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• Re: Speedometer Cable
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 12 Jul 2017 13:00:47 -0600
  ...Speedometer Cable >> To: "Keith Hughes" <keithahughes@yahoo.com> >> Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >> Date: Wednesday, July 12, 2017, 9:02 AM >> >> I should have...
• Slapping the Speedo
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 28 May 2002 11:59:29 -0500
  ...Don't see the speedo cable being at fault if the odo is still spinning. have I correctly diagnosed the problem? Am I at...
• Re: Noisy speedo
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 27 Dec 2015 23:54:24 -0500
  ...http://www.super-lube.com/synthetic-oil-with-ptfe-high-viscosity-ezp-56.html Remove the speedometer and looking in the cable end you...
• Re: Speedometer quit working...easy fix or new cable???
  Historical mailing list - Michael Vickey
  Thu, 5 Aug 2004 23:40:07 -0400
  Kevin, Sounds like the snap ring (lock ring, retaining ring) at the end of your cable came off. Get a new one at the...
• Re: Speedometer Cable
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 12 Jul 2017 19:37:20 +0000
  ...Speedometer Cable Nor me. On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 3:19 PM, Pat Spragge <spraggepat@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm not receiving any...
• Re: speedo vs. tach mounts
  Historical mailing list - Leon
  Sat, 16 Apr 2005 22:41:59 -0700
  They all break, tachs too and tabs where cluster mounts to dash No, not from speedo cable or pushing odo reset. VW cut corners...
• Re: Speedo calibration
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Wed, 12 Aug 1998 10:05:20 -0700
  ...As others have said, the number on the speedo face is the number of turns of the cable to register 1 unit on the...
• Re: Great device for lubing cables
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 5 Jul 2019 10:27:44 -0700
  the speedo cable is in a tight space so it's quite hard to get the lubing device in there. I use silicone spray...
• [F]Re: How to Replace Tach Light??
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 4 Jan 95 12:06:09 PST
  ...wrote: >my gorilla hands would not reach the speedo cable nut without major >contortions and scars from the stamped steel edges in the way...
• 81 On the Road and speedo?
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Carrubba
  Sat, 12 Apr 2003 16:38:28 -0400
  ...find that my speedo or odmeter don't work. Where do I start looking? Should the odmeter work if the cable is broke? Is...
• Dash Problems
  Historical mailing list - Lyle Lathem
  Mon, 7 Apr 2008 11:32:46 -0500
  ...I know it's best to replace the speedometer cables with new. However I found a fix when the cable housing breaks off behind...
• Re: '84 GL NOT in the woods
  Historical mailing list - wb6otg
  Mon, 5 Feb 2001 15:40:11 -0500
  ...speedometer is driven via a cable from the left front wheel, just like on a beetle, or one of the old bicycle speedometers. It...
• O2 Lite Resetting
  Historical mailing list - David Paterson
  Sat, 26 Jan 2002 17:40:02 -0500
  ...I have traced the speedo cable from the wheel to the speedometer and find nothing. Is there another setup that was used? I thought...
• Re: Speedometer and 15/65/205 Tires/Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:42:40 -0600
  ...Has anyone on this list experienced this and > have you tried this ratio-adjusted speedo cable shown in that thread? > > The vendor for the...
• speedo calibration
  Historical mailing list - Michael Kraewinkel
  Tue, 27 Oct 1998 08:06:15 +0100
  in germany you can go to the VDO speedo service, they change the translation by a small gearbox between speedo cable and speedo. the...
• Re: Choice of Lube
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 18 Feb 2014 09:21:01 -0500
  The squeaking-squealing is often from the speedometer head itself, not the cable. Lubricant will usually quiet it. You need to make sure the...
• Re: Dash Cluster Needed, '86+
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:27:46 -0700
  ...This might involve a custom drive cable > (or modifying an existing one) but I believe speedometer shops know > how to do this. See for...
• Re: 1984 Speedos
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:46:30 -0700
  ...I could see a problem in the cluster causing current to flow through the speedo cable, but how would a engine or transmission ground...
• Re: whinning speedometer and oil useage
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Sun, 7 Jan 2001 12:23:49 -0500
  ...wrote: > > Sounds to me like your speedo cable is about to die. > > Not necessarily. Sometimes the cable just gets bent a little tight due...
• Re: Speedometer Cable
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge
  Wed, 12 Jul 2017 12:19:44 -0700
  ...Speedometer Cable >>> To: "Keith Hughes" <keithahughes@yahoo.com> >>> Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >>> Date: Wednesday, July 12, 2017, 9:02 AM >>> >>> I should have...
• weird fluid leak
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 2 Jun 1998 17:28:03 -0700
  ...There was a drip forming right where the speedo cable attaches (the cable from the tranny). Is it possible for gear oil to seep...
• 3 Questions
  Historical mailing list - Seth C. Bruggeman
  Sun, 6 Dec 1998 14:43:05 -0500
  ...My speedo reads roughly twenty to thirty mph above real speed. I've lubed the cable at both ends, jiggled it around, and did...
• WTB: Front Diff Syncro Speedo Gear
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 26 Aug 1999 08:17:31 -0300
  My PO mechanic just bought a Syncro Double-Cab and is looking for the gear that goes on the end of the speedo cable...
• Needed: Drivers Side Hub w/Speedo Hole
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Mon, 10 Jun 2002 11:43:22 -0700
  ...I'm looking for the Drivers Side black cap with the hole in it for the speedo cable. Anybody got a good used one...
• Re: Clicking speedo - is there a cure?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Sullivan
  Sun, 3 Aug 2003 13:11:47 -0700
  Often times greasing the speedo cable will stop this. -- >If anybody knows how to fix this please let me knows too. My 87 Westy...
• Re: Toasted my engine or transmission?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 24 Sep 2012 20:06:10 -0400
  ...All three of my speedos have oscillated at ?25-40? speeds. Lubing the cable hasn't seemed to help; I suspect the cable has...
• 84- Voltage Stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - karen davis
  Mon, 9 Jun 2003 02:57:33 +0000
  What causes these to keep going out? My gauges worked fine...then I had head gasket redone and speedo cable. All of a sudden...
• Speedo/odo Electrical ribbon removal
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 11 Aug 2003 10:55:32 -0700
  ...Hold the Speedo/odo with the cable fastener (back where the speedo cable attached) up, look at the cross section of the unit - where...
• Re: Help: 89 Westy w/Noisy Speedometer
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 Nov 1995 13:09:57 -0800
  > >>Does anyone know a common failure/problem that would cause a speedo to >>click constantly while driving? (needle bounces also) Current mileage >>92,000...
• Re: Speedometer question
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Thu, 2 Jun 2016 18:05:59 -0300
  ...The bouncing could just be >> bad >> cable. Screeching and other noises is a worn out speedo head. >> >> Dennis >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Vanagon Mailing List...
• Survey: Fuel Mileage? /SPEEDOMETER CALIBRATION
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Fri, 7 Aug 1998 20:29:06 -0400
  ...It's supposed to be the number of revolutions the speedo-cable makes per mile traveled. 5280'/805revs=6.56'/rev or 78.71...
• Re: Speedo Calibration?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 23 Aug 1998 10:48:59 -0400
  ...Anyone know of a way to recalibrate speedometers? Or is it a >matter of replacing a cable? Appreciate any feeback or suggestions! > Mick Forstag...
• wtb: speedo cable
  Historical mailing list - Andy Zappe
  Tue, 5 Nov 2002 21:47:43 EST
  need the upper end cable for my 85 westy. pulled the one off of my burnt '80 and found that it was threaded at...
• Re: Cause of fluttering speedometer ?
  Historical mailing list - Howard Fleming
  Mon, 31 Jan 2000 21:02:16 -0500
  ...Is there a common part failure > that causes this problem? > > I suspect either the upper or lower speedo cable. hfleming@moosebird.com Alexandria, VA...
• speedo problems
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Thu, 10 Jan 2002 20:51:01 -0600
  ...If my speedo cable were to break clean, would that happen? Or is it more likely that it got disconnected somewhere (hopefully at the...
• Speedometer Spiffing
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Sat, 7 Jan 1995 10:09:02 -0800 (PST)
  ...use a bug speedo in a bus - I ended up breaking the (brand new) cable! Another difference is the bus speedo has a gear...
• One Odometer intrument cluster solution
  Historical mailing list - Rich Propsom
  Sun, 22 Oct 2000 20:32:25 -0500
  ...I took off the speedometer cable from the unit and then unscrewed the speedometer from the case. whole thing slips right out. On the...
• Re: Front hub dust caps -- stuck!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Sep 1995 20:16:57 -0400
  ...And, about that speedometer cable - REMOVE THAT CIRCLIP BEFORE YOU TRY TO REMOVE THE CAP. Otherwise you'll pull your speedometer cable out with...
• Re: OXY SENSOR LITE ON
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 13 Jan 95 09:51:00 MST
  ...1) Locate the speedometer cable coupling box. On my '84 it is underneath, just behind the spare tire. If I remember correctly, it is...
• Re: WTB: odometer/instrument cluster for 86-91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Fri, 10 Jul 1998 22:41:59 -0700
  ...This relates to the number of turns of the speedo cable that makes one mile (or km). If you work it out, you'll...
• Syncro speedometer output repair?
  Historical mailing list - ian Butler
  Thu, 1 May 2003 11:28:07 -0400
  ...Trouble is, the cables and speedometer are OK; the output on the differential itself isn't turning. Is there any way, such as there...
• Re: Speedometer and 15/65/205 Tires/Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:46:37 -0400
  ...Has anyone on this list experienced this and have you tried this ratio-adjusted speedo cable shown in that thread? The vendor for the...
• Fwd: speedo cluster for sale
  Historical mailing list - Tom Smith
  Mon, 28 Aug 2000 18:15:15 EDT
  ...Regards, and thanks, Tom Hanon Palm Springs, CA 84 Westfaila Tom Smith wrote: > I believe the 80 speedo cable has a different coupler for...
• Re: speedo/odo off
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:50:00 -0400
  ...IIRC that's a prime signal to check your ground cable at the transmission. The speedo spring gets to be part of the vehicle...
• Re: Whatever happened to speedo cable lube?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 4 Dec 2009 20:30:03 -0500
  ...I'm going to check out the motorcycle cable lube before I start thinking about compounding some. Does anyone have good ideas where to...
• Re: 1984 Speedos
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:58:59 -0700
  ...I could see a problem in the cluster causing current to flow through the speedo cable, but how would a engine or transmission ground...
• Re: Hall Effect Sender? Speedo question
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 29 May 2008 16:55:40 -0400
  ...What the???? The van is an '87 with the two part speedo cable that joins at a box. Ideas? > Mark > p.s. thanks in...
• Re: speedo cable lube-able?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 9 Jun 2005 11:28:01 -0400
  Hello, I have heard that one can roll the cable in graphite. Dont know where to get this though. Maybe a door lock lubricant...
• Re: Speedometer repairs '84
  Historical mailing list - Dale G.
  Sun, 17 Nov 2002 09:49:30 -0800
  ...I talked with a speedo repairman recently. He told me the little number at the bottom of the dial (850 on mine) tells how...
• Re: [Syncro] lazy speedo
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Mon, 19 May 2003 12:24:43 -0700
  Does the speedo needle "flop" at low speeds? If so, it may be that your cable is sticking. Probably unrelated to the tires; you...
• Installing upper speedometer cable
  Historical mailing list - Munga Correa
  Tue, 11 Jan 2000 09:23:01 EST
  Hello--I am installing the upper spedo cable, the one that runs from the the dash to the box...I first order the one...
• Re: Intermittant Speedo?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 17 Oct 2002 16:52:50 -0500
  ...spedo cable out so I have a choice of the threaded on or the push on clip type speedometer. Just keep buying speedometers whenever...
• Re: O2 sensor light reset?
  Historical mailing list - tbill
  Tue, 20 May 1997 16:07:53 -0500
  ...follow the speedo cable up > from the left front wheel. you should be able to get to it without > lowering the spare tire. > > anyway...
• RE: Vanagon clock, speedo
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Tue, 19 Mar 1996 09:34:20 -0700
  ...the clock can have either electronic or mechanical problems. Speedo: I'd check the cable first. Perhaps it is kinked, or just needs lube...
• Re: MPG
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 3 Sep 2007 17:42:45 -0700
  A bouncy speedo needle makes me think of a binding/worn jumpy speedometer cable. It could affect the odometer too. I'd lube the...
• Re: o2 sensor light
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:34:21 -0500
  ...There is a speedometer cable that goes from the > driver's side front wheel to the black box and another cable goes from > the...
• Re: Noisy speedo
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Mon, 28 Dec 2015 10:11:39 -0800
  ...http://www.super-lube.com/synthetic-oil-with-ptfe-high-viscosity-ezp-56.html Remove the speedometer and looking in the cable end you...
• Re: Vanagon total drag and mechanical losses
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 2 Dec 1998 12:32:13 -0800
  ...the bike speedos don't have too much wire. > > If you wanna go to this much trouble, surely lengthening the cable wouldn't > be...
• Re: 1980 AC model speedo
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 5 Dec 2004 17:25:47 -0600
  ...I have several black boxes and several speedometer cables. I'll check the inventory after I hear from you. (Cheap, Cheap! Price) Stan Wilder...
• Soeedo repair
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Jan 2022 21:32:30 +0000
  ...up with a non-petroleum lubricant by dripping it onto the speedo cable and reinserting it and driveing a bit a few times.  I...