Hi Volks,

On the way to BusFusion in 2004 the clutch failed in the westfakia.
Once I determined where the problem was I put it in gear and drove it
another 110 miles to the camp-out. I had to turn the engine off three
times: once for fuel, once for a dinner stop and once for traffic.

The next day Ben Huot and I dropped the engine and repaired the
clutch right there in the Almonte County Fairgrounds. Haven't had a
problem with it since.

Happy trails,

Greg Potts
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

1973/74/79 Westfakia Conversion **Bob the Tomato**  LY3H
1977 Sunroof Automatic L63H/L90D
http://www.pottsfamily.ca/westfakia
http://www.busesofthecorn.com

On 27-Nov-05, at 10:31 PM, Gerald Masar wrote:

> Muir is never out of date, even if it is only for his philosophy of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
>>
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