In a message dated 2/12/02 11:28:31 PM Eastern Standard Time,
slwalters@EARTHLINK.NET writes:

> So, tonight I'm driving home from work in the 84 vanagon, sitting at the
> 3rd stoplight of the trip and notice a noise somewhat like you would
> expect if a spinning metal fan like in a heater blower motor was rubbing
> against the housing it was in.  After driving one more block and sitting
> through one more stop light, then stopping and "testing,"  I determined
> that the sound only occured when the clutch was all the way in.  It
> stops when the clutch is let out just a few inches, before you really
> feel the transmission begin to pull the van.
>
>

throwout bearing gone bad..

chris