[Vwdiesel] Vanagon Clutch and starter....

[LBaird119 at aol.com]

> 1) Have a bad starter, it seems the solenoid does not always make it to
>  the flywheel when the starter is warm. hints?

  First try a good clean an lube on it.  There's a good chance you'll need a
new starter drive (bendix) or solenoid depending exactly on what it's doing.
Does it grind, not quite do anything or just rrrrrrrrrrrrrrr without
engaging?  If
it's the last then either a gummed up shaft on the starter drive or you need
a new drive.  The fun part is finding one!
>
>  2) The clutch "slave" is leaking. Is this hard to replace? Any hints, etc.
>
  Don't know on your exact model but most are just a couple of bolts and
the line then bleeding.  A nifty way to bleed a stubborn clutch system is
the Mercedes method.  You connect a piece of line to the nearest front
brake bleeder and the slave's bleeder.  Then open the slave bleeder and
have someone run the brake pedal.  As they press down, open the wheel
bleeder and close when they go up.  You'll painlessly bleed it in about 4
strokes.  We tried for nearly an hour and never could get it to go.  Then
did that and it took a couple minutes!  This was on a Mercedes but the
principle could come in handy on anything.  :)
     Loren