OK if you're going to go to all that trouble to get under there.
It requires a 7mm box wrench and I've seen slave cylinders with a top and
bottom bleeder (has both) so be sure you bleed both if it has the extra
bottom bleeder.

Stan Wilder

On Mon, 28 Oct 2002 12:59:02 -0500 Jay L Snyder
<Jay.L.Snyder@USA.DUPONT.COM> writes:
> It won't hurt to bleed it at the slave cylinder.  I did this once
> successfully.  You may have air, water, who knows what in there.
>
>                                                             Jay
>
>
>
>
> Tom Young <tomyoung1@ATTBI.COM>@gerry.vanagon.com> on 10/28/2002
> 12:35:18
> PM
>
> Please respond to Tom Young <tomyoung1@ATTBI.COM>
>
> Sent by:    Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
>
>
> To:    vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> cc:
> Subject:    Re: Clutch release problems- '81 Aircooled
>
>
> Jon:
>
> So you're saying that with this first attempt to start you leave
> the
> transmission in gear, press the clutch pedal down, the clutch pedal
> feels
> just like it always does, (i.e., normal resistance of the throw-out
> bearing
> against the pressure plate fingers), but when you turn over the
> engine the
> vehicle "jumps" because the clutch is engaged and the car in gear?
>
> The first thought that comes to mind is that there's air in the
> system,
> though I'm not sure what a "cool/cold morning" would have to do with
> this
> behavior.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Tom Young                        '81 Vanagon
> Lafayette, CA 94549          '82 Westfalia
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jon Joyce" <okartguy@HOTMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 7:01 AM
> Subject: Clutch release problems- '81 Aircooled
>
>
> > The last few cool/cold (below 40 deg. or so) mornings I've gone
> out to
> start
> > the bus, the clutch has refused to disengage from the flywheel. I
> can
> shift
> > into neutral, start the bus and pump the clutch a few times and
> it
> releases
> > like it should. No further problems once underway. What should I
> look at
> as
> > the cause for this? My first thought was the slave cylinder, but
> the
> pedal
> > doesn't feel any different than under normal conditions. TIA-
>
>
>
>
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