Sounds like it may be from the throw out bearing or the arm. Aloha, Ed
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> Mike Miller wrote:
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> > Volks,
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> > My '85 makes a noise that seems to come from the left rear.
> Loudest at low
> > speeds/low gears quieter as I go up through the gears.  Now here's
> the
> > kicker, it goes away when the clutch is depressed.
> >
> > Only thing I can figure is the transaxle has a problem but
> intermittently?
> >
> > Mike
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