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Subject:Re: No Clutch....
From:Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Date:Mon, 1 Feb 2010 20:11:49 -0800

no no, it was good.
you were on the right track.
and heck ....not having owned a manual trans vanagon how would you
especially even know anyway ?
( unless you were to look in your owner's manual or Bentley book ) .

I like the comment about where it might be on an auto trans ......
now that was fun !

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Sullivan" <sandwichhead@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 5:45 PM
Subject: Re: No Clutch....

See.....Learn somethin new every day.  Can we just forget my stupid attempt
to comment? :-) Thanks, Mr. BZ
Michael in San Antonio
91GL AT 'Gringo'
73 Beetle

On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 7:42 PM, Tom Buese <tombuese@comcast.net> wrote:

>
>  On Feb 1, 2010, at 6:29 PM, Michael Sullivan wrote:
>
>  Now you folks know I'm still learning, but replaced the clutch on my
> Beetle
> a couple of months ago and could it not be just the clutch cable has
> broken?
>
>
> No clutch cable in a vanagon-hydraulic system. unlike earlier vw's.
>
> Mr. BZ
>
>  Not sure about MT vans cuz mine is an AT.  Just sayin....
> Michael in San Antonio
> 91GL AT 'Gringo'
> 73 Beetle
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 5:56 PM, Bill Shawley <easywind1975@hotmail.com
> >wrote:
>
>  Ok gurus, went out to show the van some love, (and to measure something),
> took the key to start it as well.  Put my foot on the clutch and straight
> to
> the floor, no resistance.  It is very cold, dark, and kind of immobilized
> in
> some shoveled snow, hardcore diagnostics can wait.  No problems last time
> I
> drove it, may 4-6 weeks ago.  Any guesses to trim the troubleshooting
> curve
> for me?
>
>
>
> Ryan
>
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>  Tom Buese
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