Hell, I drove one around for a few weeks without a clutch - time were
tight back then!

And you're 100% correct about Muir - now more than then.

Karl Wolz

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
Behalf Of
> Gerald Masar
> Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 8:31 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: driving without a clutch- was Pedal to the metal
(revisited)
>
> Muir is never out of date, even if it is only for his philosophy of
things.
> I also have driven a VW van 30 miles without a clutch.
> Jerry
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rob" <becida@COMCAST.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 7:46 PM
> Subject: Re: driving without a clutch- was Pedal to the metal
(revisited)
>
>
> > At  11/27/2005 05:37 PM, Wognacious wrote:
> > >It happened again, however this time it was up in the mountains
> > >after a great extended Holiday weekend.Tried it a couple of times
> > >the way the book said and I got some back pressure from the clutch
> > >pedal. Finally made it out of the campground as the sun was going
> > >down and so was the temperature too.
> > > > Jumped into the Vanagon this afternoon and went to engage the
clutch
> > > > and it went to the floorboard with little if no resistance.
> >
> > I have driven a bug and a bus without a clutch several times & I'm
> > guessing that I could do it like that with my Vanagon too.
> > Muir covered it in his book but I long ago realized that some water
> > cooled owner thought the book a waste of time and never looked at
it.
> > This could be a good thing to know in the circumstances above.
> >
> > For those who don't know how... I started it and warmed it up (N)
> > then turned it off, put it in first gear, let off the brake and
> > turned the key. When it starts you are on the way.
> > Don't stop if you can help it and don't stop going up a hill or it's
> > over (it was in my case).
> > As I recall it was shift at 10mph, 20 mph & 30 or so... just slide
it
> > into gear.
> > It works.
> >
> >
> >
> > Rob
> > becida@comcast.net
> > '87 Wolfsburg Vanagon in western WA
> >