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• Dash Cluster Needed, '86+
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:13:15 -0400
  ...I do not need a 2wd speedometer (as that would be of no use to me). I am also in the market for a...
• Re: Speedo spare parts source?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 4 Apr 2004 10:24:32 EDT
  ...plastic gear that drives the odometer and > tripometer in our Vanagon speedometers. You know the one, the one that > eventually splits, stopping the odometer...
• Re: replacment speedometers/odometers
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Fri, 2 Dec 94 16:52:28 PST
  > Alice Gibb writes on Friday pm; > Someone, I think it was Joel, recently posted some names of companies that > might stock '81 Vanago speedometer...
• Re: Speedometer difference
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 19 Sep 2017 14:53:55 -0700
  yes it's for a syncro Doka 16... I will keep my eye on a speedo meter with 1600 thanks a lot... dan
• Re: Speedometer cable replacement question.
  Historical mailing list - cesar quiros
  Thu, 2 Dec 2010 10:45:39 -0800
  ...2010 20:51:33 -0500 > From: mbucchino@CHARTER.NET > Subject: Re: Speedometer cable replacement question. > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Yes, unplug and remove...
• Re: WTB: odometer/instrument cluster for 86-91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Fri, 10 Jul 1998 22:41:59 -0700
  ...These changed in 1986 as the speedometer includes the little circuit board for the oil pressure light. The 1985 speedometer will work on a...
• 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: odometer & hub cap enquiry
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Jul 1995 08:47:00 -0400
  ...A plastic gear in the speedometer housing cracked in half and started to slip on its axle. I wrapped some wire around both sides...
• Wacky speedo...
  Historical mailing list - Holmes, John
  Tue, 20 Apr 2004 14:52:02 -0500
  ...Need a speedometer rebuilt....who does this? Try: http://www.speedometer.com/ They fixed my speedo. M --- Vanagon Man <vgonman@MSN.COM> wrote: __________________________________ Do...
• Re: Soeedo repair
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Thu, 20 Jan 2022 12:49:28 -0500
  Take a look at the hub on left front wheel. � The wheel end of the speedometer fits into a bracket there. � John On Thu...
• Re: KMH / MPH speedometer face available?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 23 Jul 2002 13:28:14 -0700
  ...I really am only interested in the speedo face only, but will consider the complete speedometer, if necessary. Thanks! > > > > Cary > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo...
• Re: Can a whining speedometer be fixed?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 8 Aug 2000 19:20:39 -0700
  ...Disconnect the speedometer cable at the back of the speedometer. Add >> drop by drop to the cable end. Be very careful not to spill...
• Re: Speedometer calibration
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 19 Aug 2001 18:39:55 -0700
  ...what is the small number printed on the dial of your speedometer face near the center? I suspect that these 2 pieces of info...
• Speedometer and odometer doesn't move - Updated
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Mon, 17 Nov 2003 10:32:03 -0600
  ...lower cables jacket toward the wheel hub from the inside the speedometer works. So it was working for about 10 miles and now has...
• Re: Speedometer Noise
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 21 Oct 2004 12:51:47 -0600
  On 10/21/04 12:10 PM, "Sam Johnson" <wrey45@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > Hi All, > I have noticed a ticking noise in my speedometer...
• Dash lights
  Historical mailing list - Marie Whitehead
  Mon, 27 Aug 1956 21:09:50 -0400
  The light that shines down on my speedometer has all of a sudden gone out. How would I change the light bulb that blew...
• Re: Need speedo for 87 westy--speedo problems
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Tue, 22 Sep 1998 16:41:46 -0700
  ...There are *no* gears in most speedometers, including the VW Vanagon one. The several gears in there are only for the odometer. Look for...
• Re: 27000 miles?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 5 Feb 2003 23:13:14 -0600
  You can have my Westy with a 65K speedometer, a 165K speedometer a 212K speedometer and car fax will still tell you the vehicle...
• Re: Yokohama tires
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Tue, 20 Oct 1998 21:55:13 -0500
  ...If my math is correct, this would mean Jim's Passat would have a 15% error in the odometer and speedometer if his new...
• Re: Speedometer cable...nub & clip but no cable....fixable?
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Fri, 6 Aug 2004 16:03:02 -0400
  ...jonathan On Fri, 6 Aug 2004, kevin obrien wrote: > Hello All: > > Many thanks for the replies regarding my Speedometer > not working. I looked at...
• Re: OXS light on
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 10 Jul 2006 10:55:52 -0400
  ...You have 2 speedometer cables. One from the left front wheel to a black box (where the counter lives) and one from the black...
• Re: odometer repairs
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 3 Aug 2007 01:02:59 -0700
  ...I have a speedometer shop in Portland, OR that I send my tachometers and speedometers to for rebuilding and calibration. Just look in the...
• Re: Speedometer wheel clip
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 13 Jul 2006 03:43:33 -0400
  ...LOL The speedometer/odometer work fine and any problem with the cable would be noticed immediately. Mike BenT Syncro wrote: > > > On 7/12/06...
• Life after speedometer
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sun, 13 Mar 2005 21:31:49 -0600
  ...the dust, never mind the four broken screws that attach the speedometer to the whole cluster. The snow is starting to subside so today...
• TOP SPEED
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Rueb
  Mon, 25 Mar 2002 22:12:53 EST
  WONDERING IF ANYONE EVER GOT 2.1 4 SPEED OVER 100MPH GOT MY 87 WOLFSBURG UP TO 95MPH (ACCORDING TO SPEEDOMETER) ON FLAT GROUND...
• Re: Speedometer...cable breaks...
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 18 Sep 2005 22:31:06 -0700
  RE: Speedo Cable Did the cable break or just come loose at the axle hub, messed up when the new tires were being mounted?
• Bouncy Speedo Needle
  Historical mailing list - Christopher
  Sun, 26 Feb 2006 16:27:25 -0800
  I'm interested to know what causes the speedometer needle to bounce and what other owners have done to remedy it? Thx Chris '89...
• Re: Tire vs mph difference
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Sat, 15 Oct 2011 17:44:21 -0600
  On Oct 15, 2011, at 4:10 PM, Jason Orr wrote: > Can someone tell me if my speedometer is off much since I put...
• Re: Speedometer Cable End - cost
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 28 May 1999 07:59:13 -0700
  ...Re: Speedometer Cable End - cost > Well, Volks.....here is what I found out yesterday. My local VW dealer > told me the following. Speedometer cable...
• Re: Soeedo repair
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Jan 2022 13:47:09 +0000
  ...Really folks, I know it's my speedometer.  Does anyone recall or know of some talented person who can open one of these up...
• Removing printed circuit from instrument cluster
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Mon, 6 Apr 2009 20:36:18 -0400
  ...totally rebuild the 4 screw bosses for the speedometer and would like to remove the speedometer, the blue ribbon, and the tachometer so I...
• Sporadic Speedometer ('80 Westy)
  Historical mailing list - Jason Milam
  Tue, 29 Jul 2003 13:43:25 -0700
  ...Now my odometer (and trip meter) are working perfectly (for now), but the speedometer works only sporadically. About 50% of the time it seems...
• Re: NLA - lower speedometer cable
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:42:45 -0700
  ...NLA - lower speedometer cable > Checked with a couple of vendors today. I was told this lower cable from > the wheel to the OXS box...
• Re: 75 MPH - unusual?
  Historical mailing list - Randy Herd
  Thu, 30 Aug 2001 14:48:48 -0600
  ...He gave me a warnig because at a dead stop, with the engine off, the speedometer was still on 59. With the tires that...
• Re: Subject: Speed
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Tue, 22 Nov 2005 07:06:43 -0800
  hmmm My speedometer only goes up to 100 MPH. I have hit 90 a couple of times, but can't find a big enough...
• Re: Instrument cluster speedometer needle break. #%@#%@#$%@!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 29 Mar 2006 09:55:42 -0600
  ...I had cleaned it up >nicely and I was putting it back together when I broke the needle on >the speedometer!! grrr!!! It's...
• Re: speedo/odo off
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 28 Sep 2008 16:10:28 -0400
  At 03:44 PM 9/28/2008, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: >I am under the impression that the speedometer can be calibrated, by an...
• Re: Speedometer Cable End
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 26 May 1999 15:46:36 -0400
  Frank- Before you spend your Saturday futzing with re-manufacturing your speedometer cable and hub dust cap, why don't you check with a...
• Re: Speedo repair question
  Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
  Tue, 1 Oct 2013 22:16:46 -0400
  Overseas Speedometer <http://www.speedometer.com> On Oct 1, 2013, at 9:53 PM, TJ Hemrick <x53gunner@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > Sorry, previously forgot to...
• Re: odometer fix
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 5 Jun 2011 17:00:45 -0700
  ...odometer fix Palo Alto speedometer. I told you I'd help. You never took me up on it. Now I'm running off to...
• RE: Suspended animation
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Oct 1994 10:47:21 CDT
  ...Tried a local speedometer rebuild shop - he had tons of the gears - he said it is a chronic problem with VW/Audi odometers. So...
• Speedometer repairs '84
  Historical mailing list - Dale G.
  Fri, 15 Nov 2002 13:11:18 -0800
  Hi, I have a question on speedometer dismantling. My old speedo became unreliable (showed 17% high), but the odometer was good. I got a...
• Need an Odometer
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 6 Jul 2009 21:56:59 -0700
  ...Amy one have a syncro speedometer for sale? Mike
• Re: temp gauge and coolant light trouble
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 22:16:02 -0700
  ...But one day I had to dismantle my instrument cluster to repair my speedometer. I had to remove and re-install the speedometer many...
• Over-optimistic speedometer
  Historical mailing list - Joachim Beek
  Mon, 3 Jun 1996 14:08:20 -0500 (CDT)
  Evenin' all, this is not directly Vanagon related, but it is about VW speedometers, so someone out there *must* know... The speedo in my...
• SCREAMING Speedometer
  Historical mailing list - Rich Durant
  Tue, 31 Aug 1999 07:50:42 -0700
  ...I'm hoping that I can disconnect the Speedometer cable in a few minutes during lunch. Which end of the cable would be easiest...
• Import CDN Spec 91 VW Westfalia to USA
  Historical mailing list - bnimmo
  Sat, 15 Apr 2000 15:46:21 -0500
  ...The letter from VW of North America states that it needs a MPH speedometer face, and 1/8 in. letters saying 'brake' on/above...
• Re: anther speedo problem
  Historical mailing list - lauterba
  Sat, 3 Jan 2004 23:24:37 -0500
  ...In my experience, the easiest way to fix this problem is to get both a new upper speedometer cable as well as a new...
• Re: Syncro Speedometer drive available
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 29 Dec 2010 14:34:35 -0800
  ...ones which should > be correct for all 14" Syncro with MPH speedometer. Not sure if the > color matters but I know the tooth count...
• Re: speedometer in Syncro
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Aug 1996 20:22:58 -0400
  In a message dated 96-08-02 07:51:05 EDT, emz@viper.nauticom.net (ERIC ZENO) writes: << MY speedometer is not accurate. Can...
• Re: Speedometer vs Tach
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Thu, 15 Oct 1998 15:59:25 -0400
  ...VANAGON.COM> Date: Thursday, October 15, 1998 1:10 PM Subject: Speedometer vs Tach >-- [ From: John H. Rodgers * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] -- > >In...
• Re: Vanagon speedo marked '1000'?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Tue, 17 Jul 2012 06:02:07 -0700
  ...Keeping in mind that VW speedometers tend to read optimistic. > Don't all vanagon speedometer cables connect to the cap on the front > wheel...
• odometer -- HELP!
  Historical mailing list - Linda Bartnik
  Wed, 9 Jul 1997 12:25:57 -0400
  ...How do you get the damn speedometer needle off? thanks, Sean
• Re: Speedo spare parts source?
  Historical mailing list - Bill H.
  Sun, 4 Apr 2004 21:28:54 -0700
  ...Later the odometer gave me trouble and found a local shop that repaired speedometers and it turned out it only needed cleaned and re...
• Re: Quivering speedometer needle started to quiver on 85 Westy.
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Perry
  Thu, 15 Jul 2021 02:19:06 -0400
  ...PM Alfred Bagdan <abagdan@shaw.ca> wrote: > > > Just noticed that my speedometer needle quivers. Any ideas what may be > > causing it. Replaced broken cable...
• Re: broken speedometer needle
  Historical mailing list - James Vogl
  Thu, 20 Apr 2017 11:39:03 -0700
  ...all, > > few days ago in the process of taking out the speedometer to send to VC for > repair, I broke the needle (clumsy me...
• Need info on dismantling speedometer
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:35:30 -0700
  Hi All, I'm trying to take apart a Vanagon speedometer. Need some advice before my experiment turns into an unmitigated disaster.The speedo...
• Odometer/Speedometer Question 88 Westy
  Historical mailing list - John Graham
  Sun, 20 Apr 1997 00:55:03 -0400
  ...I've removed the instrument cluster (no big deal), but I don't see how to detach the speedometer unit from the rest of...
• Re: Speedometer Keeps Breaking
  Historical mailing list - Randy Herd
  Fri, 16 Jun 2000 06:52:29 MDT
  Check your left front tire where the square speedometer cable goes through a square hole in the wheel bearing dust cover (just under the...
• Re: Inaccurate Speedometer
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Tue, 21 Jan 2003 12:13:07 -0600
  ...I'd say upper peg normally but we're > talking Vanagons, heh heh! :^) I've heard theories that the spring in the speedometer weakens...