Luna

A couple weeks ago a local VWer (Richie) alerted me to a family having trouble with their '70 Westy down toward the Park.

The description seemed like a fuel issue to me but upon arrival it was clearly the clutch, which is what everyone else already thought. Luna arrived at our garage on the hook.

J and Richie and I tore into it pretty much immediately. Some funniness involving the 1970 bus transaxle and the 1973 Beetle engine meant we had to drop the transaxle and engine as a unit. Fortunately pre-1971 bus engines are the easiest to remove among all air-cooled Volkswagens. That rear apron comes off, and you basically just pull the engine out.

It was the clutch. The ring on the pressure plate had come loose and played havoc. The pressure plate was plenty blued as well, and the clutch disk was just barely within tolerance. J ordered all new parts and new engine mounts (one was sheared in half) and, while waiting for them to arrive, tended to a few other things I gave him as homework.
A valve adjustment and some minor tweaking later (note: fuel hoses have to attach to the fuel pump in the correct direction), and off they went. Last I knew they were in Minnesota.
Happy trails, B, E, and J!