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• Re: should I get a new transmission?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 25 Aug 2004 11:02:28 -0600
  ...My Westfalia just flipped 140,000 miles - from what I read, this is the spot on the odometer when the transmission is most likely...
• Re: Old Volks Home Cluster Retrofit Question
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sat, 24 Apr 2010 19:24:41 -0700
  ...hello all. > > > > I have a 1984 GL Wasserboxer w/Speedo, w/Trip Odometer, &w/Analog > > Clock, w/Coolant Temp gauge. > > > > The instructions from Old...
• Instrument Cluster
  Historical mailing list - andrewbell
  Thu, 3 May 2001 21:20:08 -0500
  ...Also, any hope of fixing a trip odometer that has fallen in love with the number 0009? Thanks again - The List is cool. Andrew...
• Re: Diesel mileage tire question (odometer accuracy
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Wed, 15 Dec 2004 15:53:02 -0600
  ...And, since I am about to embark on a 2500 mile trip, I'll be reporting performance and mileage, etc., soon. Warren 88 Westy...
• [Zoltan...] Re: A Vanagon mystery? Please Help
  Historical mailing list - Chris Wright
  Sat, 16 Aug 2003 20:30:12 EDT
  ...or > cracks, and the odometer itself works fine (no symptoms of the odometer > freeze caused by setting the tripometer while the car is moving...
• Re: Tire size question
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 05 Dec 94 20:30:57 CST
  ...what effect >does running a larger tire have on the odometer, speedometer and trip >meter? If for example there are 195s instead of 185s...
• Re: DIY Vanagon Trip Computer Update
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sun, 14 Jul 2002 20:31:09 -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: Phrydae Question: Who drives a TDI?
  Historical mailing list - Pete O
  Fri, 2 Nov 2012 15:24:23 -0400
  ...Only problem we had was the turbo failing on a trip, > taken care of under warranty. We get close to 1000 KM to a...
• Re: Odo/Trip Counter
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:34:49 -0700
  ...I do know that the trip counter had 8 miles on it when it konked out, so it probably didn't happen at the...
• Re: Speedometer weird
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sun, 17 Jun 2012 03:51:22 -0600
  Volkswagen had a box with its own odometer you had to reset every so many miles,if I remember right it tripped an O...
• FS 85 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Jennifer Morin
  Wed, 6 Nov 2002 21:56:27 -0500
  ...I went on a couple camping trips with it then put it up for the winter (it has never been used in NE winter...
• 1986 Vanagon GL for sale on eBay (#1853305195)
  Historical mailing list - Christine H. Stinson
  Thu, 29 Aug 2002 11:44:08 -0400
  ...town and for 100-mile trips, but I would replace them before taking a 500-mile trip. The odometer and speedometer do not work...
• Trip Mileage Report Audi 2.0 litre conversion
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Sat, 21 May 2005 20:24:46 -0400
  Just came home from a 1000km work trip. This on my 90 auto westy with PS and AC. 27mpg (22.5mpg US) on the...
• Re: turned 200,000 on the odometer!
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:21:48 -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: speedo/odo error confusion
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Wed, 24 Oct 2001 17:38:00 -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: cruising speed and MPG
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Mon, 7 Aug 2006 12:40:57 -0700
  ...according to those aforementioned odometer check mileage markers on the highway, our 1.9l's odo is spot-on. Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott...
• larger tires under the front
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Mon, 8 Sep 1997 20:02:54 -0700
  Hello- On a recent trip to Neveda (where I saw a greyish silver VW with Washington plates and a little VW @lenti sticker in...
• Re: My Advice on 15" tires (16" fender flares)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 16 Feb 2001 11:53:10 EST
  ...I have also checked the speedometer and odometer with mile markers while driving and found that they are both right on the money. This...
• Back from a boring 2500 mile vacation trip to Maine and Vermont.
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Wed, 16 Aug 2006 17:28:31 -0700
  ...Passed the 105K mark on the odometer once back in Maryland. No problems, mon. Tom F. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail...
• Re: '85 Westy - Major power loss at altitude
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 17 Dec 2003 19:17:54 -0500
  ...we made our first round-trip to mainland Mex from N CA. And by the way, Rosie's odometer flipped over to 250,000k...
• Re: Speedo Accuracy Discussion
  Historical mailing list - Jason Yasment
  Wed, 10 May 2000 17:45:57 EDT
  ...the odometer readings for both my famed reliable Toyota PU and the Vanagon are dead on for the entire length of the trip. In...
• MPG report
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Thu, 11 Jun 1998 11:18:32 -0400
  ...AFM wire harness purchased and installed on this trip in PA. Here are the details: Odometer US Liters kms miles Litre/ Miles/ gal 100km...
• Where is it?
  Historical mailing list - tbill
  Thu, 19 Jun 1997 22:48:29 -0500
  ...In the process, found out the PO had removed the odometer with an ax. Plastic back (I won't burn it!) broken out, bottom...
• Re: Speedometer -- the straight scoop
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 19 Jun 2005 22:10:38 -0500
  ...on the safe side). > > I used the GPS in my '85 Westy, during the trip to BusFusion, and (Boy > was I surprised) the GPS...
• Re: Opinions, please....on 1989 Westy FS, Ft. Ldrdale, FLA
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Tue, 8 Jun 1999 07:25:54 -0700
  ...I plan to keep it this way for *another* 195,000 miles! He also gets cleaned out *completely* after every trip. Makes a big...
• Re: mileage
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 3 Dec 2007 17:17:27 -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: Instrument Cluster Woes
  Historical mailing list - Luke Sponholz
  Thu, 16 Feb 2006 15:07:36 -0500
  ...The odometer is stuck at 204242. The trip odo doesn't work either. I'd love to have a functioning odo again. Thanks, ladies...
• Re: W pretour trip report
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Mon, 9 Jan 1995 12:57:40 -0800 (PST)
  ...It is really an amazing sight - worth the whole trip just to see it. This place is 225 miles of interstate from SF and...
• Re: Heads-Up - Potential Odometer Fraud
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Fri, 22 May 2020 19:54:25 -0700
  ...Anyone I bump into who admires my van with an idyllic romantic notion of driving off on a road trip of a life time...
• Re: Tire size question
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 5 Dec 94 22:16:17 EST
  ...what effect > >does running a larger tire have on the odometer, speedometer and trip > >meter? If for example there are 195s instead of 185s...
• Unexpected trip part 2 (finally)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 21 Nov 1995 12:21:11 -0800
  ...I was pleased to see that NY finally raised the speed limit to 65 as my odometer passed 1,000 for this trip.... My...
• Re: Cross-country trip report
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:01:34 -0800
  ...26.7 mpg (8.81 l/100km) I checked my odometer a couple of times during the trip, it seems to read 2% higher...
• Re: New Engine, Poor Power, Low Gas Mileage - Update
  Historical mailing list - Chris Smith
  Wed, 16 May 2001 01:06:26 -0700
  ...My 1st trip was a 1200 trip to BNWNTA. It took another 1800 miles of shorter trips to get the engine power way up...
• Re: spedo/odo error confusion
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Wed, 24 Oct 2001 22:56:17 -0700
  ...highway mile markers at 60 second > intervals. > My trip meter is very close to the odometer miles and the published > distances from one small...
• Re: Reasonable cruising speed?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 4 Aug 2006 08:59:41 -0700
  ...Hence it can plot your trip, > give you the speed, current location, but distance from starting is > always wrong (compared to how you got...
• Re: Speedometer Ok -Odometer and trip meter dead!?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 20 May 2006 12:11:07 -0700
  ...If I slightly push and hold the rest button I can freely spin > all the digit positions of the trip meter to whatever numbers...
• Re: Dashboard updates
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Tue, 22 May 2001 21:25:09 -0600
  ...from, so I cannot not use the 'newer' speedo with the trip odometer until I find time to scrounge a new cable from a...
• Re: Dash Cluster Needed, '86+
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:32:22 -0700
  Man, that's pretty picky, odometer required. I could see for newer cars perhaps for emissions warrantee reasons .. but for a 20 + year old...
• Re: DIY Vanagon Trip Computer Update
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Sun, 14 Jul 2002 17:31:11 -0700
  ...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: should I get a new transmission?
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Thu, 26 Aug 2004 08:49:24 -0700
  ...should I get a new transmission? Hi, I'm going to take a 3 week road trip in September. My '85 is running well...
• Syncro vs automatic gaz consumption, with same engine and tires!
  Historical mailing list - pedro dos santos
  Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:30:06 -0700
  ...actual kilometres of the vehicule, and also the kilometers of the trip odometer that I put to zero at each fill up (the one...
• Re: unknown Westy secrets
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Fri, 10 Nov 2000 14:04:20 -0500
  ...can make the trip > all over again on the same motor. OH joy! Only Alaska yet to reach.... > If your odometer reaches 300K you...
• Re: [kdlewis] Re: A Vanagon mystery? Please Help
  Historical mailing list - Chris Wright
  Sat, 16 Aug 2003 21:36:32 EDT
  ...All I could find was information on the odometer freezing problem which is triggered by pressing the tripometer while the car is moving... I...
• WHEELS FOR 1984 WESTY
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Engel
  Mon, 22 Jul 2002 14:01:40 -0500
  ...Westy? Or possibly a different alternative?Also on last trip I did an odometer check on highway and came to the conclusion my speddo...
• Re: Odo/Trip Counter
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sun, 26 Jul 2009 09:18:37 -0700
  ...Odo/Trip Counter > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > > I've had my odometer conk out twice. First time a friend helped me > replace it...
• Re: Still lousy gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Wed, 2 May 2012 16:27:49 -0400
  ...My speedometer is and odometer, though are on an 83.5, are very accurate. Thanks, Bryan From: J Stewart Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012...
• takes too long to warm up
  Historical mailing list - MOST,DAVID
  Mon, 2 Oct 2000 14:44:47 -0700
  ...I'm not too concerned about this as I tend to use the trip odometer, but any thoughts about this would be appreciated as...
• Re: Broken Odometer
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 19 Apr 2011 08:56:58 -0700
  ...4x4 Powerstroke diesel before leaving on a Portland to Seattle interstate trip, or Washington to California, hauling a 3-horse trailer. Recently, she's...
• 1990 Westfalia: a few questions
  Historical mailing list - Francois Poulin
  Fri, 8 Oct 1999 11:28:48 -0400
  ...I bought the West last summer and used it for a few camping trips. I have a four questions (to start with...) concerning the...
• Re: Post-maiden-voyage voyage
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Sat, 23 Sep 2006 10:08:28 -0400
  ...Lovely trip and :::the van performed admirably. My bravest moment was a :::15.15 gallon refill driven with a broken odometer, so :::I had...
• Re: Is anybody still on this list?
  Historical mailing list - Brook Barbour
  Sat, 14 Mar 2015 20:46:43 -0400
  ...This was his 5th Camper/bus, but he had it later in life so it only has 56k on the odometer. I live in...
• Re: Reached 100k on the 84 Westy-What now?
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Thu, 17 Aug 2006 15:44:11 -0700
  ...Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano KG6RCR On 8/14/2006 1:27 PM bueses wrote: > Greetings, > > I sadly turned the odometer over the...
• Re: should I get a new transmission?
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Wed, 25 Aug 2004 16:28:05 -0700
  ...should I get a new transmission? Hi, I'm going to take a 3 week road trip in September. My '85 is running well...
• Accessory dreams was: Looking for instrument cluster or tachometer
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 21 Dec 2021 11:17:14 -0500
  ...I will try very hard to avoid cold weather trips in the van. Mainly to keep it healthy. But, sometimes it is unavoidable. I...
• Re: Old Volks Home Cluster Retrofit Question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 24 Apr 2010 22:32:07 -0700
  re I have a 1984 GL Wasserboxer w/Speedo, w/Trip Odometer, &w/Analog > Clock, w/Coolant Temp gauge. > > The instructions from Old Volks...
• Re: 2.1L DJ-code WBX into '84 Westy - first 1900 mile trip impressions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 6 Dec 2008 03:17:07 -0500
  Being an '84, you may want to check the speedometer and odometer against a GPS. You are not going quite as far and nowhere...
• Re: Dash Cluster Needed, '86+
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:33:06 -0400
  ...Pretty >>>> much every GPS program has a speedometer/heading/trip computer >>>> feature these days. >>>> >>>> Happy Trails, >>>> >>>> Greg Potts >>>> Toronto, Ontario Canada >>>> 197x Westfakia "Bob...
• 1987 Syncro for sale
  Historical mailing list - John Gray
  Tue, 25 Sep 2001 18:28:03 -0700
  Clean, no rust, straight bumpers, blue, third owner, extensive records, 118k miles on odometer, �rebuilt exchange� motor put in at 76k. Heads and valves...
• Re: Fuel Gauge inaccuracy
  Historical mailing list - Linda Bartnik
  Mon, 23 Jun 1997 23:51:13 -0400
  ...thanks Rick!) but when the needle gets down there and the trip odometer gets up around 210 I start to get very nervous. I...
• Re: *&^%@ gas gauge!!!
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Thu, 06 Oct 94 13:09:51 CDT
  ...mostly i use the odometer to decide when to fill up. and check my little trip computer if i want to try to stretch...