At 3:28 PM +0000 3/16/00, Phil Marston wrote:
>I think 1600 Aircooled vans were clutch cable & 2000 Aircooled vans were
>hydraulic.

(The following speaks only to North American spec vehicles.  I have
no clue what kinda crazy stuff they were up to elsewhere).

All buses up to 1979 (the old "breadloaf" body style) used clutch
cables.  They switched to hydraulics in vanagons.  I *think* all
vanagons starting in 1980 had hydraulics, including air-cooled
vanagons.  I believe the cable/hydraulic change occured with the
breadloaf/vanagon design change and was independent of engine size or
cooling system.

As regards Phil's comment, I know all 2000cc (OK, 1970cc for you
picky types) breadloaf aircooleds (1976 - 1979) sold in the US/Canada
have clutch cables.  But maybe they have something different in the
UK?

T.

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'82 westy 1.6L NA diesel ("Stinky")
'97 son Russell                                   =============
'99 daughter Margaret                            /_| |__| |__|:| clatter
1995: 'Round US, Mexico, Canada 15,000 mi       O|.           .| clatter!
1996: Vancouver to Inuvik, NWT   7,400 km        ~-()-==----()-~
Previous buses: '76 westy deluxe (Daisy), '76 westy standard (Mango)
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