At  11/27/2005 05:37 PM, Wognacious wrote:
>It happened again, however this time it was up in the mountains
>after a great extended Holiday weekend.Tried it a couple of times
>the way the book said and I got some back pressure from the clutch
>pedal. Finally made it out of the campground as the sun was going
>down and so was the temperature too.
> > Jumped into the Vanagon this afternoon and went to engage the clutch
> > and it went to the floorboard with little if no resistance.

I have driven a bug and a bus without a clutch several times & I'm
guessing that I could do it like that with my Vanagon too.
Muir covered it in his book but I long ago realized that some water
cooled owner thought the book a waste of time and never looked at it.
This could be a good thing to know in the circumstances above.

For those who don't know how... I started it and warmed it up (N)
then turned it off, put it in first gear, let off the brake and
turned the key. When it starts you are on the way.
Don't stop if you can help it and don't stop going up a hill or it's
over (it was in my case).
As I recall it was shift at 10mph, 20 mph & 30 or so... just slide it
into gear.
It works.

Rob
becida@comcast.net
'87 Wolfsburg Vanagon in western WA