Hi Volks,

This afternoon I found some quality time to spend in the garage and
decided to take a look at the 2.1L driveline I acquired recently. The
main bearing in my current transmission has been pretty loud since
September and I have arranged the time and space for a transplant over
the Christmas break, so I am getting things together now to make sure it
goes as smoothly as possible.

Luckily the engine, transmission and starter are all connected and the
spark plugs still out from the compression check I did a few weeks ago.

I started off by connecting a battery to the starter in order to make
sure the transmission worked smoothly in all gears. I was somewhat
surprised when NONE of the gears would turn the driveshafts. So before I
lost all hope I looked at the clutch lever and it was quickly obvious
that the slave cylinder was frozen in the engaged position. Which is
kinda weird, but it wasn't too difficult to remove the slave cylinder
and get back to business.

Running the transmission in all 4 forward gears went smoothly, as did
reverse. I don't have any qualms about using this transmission in my
vanagon; I'll simply use the new slave cylinder I just installed on my
current transmission and do a fluid swap while I am at it.

So then it was time to separate the engine and transmission and inspect
the clutch disk. The bellhousing was very greasy, but the flywheel and
clutch disk were spotless; other than a considerable rust coating. I
have to figure that the oil in the bell housing was deposited by the
original engine, as the current motor, flywheel and clutch disk are very
clean and dry.

http://www.pottsfamily.ca/Vanagon/clutchdisk/flywheel.html

The clutch disk measures between 8.3mm and 8.4mm and appears to be in
very good condition. I don't see any reason not to swap in this clutch
disk when I install this transmission.

Happy Trails,

Greg Potts
1973/74/79 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
1987 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop
www.busesofthecorn.com
www.pottsfamily.ca

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