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• Re: No Clutch....
  Historical mailing list - Bill Shawley
  Tue, 2 Feb 2010 02:42:29 +0000
  ...No Clutch.... > > Vanagons have hydraulic clutch mechanisms all the way. No cables. It's > almost got to be a clutch master or clutch slave...
• Re: Clutch Cable
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 17 Mar 2000 00:27:21 +0100
  Phil Marston wrote: > I think 1600 Aircooled vans were clutch cable & 2000 Aircooled vans were > hydraulic. > > Phil, T25 - 1600 but with a hydraulic clutch...
• Re: clutch problems
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Mon, 5 Jan 2004 22:06:42 EST
  It sounds like you have a contaminated clutch plate. Put it in 4th gear before you crank it with the clutch in. You might...
• Re: clutch pedal travel
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 10 Jun 2019 09:40:10 -0700
  ...hi Dean, - as I push down the clutch pedal, *the clutch release* near the Beginning/Top (1/3 travel from Top) - as I let...
• clutch dragging... hmmm
  Historical mailing list - Robert Harris
  Thu, 11 Aug 2005 23:12:53 -0400
  A clutch/hydraulics question. About 1000 miles ago I swapped a rebuilt transaxle into my 84 Westy. I reused the old clutch kit since...
• Re: clutch fun
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Mon, 11 Oct 2004 10:23:31 -0700
  ...clutch fun Joe, Are you saying you clutch "pedal" went to zero after putting Redline Tranny Oil into the tranny???? Actually when I first...
• Re: Help - clutch-master/slave cylinder? gone in Edmonston New Brunswick
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 1 Jun 2009 06:16:37 -0400
  ...Does not operate clutch. I fooled around with the slave cylinder and pulled the slave plunger bit off the clutch lever. Clutch pedal still...
• help with new clutch MC
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:50:17 -0700
  Here is the problem- clutch slave cylinder boot was full of oil- no good. We replace the slave but still have poor clutch 'response...
• Re: Longer Lasting Clutch?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 26 Apr 2011 09:08:38 -0400
  LUK clutch has a different, more powerful pressure plate. The engagement feels different from Sachs as well. As for thicker clutch material, I am...
• clutch chatter -- how serious?
  Historical mailing list - Art McGinn
  Tue, 1 Apr 2003 14:09:23 -0800
  my '82 vanagon had a new clutch installed about 12k back but, later, some "chatter" began surfacing when the van is on an upgrade...
• Re: DIY Clutch centering tool?
  Historical mailing list - ray
  Mon, 27 Mar 2006 22:51:58 -0800
  ...when you buy the clutch kit, it comes with a centering tool Ray 91 Multivan On 3/27/06, Jens Jakob Andersen <jayjay@zorck...
• Clutch Problem?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Unrau
  Wed, 10 Apr 2002 10:48:25 -0700
  ...Eventually I learned that double, triple, quadruple clutching improved my shifting success rate, and constant clutch pumping at a standstill would allow me to...
• Re: Is my clutch slave failing?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Korn
  Thu, 19 Nov 1998 09:20:30 -0600
  ...The problem was solved when I was under there bleeding the clutch and brake lines. When my wife was pushing the clutch pedal, I...
• Re: Wear Index
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Hutton
  Thu, 17 Nov 1994 10:07:13 -0700 (MST)
  Cetin, Did you change the clutch yourself? My clutch is still fine, but we are approaching 100000. How hard is it to change the...
• Re: Clutch part research & machinations
  Historical mailing list - marcus
  Tue, 4 Aug 1998 09:12:10 -0700
  marcus wrote: > > When I had my trans rebuilt, I took the clutch plate and pressure plate > to a clutch rebuilders shop.I was expecting...
• Re: Question: ...releasing clutch and *CLUNK-INK noise occurs
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 22 Jun 1997 15:35:17 -0400 (EDT)
  I had a grinding noise while the clutch was disengaged, it turn out that the Throw out bearing (TOB) was gone. I had it...
• Re: clutch chatter
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 27 Mar 2014 09:54:52 -0700
  ...I repaired my clutch pedal though. Any clutch housing work I did was R&R with new parts. https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/ClutchHousing...
• Juddering clutch: solved
  Historical mailing list - Lionel Tun
  Wed, 13 Nov 1996 22:33:59 -0000
  Thank you to everyone who made suggestions about the juddering clutch on my 1982 bus. I bit the bullet and used my very good...
• Re: clutch type for 81 vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 25 Jun 2001 08:55:11 -0500
  Your clutch is hydraulic. Check the clutch master and the clutch slave cylinders and lines for leaks. If there aren't any leaks the...
• Re: Clutch adjustment/bleeding/whatnot?
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Thu, 18 Jun 1998 21:35:25 -0400
  If memory serves take a look under your clutch master cylinder. There should be a pedal adjustment screw there. This messes with nothing in...
• Re: '81 Westy excessive clutch pedal play
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 3 Oct 1997 15:37:54 -0700
  ...Landis wrote: > Over two days my clutch pedal has gotten very loose, to the point where > it's almost all "play". The clutch still...
• Re: Thechnical clutch question....(the answer may help many to save some$$$)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 6 Apr 2005 08:37:33 -0400
  The Clutch system does not have the ability to pull the release bearing away from the pressure plate. In fact, the operating cylinder, (slave...
• Re: rebuild tranny when changing clutch?
  Historical mailing list - Ben S
  Tue, 23 Jan 2007 10:11:47 -0800
  ...When I removed the tranny I found that the rivets in > the clutch plate failed and had reverted it into a clutch plate "kit...
• Re: Pending clutch replacement
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Wed, 11 May 2016 18:39:01 -0300
  Thanks Scott … that was 225,000 kms … in a vehicle that heavy, the clutch owes me nothing. I was concerned with a new (made...
• Re: clutch chatter
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 27 Mar 2014 09:20:16 -0700
  I think you probably wore out the clutch....pretty common symptom of a worn clutch is that chattering. Your recent back country trip with...
• re. clutch lever play
  Historical mailing list - Tom Runyon
  Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:27:17 -0800
  Hi Dave, The clutch lever rotates on two release shaft bushings. I think the clutch lever can be removed fairly easily by removing a...
• Video of Noise at Clutch Operating Lever. Help Diagnose Please?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 25 Jun 2017 17:24:38 -0700
  ...I first noticed this noise at the clutch pedal area. I originally thought the noise was coming from the clutch master cylinder or pedal...
• Re: Will the clutch survive the trip on 89 Westy?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 19 Apr 2004 19:10:24 -0500
  Dan, Given the mileage on the van, it could be any number of things, but ten to one, it's the clutch seal that...
• Re: No Clutch-Thankks
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:48:55 +0000
  ...No Clutch > > > >My clutch pedal is going to the floor suddenly when I went to start it > >today. No clutch just springyness. I drove...
• Don, clutch problem
  Historical mailing list - bob kelly
  Fri, 20 Nov 1998 23:53:19 -0800
  Hello Don Hundt, You Need to check to clutch master or slave cly. the clutch on the Vanagons is hyd. Try bleeding the slave...
• Slipping Clutch fix
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Sun, 9 Aug 1998 23:09:09 -0400
  Carl Turner weighs in with an interesting suggestion to scuff up the clutch by letting the clutch out with gusto while driving at speed...
• Re: Clutch Pedal Repair
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:17:10 -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...
• Brake and Clutch fluid change in 91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Richard O'Halloran
  Sun, 13 Sep 1998 00:15:26 -0700
  ...I can do the brakes OK the simple way (found it in the archives) but how do I do the clutch? Bentley says to...
• Stiff shifting in 86 syncro
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Tue, 11 Nov 2003 07:04:23 -0500
  ...Bad clutch. Replaced clutch, and fired it up. Real stiff shifting. Now when i did the clutch, I pulled the transmission, installed clutch (his...
• Re: clutch adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 19 Feb 2007 19:19:25 -0800
  ...The clutch is not adjustable. The slave cylinder may benefit from bleeding if the symptoms include an ability to pump the clutch and have...
• Re: 88 GL - Clutch Rattle
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Tue, 14 Jan 2014 23:39:36 -0800
  ...88 GL - Clutch Rattle >>> >>> Volksiebus - my 88 GL has developed a clutch rattle/chatter when the >>> clutch >>> is depressed - Like sitting at a stop...
• Re: e-brake adjustment/rear brake adjustment/slow clutch
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Fri, 11 Jan 2002 11:51:28 -0500
  >Finally, I have a reasonably new clutch and clutch slave cylinder. After >driving in cold temps for a while, the clutch felt very much...
• Re: Will the clutch survive the trip on 89 Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 19 Apr 2004 11:58:47 -0700
  ...Will the clutch survive the trip on 89 Westy? > > Yep, doing a clutch is one of the easiest things you can do in the...
• Clutch Slave Cylinder Bleed Cures Shifting Woes
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 16 Jan 2001 12:51:34 -0500
  The clutch pedal seemed mushy and I was having trouble finding gears, so I tried bleeding my clutch slave cylinder. Both the master and...
• Re: clutch shudder
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sun, 26 Aug 2001 14:47:20 -0700
  ...The clutch release lever has 2 fingers that like to wear unevenly. When this happens, the throwout bearing puts uneven pressure on the clutch...
• Clutch Need Adjust?
  Historical mailing list - Brian Doss
  Sun, 27 Jun 2004 20:49:27 EDT
  I've just started noticing that if I start my van when cold, in gear, with clutch engaged, that ther is a small jolt...
• Thechnical clutch question....(the answer may help many to save some$$$)
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Wed, 6 Apr 2005 01:15:16 -0400
  ...The clutch pedal spring should bring back the clutch bearing in front (Front is front/ transmission side), moving him away from the clutch basket...
• Re: Bleeding Brakes & Clutch?
  Historical mailing list - Sharon & Miguel Calvin
  Mon, 8 Nov 1999 20:14:47 -0500
  ...Am I correct that the brakes and the clutch share the same >fluid and I should have to drain some from the clutch cylinder...
• Re: Clutch Slave Cylinder Bleed problem
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
  Fri, 23 Nov 2001 15:26:43 -0800
  It seems to me that the clutch slave is shot. The seal leaks through. All that fluid had to go somewhere under the car...
• Re: Shortest Lived Clutch
  Historical mailing list - Lee F. Schelin
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:38:32 -0700
  ...Shortest Lived Clutch > > > Okay experts... here's one for you. '83.5 Wasserboxer. New clutch about > 5k > > ago. Trans back out about 3k ago...
• Re: clutch chatter
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Thu, 31 May 2001 23:25:19 -1000
  ...put in a new clutch while we were at it. Chatter completely went away. Was it the gear or the clutch... or both? Beats...
• Re: Clutch Chatter Question
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Wed, 19 Dec 2001 07:39:49 -0800
  ...If I dump the >> clutch & hit it, no problem. If I gradually let the >> clutch out like normal there is a strong vibration >> coming...
• Clutch not fully unclutching?
  Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
  Sun, 30 Apr 2006 20:17:49 +0200
  ...Could a clutch that doesnt unclutch be due to air in the clutch hydraulic line? 2:Radio antenna. How do I route the antennacable...
• Re: Clutch Cable
  Historical mailing list - Phil Marston
  Fri, 17 Mar 2000 07:48:52 -0000
  > At 3:28 PM +0000 3/16/00, Phil Marston wrote: > >I think 1600 Aircooled vans were clutch cable & 2000 Aircooled vans were > >hydraulic...
• Re: Shifting Shudder Part II
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 16 Sep 2004 19:10:08 -0500
  Even small amounts of oil leaking from the flywheel seal is sufficient to cause clutch shuddering if it gets on the flywheel /clutch disc...
• Re: Pedal action migrating towards the floor (clutch)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 19 Nov 2011 07:42:58 -0800
  I think all of my clutch hyd. failures have happened when it got cold out. Slave and master. There has been debate in the...
• Re: Clutch Use/NEW THREAD??
  Historical mailing list - Wolfgang Carolsfeld
  Tue, 29 Jun 1999 23:33:01 -0700
  ...At that point rebuilt >the engine so clutch was replaced while the engine was out - Friction >Materials told me the clutch disc wasn't...
• Re: Bleeding the clutch
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 25 Feb 2007 13:58:07 -0500
  ...I'm really not sure if it would be best to do the clutch first or last. I'm inclined to do the clutch...
• Re: Time for a clutch?
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Fri, 10 Jan 2003 07:24:37 -0700
  Hi Jeff, I agree with you that the clutch is on its last legs. If you think about brakes, they fade when they're...
• Re: Fw: Transmission or clutch gone: Maybe better news
  Historical mailing list - Luke Bakken
  Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:23:38 -0700
  ...it went away when the clutch pedal was depressed.� You may recall that I asked the List about this. > Low-pitched whiny noise could...
• Re: clutch pedal travel
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 10 Jun 2019 11:01:11 -0600
  Good description Dan & That scenario is about as Perfect as it gets for Clutch Release & Engage("Grab") durring Pedal Stroke ~ & if Your Other Van...
• Re: Longer Lasting Clutch?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:21:15 -0700
  ...With the very low first gear you > should barely slip the clutch to get going. Concentrate on clutch-gas > coordination during shifts to minimize...
• clutch chatter fixed, thanks
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 16 Apr 2014 22:23:06 -0500
  Thanks to everyone who provided information and advice concerning the clutch chatter I was experiencing with my 1991 Volkswagen Vanagon GL Campmobile with manual...
• Re: Brake master cylinder Vs Clutch master cylinder Vs Slave clutch cylinder?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 12 Dec 2014 08:58:08 -0500
  ...I just got close out announcement on parts from rock >auto and I see a clutch master cylinder (What is that??) There are two...
• Re: Flywheel Dowel Pins - Continued
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 7 Jul 2010 12:47:01 -0400
  At 12:01 PM 7/7/2010, Kurt Grotz wrote... >I mean the flywheel gets 80 lbs and the clutch only 20 lbs at...