mon, 2 Jun 2014 09:53:34 -1000
  This 'pedal goes down on start up < with pressure applied to the pedal > is THE 'classic brake booster test' ... going back in automotive diagnostics...
• Re: how is the gas pedal affixed?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 15 Aug 2013 11:54:35 -0400
  ...On inspection, the pedal > had come loose from the floor. > > The pedal looks like this: > > http://a248.e.akamai.net/origin-cdn.volusion.com...
• Re: Spring gremlin no 2: detached accelerator pedal.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sun, 21 May 2023 23:22:09 -0500
  ...detached accelerator pedal. > > Not only could I not stop, I could not go. Accelerator pedal has detached itself. Assuming it rusted out over the...
• Brake pedal fades to floor at stops
  Historical mailing list - Slloth
  Tue, 13 May 2008 20:03:32 -0700
  ...But I noticed today when I am at a stop and I have my foot resting on the brake pedal it slowly fades till...
• Re: brake booster hiss
  Historical mailing list - Peter Cassidy
  Thu, 16 Nov 2000 16:38:07 +0000
  >> Nope! Any hiss from the vacuum server when the brake pedal is not being >> depressed probably means a leaky servo diaphragm. Unfortunately, these >> cannot...
• Re: clutch pedal travel
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 10 Jun 2019 12:28:33 -0600
  ...I have to repost the answer to Dean... >> >> hi Dean, >> >> - as I push down the clutch pedal, the clutch release near the Beginning/Top...
• Re: Brake pedal fades to floor at stops
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 14 May 2008 07:28:19 -0400
  ...But I noticed today when I am at a >stop and I have my foot resting on the brake pedal it slowly fades >till...
• Audi problems
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Mon, 11 Mar 1996 10:47:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...To be precise in the real world, they had their gas and brake pedals small and close together, so that when you stepped on...
• Re: bleeding bloody brakes
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:52:48 -0800
  If the symptom is brake pedal, no brake pedal, then brake pedal it's the master cyl, even if it's a new MC...
• more friday trivia..why are accel pedals on automatic vans
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:09:40 -0900
  ...Auto tranny pedal Anyone else find the angle of the accelerator pedal more comfortable on long trips than the pedal in the stick shift...
• Low brake pedal
  Historical mailing list - Suniga, Durby
  Wed, 2 Apr 1997 06:32:34 -0800
  Hi, What would cause 'low brake pedal'? I just got new rear drums & brake shoes. I've checked the brake fluid resevoir & it's...
• Re: Accelerator Pedal problem, so I think....
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 18 Apr 2006 06:18:43 -0400
  ...Accelerator Pedal problem, so I think.... So I am driving my 88 Wolfsburg today down to the beach, cruising down the road and my...
• brake noise near my pedal....??? fluttering?
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Gordon
  Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:47:05 +0000
  ...The brakes still work fine, but the pedal seems to travel farther towards the floor than before and you can't pump pressure into...
• Re: Neils Brakes: "What Me Worry?" (WAS: pedal feel)
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:47:19 -0700
  ...Morning, engine off, holding steering wheel, pushed pedal > real hard. Pedal was rock hard. Travel: ~ 1/2 way no sinking. Pumped > few times, checked...
• Clutch Pedal Click
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 1 Jul 2010 18:39:19 -0700
  ...After pedal free play, I hear and feel an intermittent "click" or light "clunk" in first 1/2" of clutch pedal travel. This noise...