I'll second that advice!

Brent

>From: mike <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
>Reply-To: mike <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: What happened?
>Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 09:33:03 -0700
>
>Don't forget the pilot bearing, no matter how difficult it is to remove.
>
>Don't ask why I'm giving this advice.  :>(
>
>Mike
>
> > From: Stones <sstones@IDIRECT.COM>
> > Reply-To: Stones <sstones@IDIRECT.COM>
> > Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 12:22:02 -0400
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Re: What happened?
> >
> > At 10:19 AM 4/26/02 -0400, you wrote:
> >> Hi Volks,
> >> Sunday ,when I got back from Everybus towing "The Love Bug",( which is
> >> similar to a Scamp)  my '80 Vanagon would go into gear but just rev
> >> up.  If I really gave it some rpms, the vanagon moved a bit.  I thought
> >> the clutch went and plan to replace it this weekend.  I noticed two
>days
> >> later, that the grass was dead where the bus was having difficulties
> >> moving.  Any ideas as to what may have happened?  Thanks!
> >
> > The dead grass is the give away...  It's like crop circles.  The
>martians
> > have burnt out your clutch and you'll need to replace it. So long as
>you're
> > going in that far, I'd suggest replacing the throw out bearing as well,
> > it'll cost you an extra $70 or so, but you won't have to be dropping
>your
> > transmission in 6 months to replace it then when it fails...  My theory
>is
> > that so long as you've got something open to a certain point, replace
>all
> > of the parts that wear out that you can get to and they won't get a
>chance
> > to wear out.
> >

Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy
Santa Barbara, CA

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