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• Re: '84 speedometer failure
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Snook
  Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:22:43 -0800
  ...What > is the > most common failure? Is it likely to be the speedo, the cable, or > some > connection? > > Thanks, > Matt
• [Fwd: Survey: Fuel Mileage? /SPEEDOMETER CALIBRATION]
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sat, 8 Aug 1998 14:29:56 -0700
  ...It's supposed to be the > number of revolutions the speedo-cable makes per mile traveled. > 5280'/805revs=6.56'/rev or 78.71...
• Speedometer cable replacement question.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 30 Nov 2010 09:02:30 -0800
  ...I have a single piece cable to replace the factor one that goes through the O2 sensor counter box. Came from one of our...
• Speedo drive on Syncro diff
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Wilder
  Tue, 18 Apr 2006 10:11:09 +0200
  Hi! I have a problem with my speedo which doesn't work. The instrument itself works, the speedo cable has been renewed and works...
• speedometer noise and other ramblings
  Historical mailing list - lbart
  Tue, 7 Jan 1997 23:30:24 -0500
  Hey all, I've been noticing something curious about my speedometer lately. When it gets really cold outside, sometimes the speedometer will make a...
• Re: Clicking in wheels...
  Historical mailing list - sstones
  Sat, 11 Feb 1995 16:43:56 -0500 (EST)
  ...coming from the speedo, (I thought mine was wheel noise for a while too) try driving with the speedo cable disconnected, does it go...
• Re: Not shifting into 4th gear...maybe?
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:38:23 -0800
  ...Cable end at the speedo must match what the > > speedo needs. Given the propensity of many speedos to fail in the > > odometer section lots...
• Re: Voltage stabilizer installation?
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Wed, 27 Jun 2012 13:22:13 -0400
  ...Last time I had to get back there, I was surprised to discover that the speedo cable was the onliest thing holding it (the...
• Re: tails from the underground.
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 31 Dec 2004 10:47:01 -0800
  ...what a PITA to replace my old speedo cable, upper cable, seems i could not get the head on the speedo itself well my...
• Re: speedo cable lube-able?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 8 Jun 2005 00:20:34 -0500
  ...My money's on the > > speedo cable. Is that thing lube-able? > > > > -- > > > >__________________________________ >Discover Yahoo! >Stay in touch with email, IM, photo sharing and more...
• Re: "C"-Clip
  Historical mailing list - Ron Mueller
  Wed, 27 Dec 2006 23:23:15 -0600
  ...Hope everybody got what was on their "Wish list". > > Does anyone have an extra "C"-clip for the speedometer cable where it is > driven...
• Re: Speedo Issue..
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 18 Jan 2013 19:32:08 -0500
  ...odometer wheel problem and I also had a bad cable before but >> now the speedo needle sits unmoving on "Zero" while the miles click...
• Re: Speedo Issue..
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:10:38 -0800
  ...odometer wheel problem and I also had a bad cable before but > now the speedo needle sits unmoving on "Zero" while the miles click...
• Re: 1984 Speedos
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Gilbert
  Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:37:49 -0400
  My Garmin indicates a highway speed about several mph different than the speedometer. Do you all think GPS units are accurate? kgg On Apr...
• Re: instrument cluster swap
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Mon, 3 May 2004 16:56:10 -0400
  ...compared side by side the speedo cable attachment seems to be the same as the 85 vanagon cluster i compared it to, push on...
• Re: Accelerator cable
  Historical mailing list - Dan Erlandson
  Wed, 14 May 2003 21:46:29 -0400
  ...I ended up removing the lever from the trans and grinding the cup off of the old speedo cable in order to free up...
• Re: speedo rattle
  Historical mailing list - Allen Hill
  Sun, 29 Apr 2007 14:35:42 -0500
  MY bet is that the inner part of the speedo cable was replaced at one time and it is about 1/4 to 3...
• Re: testing a speedometer
  Historical mailing list - Steve Bonde
  Tue, 18 Apr 2017 17:31:11 +0000
  I used a variable speed drill with a piece of an old cable. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 18, 2017, at 11:26...
• Re: Speedo Gremlins
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 11 Jun 1997 11:07 -0600 (MDT)
  Todd asked- I was driving at lunch and noticed that the speedometer had stopped working. Speed was stuck at 0 - though I did not...
• Re: speedometer
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 15 Jul 2025 15:02:06 +0000
  ...Hi all, Does anyone have experience with the GW electronic speedometer? Or with repairing broken speedometers? Cable seems OK but speedometer has quit working...
• Re: Not shifting into 4th gear...maybe?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:46:23 -0800
  ...Cable end at the speedo must match what the > speedo needs. Given the propensity of many speedos to fail in the > odometer section lots...
• Re: noisy speedo in cold weather
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Sun, 29 Nov 1998 11:42:56 -0700
  Use graphite on the cable. I've had similar problems on my other vehicles (not my vanagons) and put some graphite on the cable...
• Re: speedometer probs
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Thu, 20 Dec 2001 08:58:01 -0800
  ...Dana- > Hello all, my wife informed me last night that the speedometer quit > working on her. ... Then later she tells me, oh the odometer...
• Re: 3 Questions
  Historical mailing list - Pollard, Matthew
  Sun, 6 Dec 1998 19:36:25 -0800
  ...My speedo reads roughly twenty to thirty mph above real > speed. I've lubed the cable at both ends, jiggled it around, and did...
• Re: Survey: Fuel Mileage? /SPEEDOMETER CALIBRATION
  Historical mailing list - Kellie and Jim Norman
  Fri, 7 Aug 1998 19:44:34 -0500
  ...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: 1990 Westfalia: a few questions
  Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
  Fri, 8 Oct 1999 11:11:30 -0500
  ...I would take the speedo cluster out and have a look. Takes 4 screws, unhook 5 connectors, and one speedometer cable to take a...
• Re: Driver's side front wheel grease cap
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 28 Aug 2012 05:46:59 -0400
  ...Squirrel, how long have you owned your Westy and not noticed that ? It's the speedometer cable drive connection ! Does not all car manufacturers...
• Re: mpg
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Mon, 3 Apr 2006 09:08:09 -0700
  ...Question -- could a partially damaged speedo cable be causing my odometer to read wrong? Or is it more likely that my engine is in...
• Re: Hall Effect Sender? Speedo question
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 29 May 2008 10:54:41 -0700
  ...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
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Thu, 6 Oct 2005 12:23:45 -0400
  >Before playing with that light make sure what your states "air" rules are. Mine retains it's original function, so it will behave like...
• Re: Speedo Issue..
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 19 Jan 2013 01:41:51 -0500
  ...I had the odometer wheel problem and I also had a bad cable before but now the speedo needle sits unmoving on "Zero" while...
• Re: '84 speedometer failure
  Historical mailing list - Chad Lyles
  Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:37:22 -0800
  ...What > > is the > > most common failure? Is it likely to be the speedo, the cable, or > > some > > connection? > > > > Thanks, > > Matt >
• speedo calibration
  Historical mailing list - John Y. Hung
  Mon, 24 Aug 1998 14:39:46 -0500
  ...Anyone know of a way to recalibrate speedometers? Or is it a >>matter of replacing a cable? Appreciate any feeback or suggestions! >> Mick Forstag...
• Re: hubcaps (wheel covers)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 23 May 1997 15:25:56 PST
  ...They are cheap and look >good, but on the left front, where the speedo cable sticks out of the hub, >the protruding cable end...
• Re: questions about automatics
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:46:31 -0400
  The 805 on the speedo face indicates the tire revolutions per mile. The speedo cable is directly connected to the left front wheel. The...
• Re: Not shifting into 4th gear...maybe?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:47:41 -0700
  ...Cable end at the speedo must match >>> what the >>> speedo needs. Given the propensity of many speedos to fail in the >>> odometer section lots...
• Re: Speedometer Disassembly Question
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Mon, 27 Nov 2006 13:23:49 -0500
  ...Disconnect battery, remove plastic hood, disconnect electrical connections and speedo cable, remove screws (4) holding cluster to dash, remove cluster and turn it around...
• Re: Intermittant Speedo?
  Historical mailing list - westydriver
  Thu, 17 Oct 2002 18:55:08 -0600
  the cable clips on the back of mine popped one day a few months back..about every month i reach in and push it...
• Re: Speedometer wheel clip 3/16" works
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 30 Jul 2006 06:42:31 -0700
  ...do I need for a clip or whatever to hold the speedometer cable >>in the wheel dust cap? > >It's just a simple circlip...
• Re: Wheel C-clip
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:26:30 -0700
  At 8/10/2010 01:27 PM, titantic01@AOL.COM wrote: > > > I am going to replace the speedometer cable with the one that does...
• Re: 88 West Speedo cable problem after brake job
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Wed, 7 Sep 2005 18:02:21 -0400
  That is correct, the circlip should come off, and the square end of the cable should stay right there sticking out the end of...
• Re: o2 sensor light
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:33:42 -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...
• Different Speedo - circuit board?
  Historical mailing list - Hans Roos
  Sat, 3 May 2003 00:58:21 -0000
  ...I noticed that the mt speedo has a circuit board and the appropriate plug in the foil cable while the speedo that I am...
• Re: Voltage stabilizer installation?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Wed, 27 Jun 2012 21:07:45 -0500
  ...I was surprised to discover that > the speedo cable was the onliest thing holding it (the speedometer) in > place. The corner tabs holding the...
• Re: speedometer in Syncro
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 4 Aug 1996 23:39:48 -0400
  ...The speedo reading has nothing to do woth the odometer. That is directly gear driven off the cable. Dennis.
• Re: noisy speedo
  Historical mailing list - Mr. Polak
  Fri, 13 Feb 2004 07:29:18 -0600
  ...said: > My speedo (or maybe cable?) makes noise in cold weather until I travel > for a while. The indicator needle jumps around and does...
• Dash Cluster Needed, '86+
  Historical mailing list - Don Spence
  Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:30:51 -0600
  ...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: Speedometer wheel clip
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 13 Jul 2006 03:58:20 -0400
  ...Mike Collum <collum@verizon.net> wrote: > >> >> >> >> The speedometer/odometer work fine and any problem with the cable would >> be noticed immediately. >> >> Mike > > > > I suppose...
• Re: Speedometer and 15/65/205 Tires/Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:38:01 -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...
• Re: Which Cromie type Hub Caps fit the Vanagons?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 6 Jan 2006 21:14:01 EST
  ...50 PM Eastern Standard Time, mafrost@GMAIL.COM writes: > Do those fit over the cap that holds the end of the speedo cable? > > yep.
• Fwd: speedo cable
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Fri, 17 Nov 2006 21:01:04 -0500
  Thank you, one and all for your replies. His lack of knowledge about it makes me think he must hae just pried the dustcap...
• Re: Wacky speedo...
  Historical mailing list - LOREN BUSCH
  Tue, 20 Apr 2004 17:44:48 -0700
  ...BTDT Try checking down at the left wheel hub where the end of the speedometer cable comes through the grease cup. The end of...
• Re: Speedometer/odometer problem
  Historical mailing list - 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"
  Tue, 31 Oct 2000 13:56:02 -0500
  ...Reconnect the speedometer cable and all of the electrical connections behind the speedometer (or cluster) and the dash connections, reconnect your battery cable, and...
• Sink water pipe and speedo..
  Historical mailing list - Yoshi
  Thu, 18 May 2000 15:19:14 +0900
  ...I purchase it in Japan. ;) Does Canadian Westy have a "Km" speedo-meter & trip-meter? A part of the flat green cable(harness) is...
• Syncro Parts we can get
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 3 Nov 2009 09:57:33 -0500
  ...251957809J- Syncro Vanagon full length Speedo Cable (OE)- $125 251919051H- Syncro Vanagon Fuel Tank Sender (OE)- $199 SY0019- Backing ring with studs and hardware...
• Re: Speedometer and 15/65/205 Tires/Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:31:23 -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 Odo considerations
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Tue, 22 Mar 2005 13:25:27 -0800
  Although driven by the same rotating shaft (the cable) the speedo and odo are really separate instruments observing two different characteristics of the shaft...
• Re: Quivering speedometer needle started to quiver on 85 Westy.
  Historical mailing list - Alfred Bagdan
  Tue, 13 Jul 2021 18:32:19 -0600
  Just noticed that my speedometer needle quivers. Any ideas what may be causing it. Replaced broken cable about a year ago and it worked...
• Re: Noisy speedo
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 28 Dec 2015 10:14:50 -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: NLA - lower speedometer cable
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:13:35 -0700
  I use the Diesel cable and have done away with the "time box" and separate cable CRAP. Fits 82-91 2wd Vanagons See BD...