Your clutch is hydraulic. Check the clutch master and the clutch slave
cylinders and lines for leaks. If there aren't any leaks the slave or
master could be *bleeding by* the cups internally.
I have recently been clued in on DOT 4 brake fluid, it makes your rubber
parts last longer and my whole brake and my clutch system works better
now, you may want to change to DOT 4 brake fluid if you have reason to
replace either the master or slave cylinder.

You could see marked improvement by just  bleeding your brake and clutch
system and installing the DOT 4 fluid. The first time I changed my brake
fluid I got almost pure black fluid out of every bleeder and had to use
two quarts of fluid to get it to bleed clean.

Stan Wilder
83 Westfalia Air Cooled

On Sun, 24 Jun 2001 23:52:48 -0700 Patrick & Stephanie Harris
<harrisvanagon@HOTMAIL.COM> writes:
> Greetings!
>
> Just curious!  "Bessie", my 81 Vanagon, has a small clutch problem.
> The
> clutch is new however, but I didn't do the replacement.  I was
> driving it
> home and the clutch has gone so far to the floor to disengage, it's
> almost a
> joke.  It still works and everything, however its like the cable has
> slipped
> or the fluid is low on the slave cylinder.  It works like an on/off
> switch
> anymore.  So, it poses my question. Is the clutch in my 81 a
> hydrolic or
> cable clutch.  If either, what would be the easy solution to my
> little
> problem?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Patrick Harris
> Longview, Washington
> 81 Vanagon ("Bessie")
> 87 Vanagon GL
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