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• Re: clutch pedal problems on my '86
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 7 Oct 1997 07:29:05 -0400
  I hate to be the giver of bad news, but the only way to get to the clutch pedal mechanics is by removing the...
• Pulsating Break Pedal
  Historical mailing list - Shane Eddy
  Fri, 31 May 2002 08:30:53 -0400
  ...I noticed when the breaks were applied there was a serious pulsating in the break pedal. The owner agreed and had the rotors resurfaced...
• Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Michael T. DeLessio
  Tue, 9 Dec 1997 09:32:52 -0500
  ...When I hit the brakes, there is very little resistance on the pedal and I have to press the pedal almost to the floor...
• Re: clutch pedal wear
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 2 Feb 2011 11:28:11 -0800
  A some-what work-around, to eliminate the need to mess with that pin and the pedal?...Use some Wurth SA Besto on the...
• Re: Mushy brake pedal question
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 13 Mar 2000 14:45:53 -0800
  Brent, pull up the parking brake and see if you get a firm pedal on the first pump. If so, your rear brakes are...
• Re: Help under the dash
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 25 Sep 2015 13:04:28 -1000
  ...Last pedal assembly I did ...I left the dash in .. it was a very, very tight fit getting the pedal assy out ..but it...
• Brake booster?
  Historical mailing list - David Parsons
  Sun, 1 Jun 2014 21:52:05 -0400
  ...It's got good brake pedal with the vehicle off. When you start it the pedal travel goes way down? Bad booster? Can I...
• strange brake problem
  Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
  Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:58:53 -0400
  I have a problem with the brake pedal travel, it seems to go about 3 inches then hit something mechanical and stop. problem does...
• Re: Clutch sticking
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Thu, 27 Jan 2000 13:49:25 -0500
  Check the condition of the clutch pedal under the dash, where it pivots in the metal bracket. That spot should be lubed every so...
• Re: Brakes still going to the floor
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:05:35 -0700
  ...For the sake of online diagnosis.... :) Was there any difference in how pedal felt when it sank to floor 1st time, and now with...
• 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: Pedal action migrating towards the floor (clutch)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 19 Nov 2011 20:54:38 -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...
• WCM package arrives
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Wed, 20 Mar 96 16:18:41 EST
  ...I got two new pedal pads, so now my feet won't slip off the clutch and brake pedals anymore. Whew! Safer driving when...
• clutch hydraulics
  Historical mailing list - Bravo Sierra
  Sun, 5 Oct 2003 12:39:14 -0700
  ...anyway, now i am in ithaca, new york and as i was getting here the other night, i noticed that my clutch pedal was...
• Re: New brakes and pedal question
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Tue, 9 Sep 2014 20:19:03 -0400
  None of the posts I read about SA big brakes mentioned any kind of a radical departure in pedal feel or stopping power. Fade...
• Clutch pedal pressure
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Sun, 18 Feb 2001 19:46:13 -0500
  ...Lighter spring on the clutch pedal maybe? Any comments or suggestions are greatly appreciated. Gary _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http...
• Re: Pedal Pressure & Brake Lights
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 3 Jul 2010 17:17:54 -0700
  ...ideally that pressure only gets developed in the brake lines from your foot pushing on the brake pedal, and the booster amplifying that pressure...
• Re: AMC Cylinder Head Question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:17:26 -0800
  ...AMC Cylinder Head Question Yes, it makes bad clunking noise even in neutral as soon as I start to release the pedal. It's...
• Re: Interesting Thing About My Brakes....
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 7 Sep 2012 16:19:41 -0700
  here's what 'good vanagon brakes are like and feel like - the brake pedal is pretty high ...doesn't go down more than about...
• creak clutch pedal - fixed?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 27 Jul 2008 09:44:46 -0700
  for the past couple of years i have had an intermittent (less intermittent recently!) creaky clutch pedal. I immediately jumped to the conclusion that...
• Gas pedal woes
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Thu, 6 Sep 2012 19:40:33 -0700
  Gas pedal was acting funny for a few days. Take off from rest real slow. Should have looked at it, but didn't. Today...
• Re: Pedal Pressure & Brake Lights
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 3 Jul 2010 15:19:48 -0400
  ...Would an improperly adjusted push rod (on >booster) affect amount of pedal pressure needed to turn brake lights >on? > >What else would could be...
• Re: Rear Drum-to-Disc Swap?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:47:27 -0600
  ...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: Pulsing Brake Pedal
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Sat, 20 Apr 2002 16:36:56 -0500
  ...Pulsing Brake Pedal Recently been feeling a pulsing in the brake pedal.. What is this a sign of? Adam P 81 Vanagon Westy (The...
• Re: erratic cruise control
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Mon, 6 Apr 2020 17:36:59 -0300
  ...I just touch the > brake pedal, NOT pushing down the cruise control quit... some time it works > again some time it doesn't for...
• Re: Clutch pedal pressure
  Historical mailing list - Jere & Beth Hawn
  Mon, 19 Feb 2001 09:12:28 -0800
  ...Clutch pedal pressure Hello When I converted my '87 Wolfy from automatic to standard I installed a used clutch disk presure plate with new...
• Re: Rear brake shoe replacment= crappy pedal now
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:34:49 -0700
  ...I ended up double pedaling always. > That means I stepped on the pedal twice and the second time I > do it the pedal would...
• Clutch pedal repair question
  Historical mailing list - Jean-Woo Kim
  Tue, 24 Aug 2004 22:38:24 -0700
  On my 87 GL Wolfsburg, I suspect severe wear on the roll pin that connect the actual clutch pedal and the pushrod on the...
• Re: clutch linkage wear -photos
  Historical mailing list - RICHARD KOERNER
  Thu, 5 Mar 2009 10:59:26 -0800
  Mark, I've got the "clinking/clunking" of the clutch pedal (85 GL with 170,000 miles).� The pictures explain well what is going...
• Re: 1.9 engine HELP!!!
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sat, 9 Jan 2010 09:17:41 -0500
  ...The first- When driving the van on the freeway going around 60mph on flat surface with the pedal pushed down about 30% it starts...
• Re: 1.9 engine HELP!!!
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Wed, 6 Jan 2010 21:40:39 -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...
• Re: Mystery Switch
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 12 Aug 2010 06:28:30 EDT
  ...When the pedal is at rest (no brakes applied) the pedal arm pushes the switch "In", when the pedal is depressed, the action is...
• Re: clutch
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 13 Dec 2002 11:36:03 EST
  In a message dated 12/12/02 7:10:13 PM, korkwood@WSHOST.NET writes: << Checked clutch pedal and it has ab. 1" of...
• Re: Master Cylinder Diagnose
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:04:41 -0600
  ...Pedal is hard and there is no pumping needed to stop but if >> pedal remains depressed, eg such as waiting at a stop light...
• dying at start
  Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
  Sun, 14 Nov 2010 18:29:46 -0500
  Hi, My '89 GL keeps dying when I start it if I'm not keeping the gas pedal down enough to keep it above...
• '66 Brake problem
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Mar 95 07:45:00 EST
  ...After bleeding the fronts only, my brake pedal goes right to the floor. If I pump a few times in relatively quick succession, I...
• Re: Very soft brake pedal unless it is pumped?
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Camealy
  Tue, 23 Mar 2004 13:54:15 -0500
  ...Now the pedal is slowly getting softer each day. Again I can pump it twice and it firms right back up. The pedal also...
• Re: Clutch Pedal Click
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 3 Jul 2010 11:10:12 -0700
  ...pedal hole, and maybe just to a press fit > for the oilite bearing. > > I get the occasional squeak from that area on clutch pedal...
• Lubing clutch pedal
  Historical mailing list - Linda Bartnik
  Thu, 4 Jun 1998 23:58:42 -0400
  Hey all, How in the hell do you lube the clutch pedal linkage on a Vanagon? Mine is getting kinda gritty-feeling and I...
• Clutch Use
  Historical mailing list - Mick Owens
  Tue, 29 Jun 1999 12:40:34 -0500
  I've been reading the traffic regarding pressure on the clutch pedal while in idle, and I offer the following. I am the original...
• Re: Clutch Pedal Does Not Move
  Historical mailing list - AATransaxle
  Tue, 4 Jul 2006 08:28:47 -0700
  ...Saw it again once when I used the incorrect diesel lever on a gas syncro..same result..solid pedal as the slave couldn't...
• Re: Has anyone added a sliding 2 person Middle seat to a westy?
  Historical mailing list - Vincent Poirier
  Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:23:32 -0400
  Chris, Glad to read you, I ALWAYS asked myself why the metal accel pedals on Automatics... Replacement pedals are identical, since ETKA doesn'T...
• Re: How do I adjust (bleed?) the clutch?
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Polson
  Wed, 9 Jun 2004 15:08:43 +0100
  Hi David, Your problem is that when your wife lifts the clutch pedal, air is being drawn in. I use one of two methods...
• master cylinder problem thoughts?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
  Wed, 4 Feb 2015 15:46:53 -0500
  ...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: Poor Hot Start Discovery - midway through solution
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 26 Aug 2012 17:09:38 -0400
  ...All the pedal does directly is pull the throttle plate open (and on our automatics, inform the transmission via the lever with the joint...
• Re: Very soft brake pedal unless it is pumped?
  Historical mailing list - Paul & Becky Oliver
  Tue, 23 Mar 2004 23:24:51 -0600
  ...Now the pedal is slowly getting softer each day. > > Again I can pump it twice and it firms right back up. The pedal also...
• No Clutch
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Sat, 1 Feb 2014 17:27:51 -0500
  Came home from BBB 18 after 18 days away & the Syncro Doka started right up, but the clutch pedal went right to the floor...
• Re: New brakes and pedal question
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 11 Sep 2014 07:06:10 -0700
  ...However, the larger bore means more clamping force for a given pressure so while the pedal may travel further you will get more braking...
• Re: gas pedal > accelerator linkage question [RESULTS]
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 23 May 2011 17:15:40 -0700
  ...gas pedal > accelerator linkage question > > I'm looking at modifying the gas pedal linkage so I can get more cable > action with less ankle...
• Re: Brake pedal goes to the floor
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:56:54 -0400
  ...But sometimes I get a > firm > > pedal, and while keeping my foot on the pedal it slowly moves towards the > > floor. > > > > -Craig Cowan > > -- > David...
• Re: What's wrong with my brakes?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 7 Mar 2010 15:23:30 -0800
  ...Mark David Marshall wrote: > I can push the brake pedal to the floor and nothing happens. > > My > TriStar sat for about 3 years and...
• Need Help adjusting clutch master cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Robert S. Williams, MD
  Fri, 7 Aug 1998 11:09:54 -0500
  ...I _do_ detect some play in depressing the clutch pedal...some free travel before the pedal engages. So, I figure that I need to...
• High Brake Pedal Effort ('71 Camper)
  Historical mailing list - Chris Hurschler
  Mon, 29 Apr 1996 15:10:54 CST
  ...I have good solid pedal feel with no fade, but it takes a lot of force to haul this baby down! I though the...
• Re: Help, 85 shifting problems
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Wed, 11 Sep 1996 12:40:22 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I found that with the clutch pedal to the floor > it would grind into reverse. With the clutch pedal to the floor you could...
• Re: What cruise control system should I buy/
  Historical mailing list - Richard Lumb
  Thu, 19 Dec 1996 23:24:42 +0200
  ...The only problem to date has been the foot switch on the clutch pedal wearing out (it's in a rubber blister screwed directly...
• Re: Brakes still going to the floor
  Historical mailing list - William Greenamyer
  Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:15:22 -0400
  Someone emailed me (apparently lost the email) with a suggestion to check and see if the brake pedal stop position changes with the emergency...
• Re: accelerator/throttle cable
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:26:41 -0700
  My 83.5 has a very sticky gas pedal. It refuses to go always, But when it let go it let go too much...
• Re: Brake questions-HELP
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 18 Jan 2003 19:01:52 -0600
  A hissing sound as you press the pedal is not abnormal, but if it continues to hiss as you hold the pedal down, you...
• Re: Crunchy Clutch Pedal Feel - intermittant
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:07:22 -0400
  ...I hopped in my friends syncro and the clutch pedal is like butter. >Mine is considerably stiffer and crunchified. I've checked the archives...
• The two throttle valve switches
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:18:44 -0700
  ...One closes when the foot is off the gas pedal, one closes when the pedal is floored. They are wired in parallel and both...