I'd look into poor electrical connections in the engine compartment.
Vacuum leaks.
Fuel Injectors, stopped up.
My standard reply, run a quart of Marvel Mystery oil through the next
tank of gas and then start trouble shooting.

Stan Wilder

On Wed, 9 Apr 2003 12:50:59 -0400 Kevin Carrubba <CTTAPER@AOL.COM>
writes:
> Hi Everyone,
> I got my 81 vanagon on the road yesterday after replacing all the
> fuel lines, injector seals and oil change.  It's in the shop today
> to get the tranny swapped out with a good one.  Now my question is
> it seems to idle very high when I push in the clutch when shifting
> gears. When I warm it up it idles a little high then drops down like
> it should but when I shift it takes about 15 seconds to drop down
> after it goes up when I push in the clutch.  It does have a
> mechanical advance distributors not the correct vacuum advance is
> this just how these mechanical advance ones work? Or am I looking in
> the wrong directions.
> TIA
> Kevin
> 81 Vanagon
>
>

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