Ooof... ok, I'll see how far I can get!

On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 3:53 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> try it with the engine off..
> pushing the clutch down, then letting it up.
>
> it could be either clutch system, or shift linkage. More likely shift
> linkage actually.
>
> sure makes me think of a dry mechanism in the clutch release mechanism.
> I have seen ..
> chronically ( ! ) that evident 'no one' knows to lube moving clutch
> mechanism parts !
> I lube about 35 spots between the clutch pedal and the throw out bearing
> and I'm only exaggerating a little.
>
> I had one so bad lately ..this is the only time I have ever seen this in
> about a thousand vanagons  ...
> it was so dry and rust where the ball on the clutch lever on the side of
> the trans sits in the concave hole in the bottom of the clutch slave
> pushrod ...
> that the ball actually broke off the lever, and was stuck permanently  in
> the bottom of the clutch slave push rod.
>
> and of course that would make the clutch unable to release..
> It's not hard to imagine a shop said they needed an entire 600 dollar or
> more clutch job,  so they owner just bailed on the vanagon.
> man it's sad to see them die ...
> they are not hard to take care of properly at all really.
>
> have someone lay under the rear while you push the clutch pedal up and
> down..
> also listen around the clutch pedal area.
>
> and also ..evidently no one knows to lube shift linkage..
> check that carefully under the van.
> the 82 shift linkage is a bit dorky .......that 'guide post' bolted to the
> trans ..often the bushing in there is gone..resulting in metal-to-metal
> contact..
> now if someone would just invest 2.01 seconds in shooting in there with
> some good spray lube ......
> and every part of the shift linkage.
>
> there is one bushing that's a real problem on that year van. There is a
> tab of metal hanging down above the fuel tank ...there's a plastic bushing
> in it ..the shift rod rides in it.
> the bushing falls out ..
> the shift rod is rubbing bare metal-to-metal there.  And it squeaks. (
> isolate whether it's shift linkage or clutch system of course ) .
>
> the real repair is gas tank out , and replace that I think unobtainable
> bushing or make one ..
> or put the remains of what's there back in place.
> I recently fixed one without removing the fuel tank.
> it was very hard to do.
> I lowered the left side of the tank a bit ...and then ended up removing
> the right tank-holding thing too..
> I could just get one arm and a hand in there.
> I make a half-round bushing out of PVC pipe....
> shaped it very carefully so it would engage in the metal tab ..and shift
> rod ride on it, well lubed.
>
> that's likely it.
> Scott
> www.turbovans.com
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> Scott
> www.turbovans.com
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kendra Calhoun" <
> kendracalhoun@GMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 1:16 PM
> Subject: Re: new 82 vanagon L
>
>
>
>  Thanks! Electronic Leash...haha...
>> The squeak only started when the temperature dropped up here in Chicago.
>> It
>> squeaks when shifting up from 1st to 2nd and 2nd to 3rd. I hear it coming
>> from underneath somewhere... I hope it just needs fluids or oil or
>> something easy like that!
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 3:06 PM, BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>  Welcome to the group, Kendra.
>>>
>>> You may need to be more specific about that "squeak".
>>>
>>> sent from my electronic leash
>>>
>>> On Jan 2, 2012, at 12:31 PM, Kendra Calhoun <kendracalhoun@GMAIL.COM>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> > hi everyone, glad to be a part of this very active list! i just bought
>>> > an
>>> > 82 vanagon L to take my band on tour across and around the country. so
>>> far
>>> > it runs great with the exception of a bit of squeaking while changing
>>> > gears. looking forward to learning how to work on it. think i should
>>> start
>>> > with getting the manual? happy new year everyone!
>>>
>>>
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