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• Re: Throttle cable
  Historical mailing list - John Koloski
  Tue, 22 Feb 2000 20:28:59 -0500
  ...There's a 6mm bent steel rod that snaps into the bottom of the plastic gas pedal and then fits through a hole in...
• Re: Any repair recommendations while dashboard is removed?
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
  Thu, 29 Jun 2017 20:41:57 -0700
  ...Brett On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 10:14 AM, J.C. <dougm+sfbayrangers@kzsu.stanford.edu > wrote: > Following up on my "brake pedal...
• Re: Brake bleeding problems
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:39:30 -0400
  ...Set the handbrake and hit the brake pedal once. Let go, wait a bit and hit the pedal again. If it stays firm with...
• gas pedal > accelerator linkage question
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 23 May 2011 15:16:07 -0700
  I'm looking at modifying the gas pedal linkage so I can get more cable action with less ankle action (I'm the guy...
• Re: Power fade
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 21 Jul 1999 22:08:33 -0700
  ...Pushed down on the pedal and > power dropped off. This continued for a few miles until I let off all > the way on the...
• Re: wierd brake stuff :-(
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 30 Jan 2004 09:31:00 -0600
  ...a bad or sticking Vacuum Booster Check Valve in your engine compartment can give you an alternating hard to mushy pedal. If you can...
• Re: Brake pedal pumping.
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Thu, 15 Mar 2001 21:27:32 EST
  In a message dated 3/15/01 3:22:46 PM, puzerewski@EMAIL.MSN.COM writes: << Any ideas? >> One; the master cylinder is leaking...
• Re: variable brake pedal travel
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Mon, 1 Nov 2004 16:38:21 -0500
  you could always just check the bearings like the manual says by pulling the dust cap and moving the washer with a screw driver...
• Re: Hanging Clutch Disc
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 28 Dec 2008 16:41:12 -0500
  ...Since no amount of clutch pedal operation frees it, and it doesn't do this in "normal" operation, that points to pilot bearing in...
• Re: Clutch Rattle
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 23 Nov 2013 21:10:11 -0800
  ...There are many >> times when I don't have the pedal to the floor, so I get the rattle. Is >> having the pedal completely...
• Re: Causes of rear brake soft pedal
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 29 Sep 2007 13:34:00 -0700
  ...Causes of rear brake soft pedal At 01:06 AM 9/25/2007, Shawn Wright wrote... >I actually bled the rear again tonight, even...
• Re: master cylinder problem thoughts?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 4 Feb 2015 19:34:16 -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: out of the frying pan, and into the fire!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 15 Feb 2016 20:03:50 -0600
  ...But there is more checking to be >> done. >> >> At the first stop sign I realized "HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM." >> >> Hard pedal, but no...
• Transporter (Vanagon) Driving Position
  Historical mailing list - Jack Newton
  Thu, 29 May 1997 17:11:12 +1000
  ...The causes are the height of the clutch and brake pedals and the long travel of the clutch pedal. She has to lift her...
• Why do I have to pump my brakes?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 29 May 1998 17:52:22 -0700
  Lately my 1988 Double Cab requires me to pump my brake pedal once so it will grab a little better. If I push the...
• Re: Cruise Control not working
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Thu, 14 Jan 1999 11:27:17 -0500
  Todd, This happens frequently with both my jetta and westy, if I keep trying it usually will take and keep the pedal down, it...
• Re: Accelerator Pedal Attachment?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 8 Feb 2014 10:59:38 -0800
  On Feb 7, 2014, at 7:34 PM, Jim Arnott <jrasite@eoni.com> wrote: > The pedal came loose at the floor. ETKA shows pop...
• Re: Brake Problem or Nature of the Beast?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sun, 27 Aug 2006 13:42:46 -0700
  ...Didn't realize it until I used the brake > pedal to slow down, and found there was no pedal! The brake pedal worked > after...
• Re: AMC Cylinder Head Question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:16:08 -0800
  ...AMC Cylinder Head Question Mark, the transmission will make noise even in neutral if I try to let go the clutch pedal. I think...
• cruise control troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Wed, 6 Feb 2008 16:54:58 -0500
  ...The switches on the pedals are dual? function switches, the shut off the cruise control by cutting off? both the vacuum and power to...
• Re: Thought problem for Friday
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 16 Mar 2018 10:40:32 -0600
  ...It's pitch (frequency) changes with pedal pressure (higher with more > pressure), and only happens on AM stations. Unfortunately, my favorite > sports radio stations...
• Re: '88 Vanagon Cruise Control question
  Historical mailing list - John Graham
  Wed, 7 Mar 2012 11:33:36 -0500
  ...The problem was the switch on my brake pedal (just one as I have an automatic). I could see that there was the remnant...
• help?
  Historical mailing list - Da_Phriz (by way of Ron 'Coyote' Lussier)
  Thu, 19 Aug 1999 19:51:17 -0700
  ...Now I have to keep my foot on the pedal if I want the engine to run. The moment I let off the pedal...
• Bleeding the clutch.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 9 Mar 2003 09:03:51 -0600
  ...I have closed the gland nut connection and stepped on the pedal. NADA! Absolutely no pedal. So now what? The Bently says pressure bleed...
• Re: I learned alot about my brakes today....
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:17:27 -0400
  ...Well yesterday i bled the >> brakes and it seemed to give the pedal a bit more of a consistent feel, >> but >> the pedal is...
• Re: Brakes still going to the floor
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:57:07 -0400
  ...Seemed to be fine but as I used the >> brakes, the pedal worked worked down to the floor. The pedal has pressure >> but if...
• Re: Accelerator Pedal Attachment?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 7 Feb 2014 23:46:41 -0500
  I had my pedal ( Doka) break loose 750 miles from home-used duct tape for the drive home-replaced at home w/ self tapping...
• FS: AT to 4spd conversion kit
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 29 Jan 2001 20:59:03 EST
  i have all items necessary for converting an automatic vanagon to a 4spd. - shifter, linkage, clutch pedal/brake booster, etc.. best offer chris [text...
• Re: transmission
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:00:05 -0800
  ...transmission > > I should clarify it further. > > I now have to start the engine with the clutch pedal depressed (clutch > disengaged). Everything will be fine...
• Clutch problem on 85 westy
  Historical mailing list - Joe
  Sun, 18 Feb 2001 15:37:34 -0500
  ...Sunday morning it 7 below zero when I started the van, the clutch pedal went to the floor. The clutch master cylinder is original...
• Re: Pressure bleeding brakes questions
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sun, 1 Sep 2019 14:37:00 -0300
  ...One thing especially intriguing, that is a special tool that goes between the driver’s seat and the brake pedal. It’s just and...
• Re: your opinion please - part 2
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Mon, 7 Jun 1999 02:01:56 EDT
  Any car with cruise would have a cut out witch on the clutch and brake pedal .I f it didn't and you stepped...
• Re: Cut you spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 21:36:52 EST
  ...Thus less pedal is required to maintain the desired speed and mileage increases because less raw gas is wasted. ( But also with the increase...
• Fwd: Re: Soft Brake Pedal Pressure after driving with Emergency brake on.
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:04:34 -0700
  ...Soft Brake Pedal Pressure after driving with Emergency brake on. Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:55:44 -0400 From: Robert Stewart <robertmstewart@MAC...
• Re: your opinion please - part 2
  Historical mailing list - Cooper, Jonathan R.
  Mon, 7 Jun 1999 11:23:19 -0400
  ...I wish they had picked the other pedal. -----Original Message----- From: Stacy Schneider [mailto:Vwcrewman@AOL.COM] Sent: Monday, June 07, 1999 2:02...
• Re: Noisy transaxle??
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 22 Oct 2013 08:12:12 -0700
  ...When the input shaft bearing gets bad you hear it when stopped at a light in gear with the clutch pedal on the floor...
• Re: Vacuum pump
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:57:27 -0400
  Sinking brake pedal is either a fluid leak, or a bad master cylinder. If the vac. booster was bad, you'd just have a...
• F-L-A-T SPOTS
  Historical mailing list - Robert J. Schreiner
  Thu, 7 Dec 1995 11:56:26 -0500 (EST)
  ...If I'm just upshifting on a flat I make the shift and very gradually depress the pedal I can keep her moving but...
• Squeaky Clutch Pedal
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 May 96 07:53 PDT
  ...squeak I was getting every time I pushed down the clutch pedal. So, as normal, I first checked with the Bentley manual to become...
• Accelerator pedal stuck
  Historical mailing list - Sam P
  Wed, 29 Mar 2006 20:06:12 -0800
  ...It appears that the metal rod beneath the accelerator pedal is stuck in the down position. How do I free it up? Can it...
• Re: Metallic "click" when depressing clutch pedal (Searched archives)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Tue, 5 Sep 2006 18:42:08 -0400
  ...I have a helper push pedal while I listen and "see" where it's coming from. I'll do that. Since TO bearing and...
• Re: More brakes.
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:55:03 -0700
  ...No matter what you do, that remains the same regardless of speed or how hard you push on the brake pedal (unless designed to...
• Re: Where From?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Frisbee
  Wed, 29 Sep 1999 13:00:59 -0700
  Steve Frisbee 1985 Westy GL Reston, VA unnamed; serves as family camper and pedal harp hauler! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free...
• Re: clutch cable tube woes
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 17 Aug 1994 13:53:50 -0400
  ...So what I did was hack off the clip at the pedal end and tied a bit of strong string to it. I then...
• Re: Brake Vacuum Booster Replacement Questions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 17 Aug 2005 22:10:37 -0400
  The booster is not causing the pedal to sink to the floor. You have a hydraulic problem. If there are no external leaks, then...
• Re: Causes of rear brake soft pedal
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:06:38 -0700
  ...Pedal feel is good after the > > first pump - it's just the first pump if the pedal hasn't been used in a > > while...
• Re: Gas pedal push rod comes unseated
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Sat, 3 Oct 2009 13:28:36 -0600
  ...This usually happens the first time you push the pedal and I realize you had already driven some distance, but I'm just saying...
• Re: Lola's first test trip: The Good, The Bad & the Ugly. (Sorry, Long)
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Mon, 3 Jun 2013 11:44:42 -0400
  ...Jeremy ~ Check the pedal(s?) tabs where the switch(es?) line up. Sometimes those stops are missing. If that's the case you'll...
• Re: Bleeding brakes - 1.9 - questions
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 9 Nov 2011 22:38:47 -0800
  I know you specified "spongy", but since pedal height increases as you pump the pedal..... Is the shoe hardware correctly installed and are shoes...
• Re: Squeaky Clutch Pedal
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 May 1996 23:59:57 -0400
  ...and it drove me crazy trying to get at the clutch pedal >mechanism to lubricate it. I ended up doing it by feel. I...
• Re: 88 Vanagon Automatic Transmission idling problems
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Wed, 31 Oct 2001 18:26:40 -0500
  ...Have significant other slowly depress gas pedal (with engine off) as you listen at throttle body. You should hear a click as gas pedal...
• Re: D'Oh! Broke My Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Baker
  Tue, 1 Nov 2005 10:31:55 -0800
  ...The little wire thing underneath the pedal is loose, though. Anybody had to deal with this? Mark, Pop your engine hatch and have a...
• Re: speaking of clutch slave failure
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Tue, 14 Sep 2004 15:56:06 -0400
  Mike, If the pedal goes almost to the floor before disengaging the clutch and engages it almost immediately after you have started lifting the...
• Re: Low Brake Pedal, Caliper Piston Movement.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 27 Jun 2015 09:17:46 -0400
  ...So when the pedal is a little low due to a bad adjustment or wear or what have you, at the point the pedal...
• Re: Replacing clutch pedal
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 18 Jan 2017 02:32:23 +0000
  Yeah Dan, I'd pull the dash.  That's what I did when I serviced my clutch pedal (had a "clicking" but hole was...
• Re: Clutch Master Cylinders always leaking.
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
  Thu, 12 Apr 2001 22:39:45 -0400
  Have you pulled out the pedal assembly and taken a look at it? I pulled out mine when I replaced my master cylinder and...
• Re: Help under the dash
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 25 Sep 2015 22:49:01 +0000
  ...I will be removing and replacing the clutch > pedal assy with one I got from Westy. While I have the dash removed what > else...
• Re: Clutch release problems- '81 Aircooled
  Historical mailing list - Jon Joyce
  Mon, 28 Oct 2002 13:53:20 -0600
  >So you're saying that with this first attempt to start you leave the >transmission in gear, press the clutch pedal down, the clutch...
• Re: dash removal, heater core flush, pedal assembly work
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 1 Feb 2011 18:08:13 -0800
  ...Summary and > pics here: > > > http://shufti.wordpress.com/2011/02/01/vanagon-dash-removal-pedal-assembly-repair-and-heater-core-flush/ > > > alistair > -- Jake 1984...
• Re: Redding?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Wed, 7 Dec 2011 12:54:29 -0700
  ...bob On Dec 7, 2011, at 12:38 PM, Andree wrote: > Any mechanics? > > Seem to be having a clutch and pedal problem... > > Thanks, > > Andree