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• DIY Vanagon Trip Computer
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Mon, 1 Apr 2002 21:03:35 -0500
  ...It tells your average speed for a trip, your maximum speed, your trip distance down to .01 miles, the time you have been moving...
• Re: Unreliable Vanagon engines! I mean trannies!
  Historical mailing list - B Monk
  Sat, 16 Feb 2008 04:17:28 -0800
  ...254,455 > miles on the odometer. Will that engine make one more trip? > > Wave if you see me. > > Dennis > > >
• Re: Dash Cluster Needed, '86+
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:11:30 -0700
  ...mentioned the need for an odometer... That's a tricky one. Although I believe that there are trip computers in some GPS's that...
• Hello
  Historical mailing list - Dean Staltare
  Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:29:54 -0500
  ...The odometer reads 228k miles but I 'suspect' a new odometer has been put in. Further inspection by my mechanic may prove this to...
• Re: Reasonable cruising speed?
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Brandt
  Fri, 4 Aug 2006 12:09:22 -0600
  ...This causes it to be off and lower than most odometers (that are reasonable accurate). Gregor On 4-Aug-06, at 9:59 AM...
• turned 200,000 on the odometer!
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Alfonso
  Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:42:24 -0700
  ...What a great trip that would have been. Anyway. Thoughts? a.) change the oil during the light of the next full moon? b.) new...
• Re: odometer stopped
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 21 Jul 2003 13:00:44 -0400
  ...One way to help the > > gear > > stay on track longer is to never reset the trip > > odometer while you are > > rolling. > > > > deb > > '85 Westy...
• Re: Odometer stopped
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 15 Oct 2001 20:53:45 -0300
  ...Malcolm On 15 Oct 2001, at 15:56, Joseph McNiff wrote: > Hi all, > My Odometer stopped working, also trip counter at the same > time...
• Looking for a few parts (and some photos of my "new" vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
  Sat, 13 Nov 2010 21:34:18 -0500
  ...I think my odometer is busted as both it and the trip meter don't wont. They are plugged into the instrument cluster and...
• Re: Gas Mileage
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sat, 22 May 2004 20:23:43 -0400
  On Fri, 21 May 2004, Jason Kirk wrote: > I can't currently calculate my MPG due to a broken odometer. My question > is this...
• fuel gauge sender unit.
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Durstewitz
  Sun, 12 Nov 1995 19:34:56 -0800 (PST)
  ...gregor > Anyone know how to repair the odometer, mine doesn't work and the gas gauge > doesn't either. Makes for an interesting trip...
• Re: '84 speedometer failure
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:09:41 -0500
  ...The odometer, > however, > is stuck @ 243,483 miles - and the trip meter doesn't move, either. > > That's the straight scoop, I've got...
• Re: Life after speedometer, why do they break?
  Historical mailing list - Bill H.
  Tue, 15 Mar 2005 14:20:04 -0800
  ...them that I took out the little gear between the odometer and trip tick. When I picked it up, there was a gear in...
• Congrats to Bessie.
  Historical mailing list - joseph Trussell
  Mon, 15 May 2000 07:21:04 PDT
  ...Anyway, I can't think of anybody among friends and family who expected me to complete this trip without any mechanical problems. They generall...
• Re: Turning 200K
  Historical mailing list - Pete O
  Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:21:30 -0500
  ...Most of those miles were accrued in summer driving on camping > trips including some across country. Because of family health matters, I > drove it...
• Re: Roadhaus - GPS Receivers / Canada Maps
  Historical mailing list - Steve Gough
  Wed, 11 Jun 2003 10:52:28 -0700
  ...You also have an accurate speedometer, compass, and trip odometer to boot. Downside is that the receiver and software/maps may run over $300...
• Key West Trip Report
  Historical mailing list - Dane Tessler
  Mon, 30 Mar 1998 18:50:34 -0800
  Back from a great trip to the Keys from St. Pete. Glad to say that my 87 Westie (138000 odometer) ran flawlessly for the...
• Re: Odo/Trip Counter
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:54:34 -0700
  ...Odo/Trip Counter Old wives tale, that. I've been pushing my reset button on the move for ~145,000 miles on the one...
• FS 1986 vanagon double-cab pickup syncro, Everett, WA
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 7 Jul 2002 21:34:42 -0500
  ...Steering, Power Brakes, Cassette Player, Cloth Or Velour Upholstery, Front Bucket Seats, Heated Seat(s), Trip Odometer, Interval Wipers, Rear Defroster, and Side Molding.
• Re: Turning 200K
  Historical mailing list - Annie
  Mon, 21 Nov 2011 07:44:54 -0800
  When I got my '85 GL on the road in Spring 2010, the odometer read 170,598. Last week when I filled up, it...
• Re: don't push our trip meter while driving!
  Historical mailing list - Houston
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 11:14:53 -0800
  ...dont pusy our trip meter while driving! > > > >just a reminder - dont push your speedo trip meter > while your van is > >rolling/driving..it will...
• Re: speedo/odo error confusion
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Wed, 24 Oct 2001 19:21:28 -0400
  ...speedo/odo error confusion > I just returned from a 3100 miles trip in El Jefe. Well, > 3100 according to its speedo, or rather its...
• Re: gas prices..
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 25 Feb 2004 20:19:27 -0500
  You mean I should not have expected to be able to drive from NY to Florida and back turning 215K during the return trip...
• 9 People in a Westy
  Historical mailing list - Ed L Lloyd
  Sun, 30 Dec 2001 09:22:17 -0500
  I had my doubts, but the rest of our group wanted to try, so we loaded 9 people going on a caving trip into...
• Re: Odo/Trip Counter
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:47:35 -0400
  ...one van and �~15,000 miles on the other and my >> odometers are both still working. > > Correct. The first thing that happens when you...
• Re: speedo/odo error confusion
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Wed, 24 Oct 2001 17:35:30 -0700
  ...speedo/odo error confusion > > I just returned from a 3100 miles trip in El Jefe. Well, > 3100 according to its speedo, or rather its...
• Re: Did I buy the Right Vehicle? Am I hearing all the bad.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 24 May 2005 11:24:48 -0400
  Except for following me behind a motor home, the FUN BUS has not been towed home and it now has 223K on the Odometer...
• ** Head Leak Survey: Please Respond **
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Thu, 9 Apr 1998 18:52:58 -0700
  ...not know(1) PasVan(2) Wkendr(3) Westy(4) Sync(5) --------> Sync Wkedr(6) Sync Westy(7) Odometer Units Miles: (1) Kilometers (2) Current...
• Re: milage
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Mon, 3 Dec 2007 17:00:08 -0800
  ...the odometer are calibrated different. FWIW I driven trips of 2k miles and not a single tank was wind aided and trips of 1...
• Re: broken speedometer mounts
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Wed, 10 Nov 2004 05:52:06 +0000
  ...Tue, 9 Nov 2004 22:44:42 -0600 > >Howdy, > >In addition to my trip odometer disintegrating (I never reset it while >moving I swear...
• Re: speedo/odo error confusion
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Wed, 24 Oct 2001 23:49:25 -0700
  ...Jones" wrote: > I just returned from a 3100 miles trip in El Jefe. Well, > 3100 according to its speedo, or rather its "odo".... > > I...
• Re: Odo/Trip Counter
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:45:04 -0700
  ...Don On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 5:49 PM, Joy Hecht <jhecht@alum.mit.edu> wrote: > I've had my odometer conk out...
• Re: Slow Down And Save Some Gas
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 4 Feb 2012 18:44:33 -0600
  ...gmail.com> wrote: > > > I returned earlier this week from a long trip, odometer says 3,800+ > miles. > > Driving a '90 Westy with stock engine...
• Syncro: miles/gal trip log
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Fri, 10 Jan 1997 10:22:41 -0800
  ...Larry '86 syncro westy TRIP LOG OF GAS CONSUMPTION '86 SYNCRO WESTFALIA Dec/96 Odometer kms miles US Miles/ Route Terrain kms gal USgal...
• Re: Speedometer Ok -Odometer and trip meter dead!?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 21 May 2006 18:30:57 -0700
  ...Are there different versions of this > thing, and are some more prone to this failure than others? Well, I pulled the bad odometer out...
• Re: Speedo repair question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Wunrow
  Wed, 2 Oct 2013 12:24:39 -0600
  ...on list that fixes the stupid speedos? I have no >>> Odometer, no trip >>> meter (no gas gauge!--separate issue but will fix that soon...
• Re: speedometer accuracy
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 May 2013 15:51:39 -0700
  ...Unfortunately, I did not get to checking the odometer against the GPS before my engine fire sidelined me. If the odometer is reading more...
• Re: Key West Trip Report, Correction
  Historical mailing list - Dane Tessler
  Mon, 30 Mar 1998 18:53:06 -0800
  ...Key West Trip Report Back from a great trip to the Keys from St. Pete. Glad to say that my 87 Westie (138000 odometer...
• Re: Mileage report with 16" tires
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sat, 14 Aug 2010 13:01:08 -0700
  ...mileage calculation based on a 2000km > > trip with new BFG AT 215/70R16 tires. GPS shows odometer is now out by > -8%, > > whereas before...
• trip report
  Historical mailing list - Bob Whitby
  Fri, 5 Jul 2002 16:39:02 -0700
  ...The stats follow, perhaps later I'll write up a more detailed trip report. (I know when I read these things I want to...
• Re: Living the Compleat Vanagon Experience.
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:32:47 -0400
  ...Sigh. >Then about a month ago I blew the headlight switch. >Yesterday the odometer/trip meter seized up. I think I have a spare...
• Reached 100k on the 84 Westy-What now?
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Mon, 14 Aug 2006 14:27:45 -0600
  Greetings, I sadly turned the odometer over the 100K mark on my 84 Westy this past weekend. It was sold in 10/83 & manufactured...
• DIY Vanagon Trip Computer Update
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 14 Jul 2002 18:53:26 -0400
  ...It tells your average speed for a trip, your maximum speed, your trip distance down to .01 miles, the time you have been moving...
• Re: better gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 15 May 2008 21:30:01 -0700
  ...Based on careful watching of the odometer on 'Measured Five Mile' stretches on the highway my odometer (and speedometer) read about 4% high or...
• Re: 2.1L engine from 1987 Syncro (Sold)
  Historical mailing list - MilosKitchen
  Mon, 2 May 2005 22:05:59 -0400
  ...Vehicle odometer currently reads 132K and small change, I'd add about 5K to that since odometer was inop on the trip home (now...
• Re: speedo/odo error confusion
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Wed, 24 Oct 2001 21:14:59 -0700
  ...speedo/odo error confusion > > > I just returned from a 3100 miles trip in El Jefe. Well, > > 3100 according to its speedo, or rather its...
• Re: Save this Vanagon!!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Thu, 23 Sep 2004 10:14:52 -0800
  ...It is probably 3500 miles, not sure, our odometer does not work, you would use 175 to 200 gallons of fuel costing $2.00...
• Re: Living the Compleat Vanagon Experience.
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:39:58 -0700
  ...about a month ago I blew the headlight switch. > Yesterday the odometer/trip meter seized up. I think I have > a spare > available from...
• Re: Broken Odometer and trip meter
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Sun, 10 Feb 2002 09:41:41 -0800
  ...com if you want to inquire However, I just repaired my odometer. I hope your repair is as simple as mine was. You can...
• Re: Broken Speedo
  Historical mailing list - Larry MacPhee
  Wed, 1 Mar 1995 16:19:08 -0800
  ...I have an '85 and the speedo and Odometer both broke last > month. I have no Idea how far or fast I'm going...
• Stranded in L.A. - 81 won't start
  Historical mailing list - Scott A. Harvey
  Mon, 17 Jun 1996 11:58:40 PDT
  ...Well, I picked up the van, filled up w/ gas, set my trip odometer to zero ( that's my new gas gauge), and drove...
• Re: Vanagon gas tank capacity?
  Historical mailing list - Wes Ullrich
  Fri, 1 Oct 2004 15:42:54 -0400
  My gauge is way off, I have 2-3 gallons left when I am at dead zero, so I use the trip odometer as...
• Re: oil usage
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:39:32 -0400
  Being an 85, you might want to check the speedometer and odometer against a GPS. I bet you are not going as fast or...
• Re: AGH ran outta gas!
  Historical mailing list - Chad Lyles
  Thu, 1 Nov 2007 09:51:29 -0700
  well the trip gauge would be a fantastic way to keep track... BUT like my odometer... it doesnt work... shocking ... so yeah ... i had...
• Re: '84 speedometer failure
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:10:34 -0500
  ...The odometer, > > however, > > is stuck @ 243,483 miles - and the trip meter doesn't move, either. > > > > That's the straight scoop, I've got...
• Re: Living the Compleat Vanagon Experience.
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:24:40 -0400
  ...Sigh. > Then about a month ago I blew the headlight switch. > Yesterday the odometer/trip meter seized up. I think I have a spare...
• Re: Water temp increase after changing hoses, thermostat, and plastic parts
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Wed, 28 Oct 2015 16:39:32 -0400
  ...After a 800 mile trip along the Blue Ridge Highway and surrounding areas some of which were up and down some pretty steep grades...
• What Bentley says Re: Speedo calibration (longish)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Aug 1998 09:06:10 EDT
  ...indicated speed 53 miles per hour Bentley also note on the same page (under the Odometer heading) that: The number printed on the speedometer...
• HELP! Low Compression 80 Vanagon. What next?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 30 Jun 1996 21:31:00 -0400
  ...Odometer shows 85K (PO broke the odometer) I got the bad news last Thursday. My trusted mechanic said that = cylinder number three's compression...
• Re: off to Yellowstone! And we're back...
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 6 Aug 2001 11:57:59 -0700
  You got a bad odometer? Hurricane force tailwind? Karl Wolz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Pollard" <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent...