Tom, the symptoms you describe sound like what happened to me; turned out it was a failed clutch slave cylinder.� If you pull the rubber boot back and it's full of fluid, there's your problem.� Was for me anyway.� No drips or other evidence of leak.� "They" say that sometimes a "newer" clutch master cylinder will overpower and cause the slave cylinder to fail.� Worn out.

Rich
San Diego

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 From: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM 
Sent: Saturday, February 1, 2014 2:37 PM
Subject: Re: No Clutch
 

The fluid went somewhere. Look under the floor mat! Did that last winter in
Fun Bus. No the floor paint is the peel off type. In that case the hose from
the reservoir to the clutch cylinder failed. How that hose got close enough
to the clutch pedal arm to wear thought is beyond me. Anyway, filling and
pumping won't make it work again. You will have to bleed it.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Tom Buese
Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 5:28 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: No Clutch

Came home from BBB 18 after 18 days away & the Syncro Doka started right up,
but the clutch pedal went right to the floor even after topping off the
brake fluid reservoir.
Pumped & pumped & pumped, but no increase in pedal resistance.
no sign of leaking @ clutch master or slave cylinders, & all worked well
before leaving.
Any hints?

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Tom Buese