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• Re: Vanagon gas tank capacity?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 1 Oct 2004 16:06:25 -0500
  ...left when I am at dead zero, > so I > use the trip odometer as my gas gauge. For example, my tank hold 16 > gallons...
• Re: Speedometer clicking - any recommendations?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 4 Jan 1999 15:17:24 CST
  ...speedo, where the cable connects to it. - if you have the trip odometer, it's a little tricky to get the reset plunger/button...
• Re: Tire size question
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 05 Dec 94 22:55:14 CST
  ...Just well ... :) it WILL mess up your odometer, too. ;) >got back from a 600 mile trip and noticed that cruising above 60mph and >the...
• Re: Trip Report and oil leakage
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 15 Nov 2004 22:04:49 -0500
  ...The Syncro odometer also over reads by almost 4%. You probably only traveled 3,165 miles and got 16.1 mpg. 2 quarts of...
• Yet another trip report 12,000 kms Long-ish
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 19 Aug 2003 06:38:54 -0700
  ...Here we have a 2 month break in the trip. July 1, the trip resumes with the odometer broken and just on the north...
• Re: FS 1986 vanagon double-cab pickup syncro, Everett, WA
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 7 Jul 2002 19:54:42 -0700
  ...Player, Cloth Or Velour Upholstery, Front Bucket Seats, Heated Seat(s), Trip Odometer, Interval Wipers, Rear Defroster, and Side Molding.Get more from the...
• Re: turned 200,000 on the odometer!
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Paquette
  Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:41:36 -0400
  ...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: cruising speed and MPG
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 7 Aug 2006 17:05:48 -0400
  ...according to those aforementioned odometer check mileage > markers on the highway, our 1.9l's odo is spot-on. > > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott...
• Re: Things that irk me on my vanagon, and GAS PRICES, now that it's Friday!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 28 Feb 2004 00:37:39 -0500
  Take away the 5% odometer error and the 8% speedo error most 84-85 have and you do not go as far or as...
• Re: Ball Joints Replacement Question
  Historical mailing list - Joe Beckham
  Thu, 17 Sep 1998 09:32:20 -0700
  ...I'll post a trip and mechanical incidents report later in the week. Tom Hanlon Palm Springs, CA 84 Westy @ 176,000 on odometer
• Re: Gas tachometer in a Diesel
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Mon, 11 Feb 2002 16:53:23 -0700
  ...same as my original one, so I lost out on the trip odometer. A new cable would fix me up, but that sounds like...
• Coil-itis
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Sun, 16 Aug 2015 15:46:57 -0700
  You may or may not read my travel post from yesterday - great trip down the Olympic Peninsula and halfway down Oregon coast. At the...
• 90 Wesfalia for sale
  Historical mailing list - Ian Webb
  Sun, 19 Dec 1999 19:52:20 -0500
  ...trip to Vermont (from Virginia) and a few camping trips down to NC. It runs great and even with 133k on the odometer it...
• Broken ODO, was: Re: WTB: 87 Vgon Speedo (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Fred Porter
  Wed, 27 May 1998 22:43:34 -0600
  ...when replacing, make sure you get the trip meter reset shaft through its hole in the clear plastic speedo windo--it flops around a...
• Re: Major Milestone!!!
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Mon, 23 Feb 2004 17:15:23 -0800
  ...Major Milestone!!! > Hi all, > > > > This evening, as I pulled into my driveway from a ski trip my odometer (90 > GL) rolled over to: > > >
• 9000 mile trip report- positive
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
  Tue, 13 Apr 2004 10:38:59 -0400
  ...If that's true, I guess I can adjust the odometer and MPG numbers upward. Had my first real experience with wind, driving west...
• Re: Post-maiden-voyage voyage
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sat, 23 Sep 2006 08:04:16 -0700
  ...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: Fuel Gauge inaccuracy
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 23 Jun 1997 23:26:59 EDT
  ...after dropping off the PO at his home) AND zeroing the >trip > odometer. Somehow, this required act when taking delivery of a > > new vehicle...
• A Day of Vanagon- Seam Rust repair/auto paint
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Mon, 7 Jan 2008 19:17:57 -0500
  ...epoxied the axle in place therefore giving me a functional odometer and trip meter. While in there, i fixed and lubed the cables (that...
• Re: It's still friday, so..
  Historical mailing list - JM/CO
  Sat, 30 Aug 2003 20:11:20 -0400
  ...Have owned it since 1990 when it had 11K on the odometer. Now it's up to 105K. Has the usual GM crap issues...
• Re: Speedometer -- the straight scoop
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 20 Jun 2005 00:22:42 -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: Congrats to Bessie from Mr. Sniffypalms
  Historical mailing list - Mick Reynolds
  Mon, 15 May 2000 19:07:41 GMT
  ...Unbelievable trip, beautiful sights, stealthy camping, killer van. My wife was sitting next to me one day as we drove along and smiling, she...
• Re: Old Volks Home Cluster Retrofit Question
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:07:00 -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...
• 86 2.1 L clunking noise under load
  Historical mailing list - Mark hersh
  Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:59:41 +0000
  ...With this trip, we have put about 2500 miles on him, but this was the longest and most strenuous trip we've been on...
• Re: Vanagon gas tank capacity?
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Fri, 1 Oct 2004 17:07:22 -0500
  ...left when I am at dead zero, so I > use the trip odometer as my gas gauge. For example, my tank hold 16 > gallons...
• Re: Giving thanks today ...
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:04:10 EST
  ...Maybe on the return trip in April we will come by that way. Meanwhlie enjoy yourselves. We get back on the road tomorrow morning...
• 85' Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Thu, 6 Feb 2003 18:00:28 -0500
  ...you shouldn't reset the trip meter while moving until it was too late. So now my odometer doesn't work. Any idea where...
• Parts '82 Westfalia (a.k.a. Wilma, as in Flintstones)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 5 Feb 96 01:42 EST
  ...Pressed the odometer button: odometer stopped working as well as speedometer (the miles counter on both). Speedo works (mph), just both counters stopped/froze...
• Re: What Bentley says Re: Speedo calibration (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Harrnacker
  Wed, 12 Aug 1998 08:23:40 -0700
  ...indicated speed 53 miles per hour > > Bentley also note on the same page (under the Odometer heading) that: > > The number printed on the speedometer...
• Re: Metric Speedometer
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 10 Sep 2004 07:13:34 -0700
  ...The odometer in my new cluster doesn't work (Not sure if it got to me that way, or if it's from kicking...
• Re: blinking temp light, (sorry)
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 21 Aug 2000 09:01:28 -0400
  ...much rain on camping trip, light stayed on two or three minute, or maybe till thermostat open, on recent trip to TBTT, the thing...
• Re: Living the Compleat Vanagon Experience.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:45:59 -0700
  ...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: Life after speedometer, why do they break? -PLASTIC ROT
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Mon, 14 Mar 2005 09:34:59 -0600
  ...The odometer totally not working- usually because the black drive gear is broken and turning on its shaft. And, The trip meter not resetting...
• Re: Is anybody still on this list?
  Historical mailing list - Julianna Elligsen
  Sun, 15 Mar 2015 00:12:29 -0700
  ...This was his 5th Camper/bus, but he had it later in life so it only has 56k on the odometer. I live in...
• '87 Weekender FS
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 15 Jul 1996 21:50:39 -0700
  ...I could not read the odometer's first digit, so it might have either 100k or 200k on it. It has Texas plates, but...
• Engineering solutions to vanagon problems
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Dunn
  Fri, 5 Nov 1999 19:37:47 EST
  ...Driving along, their faithful Digifant WB motor sputtered and their trip ground to halt on the side of the highway. Being tinkerers as they...
• Re: Living the Compleat Vanagon Experience.
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:34:13 -0700
  ...Sigh. > Then about a month ago I blew the headlight switch. > Yesterday the odometer/trip meter seized up. I think I have a spare...
• web page address change
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Wed, 3 Sep 1997 12:10:22 EDT
  ...I have html-ized a few trip reports from list institutions, like Dave Easterwood, Dave Schwarze, Joel Walker, and Ken Hooper, and plan to...
• Clutch Slave Piston Seal installation
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Thu, 15 Oct 1998 08:16:51 -0700
  ...Tom Hanlon Palm Springs, CA 84 Westfalia 179,000 miles on odometer
• Re: Life after speedometer, why do they break? -PLASTIC ROT
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Mon, 14 Mar 2005 11:20:15 -0500
  ...here: > The odometer totally not working- usually because the black drive gear > is broken and turning on its shaft. > And, The trip meter not...
• Engine bearing rattle at warm restart
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sat, 20 May 2006 13:21:04 -0400
  ...On 10 day trip used little if any oil. Compression test healthy/even. Heads were replaced by PO, engine had some kind of "rebuild...
• Apology and Safety
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 15 Apr 96 11:25 CDT
  ...middle leg of the return trip quite well. For you Vanagon people, I have passed 100,000 miles (odometer broken at 66K several years...
• Model Summary for 1987 Vanagon USA
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Dec 1995 12:58:53 -0500
  ...Interior Padded instrument panel Speedometer with trip odometer Tachometer Fuel level gage Coolant temperature gage Digital LCD clock Illuminated vanity mirror Illuminated lockable glove...
• Re: Vanagon gas tank capacity?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 1 Oct 2004 17:32:03 -0500
  ...left when I am at dead zero, >> so I >> use the trip odometer as my gas gauge. For example, my tank hold 16 >> gallons...
• Re: speedometer accuracy
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 6 May 2013 15:10:28 -0700
  Stock tire size on my '87 was revealed to be reading slow when we borrowed "Samantha" the GPS from neighbors for a trip. �In...
• Re: DIY Vanagon Trip Computer Update
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 14 Jul 2002 22:09:27 -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: Potts new Vanagon(s)
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:21:13 -0400
  ...Camping trips, groceries, hauling lumber and firewood, beach trips and sign equipment service work year round in downtown Toronto, Kingston, Windsor, London, and Barrie...
• Re: Syncro vs automatic gaz consumption, with same engine and tires!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:09:27 -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...
• our US trip in a 1982 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Kragen Sitaker
  Tue, 9 May 2006 13:27:04 -0400
  ...line (this is the only one we fixed before starting our trip on 2006-05-04) - floppy side mirrors - cracked windshield washer reservoir - low...
• Re: '84 speedometer failure
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:14:10 -0800
  ...The odometer, however, > is stuck @ 243,483 miles - and the trip meter doesn't move, either. > > That's the straight scoop, I've got...
• New to List
  Historical mailing list - Ed L Lloyd
  Mon, 29 Oct 2001 18:16:14 -0800
  ...the years � flashing oil light, dripping heads, stopped odometer, parking garage problems, camping equipment questions, trip reports, practical advice and opinions, etc. I find...
• Re: cruising speed and MPG
  Historical mailing list - John Lane
  Mon, 7 Aug 2006 20:22:29 -0700
  ...My 83.5 has new Vanco-8's and 190K on the odo...I averaged right at 20 mpg for the 1800 mile trip...
• Oxygen Sensor Warning Light Reset-Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Wed, 19 May 1999 01:09:50 -0500
  ...in concept to the reset button on the dash for the trip odometer.) I used an allen wrench of about 1/8 inch diameter...
• Re: VDO Trip/odometer repairs- North Hollywood
  Historical mailing list
  11 Sep 95 15:58:00 PDT
  --PartBoundary Mon Sep 11 15:59:14 6771034 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Form: Memo Text: (13 lines follow) THE PLACE to...
• HELP: Heads Rebuild: No Compression
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Wed, 10 Apr 2002 13:32:59 -0400
  With one week to go before a planned 3k trip to the Great SouthWest, I have a dilemma. Buy plane tickets and rent a...
• Re: Vanagon not as fast as you think
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 6 Sep 2004 17:58:53 -0700
  ...next trip. When my TriStar says 94km/h on the speedometer I am really doing 100km/h - to get the true odometer, multiply distance...
• Re: do diesel vanagons use the same speedometer as wbx vans??
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:22:21 -0800
  ...also, an 81 air-cooled vanagons speedometer doesn't have a trip odometer, just the main odo with 10ths added, I believe. I have...
• Re: broken speedometer mounts
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 10 Nov 2004 07:43:30 -0600
  ...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: 86 2.1 L clunking noise under load
  Historical mailing list - John Lane
  Thu, 24 Aug 2006 01:51:01 -0700
  ...With this trip, we have put about 2500 miles on him, but this was the longest and most strenuous trip we've been on...
• Re: Increasing fuel economy/decreasing con$umption
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Mon, 26 May 2008 23:45:49 -0400
  ...Mileage on the way there was 21.8mpg, and on the way back, 21.5mpg (I've checked odometer against mile markers, gas is...