With the motor out you should not be pushing on the clutch pedal. With no pressure plate the cylinder will fully extend. Continued pushing will damage the cylinders. You should be able to push the release bearing/fork back in but the spring in the slave cylinder will slowly push it back out. 

Dennis
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of J Stewart
Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2012 9:38 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Clutch Question

So, I was playing around with my "new" Blue Star today. Hooked up a battery and all the electrics work EXCEPT no front blower motor. Not happy, I just replaced the blower motor in my last Vanagon, and as a lot of you know, not a fun job. But, another thing I noticed, the clutch pedal won't budge, it is locked up tight-what would cause this? And still looking for a 2.1 motor close to Virginia!

Jeff Stewart