Tim,

You gotta be kidding!  Drop the tranny - don't screw with the engine!
It's about a four hour job!!!!

Karl

 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
Behalf Of
 > Aristotle Sagan
 > Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 11:34 AM
 > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
 > Subject: Re: Will the clutch survive the trip on 89 Westy?
 >
 > Yep, doing a clutch is one of the easiest things you can do in the
way of
 > major maintenance. Drop the engine, replace the clutch, put it back
in.
 > About a day, if it's your first time. Use the Bentley.
 >
 > tim in san jose
 >
 >
 >
 >
 > >
 > > Note that I have not had to double clutch and experience no loss of
power
 > due
 > > to the clutch. So, am I reasonable safe for another 6,500 miles or
should
 > I
 > > sell my soul and hire a clutch job? Doing it myself is probably out
of the
 > > question until I have more experience.
 > >
 > > Your comments will, as always, be most helpful.
 > >
 > > Dan Roberts
 > >