I have seen air get into the clutch hydraulics.  Sit up for a while and the
seals shrink.  After a couple of presses on the clutch pedal, there are no
leaks, but the air has been drawn into the slave cylinder.  You get some
movement of the slave cylinder, just not enough to completely dis-engage the
clutch.

Greg

On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 12:17 PM, cesar quiros <cesarquiros@hotmail.com>wrote:

> I would try to check the hydraulics first since you said it has been
> sitting for a long time, seals can go bad when not using the car. I know in
> other vehicles I have own I have lost the inner seals in cylinders go bad
> which will not appears a external leak because the outer sela is still
> preventing the leak to appear but the inner seal is not allowing pressure to
> build up.
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> > Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:37:29 -0700
> > From: syncro@GMAIL.COM
> > Subject: Re: No gears
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >
> > One possibility I haven't seen mentioned is the clutch plate coming
> > apart so the splined center just spins on the input shaft.
> >
> >
> > BenT
> >
> > Sent from my mobile device
> >
> > On Jun 13, 2010, at 1:45 PM, pierre m d <pmdorais@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >
> > > HI,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I have a vanagon 1983 watercooled that i just put out of winter
> > > storage yesterday. I went out for a 60 miles trip and everything was
> > > fine.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Today, i tried to go out and all the gears were missing. The clutch
> > > seems fine, doesn't seems to have a pressure problem. The fluid
> > > level is fine and i haven't seen any leakage. The master cylinder
> > > was changed 2 years ago.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > However, when the motor is not working, the gears seem to engage fine.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > What could be the problem? Any ideas?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Pierre
> > >
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