I've had the same experience with each of my four Vanagons.  I rarely
drive ours, but when I did the other day I noticed it was disengaging
nearly at the floor.  I did a quickie clutch bleed, and now it
disengages at approximately the halfway point.

On 4/14/06, Malcolm Stebbins <mwstebbins@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I've owned 4 different vanagon manual transmissions (and driven several more) and while they have
> all had slightly different points on the Clutch Peddle where the clutch begins to engage the
> engine, they were all at about 50-75% of the travel of the clutch peddle, with FULL engagement
> being about 80-95% of the clutch travel. The numbers may differ, but I hope that you get the idea.
>
> In my current (and new to me) van, the clutch peddle does not BEGIN to engage the engine until
> about 90% of the way UP its travel, and then there is really no peddle travel left when the clutch
> if 100% engaged (and I'm driving along.
>
> Does this mean that the Clutch is wearing out, and time for a new clutch???   I (think I) know
> it's hydraulic and there is no adjustment to be made.
>
> Any insight??   It's a 1989 2.1L (DJ engine) Syncro 16.  Thanks,  malcolm

Casey
Olympia, WA
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