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• ISO spedometer hub clip
  Historical mailing list - Jason Yasment
  Tue, 22 Aug 2000 12:32:37 -0700
  I'm looking for the teeny tiny little clip that holds the speedo cable to the hub. Anyone have one on a parts vehicle...
• Re: 3 Questions
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Sun, 6 Dec 1998 21:54:07 +0100
  ...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: EGR/oxygen sensor..
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 18 Aug 2002 09:58:36 -0500
  ...There is a second cable that goes from the little black box to the speedometer. This second cable drives the speedometer. There is a...
• Re: Speedo needle sits still sometimes
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 13 Jan 2014 10:04:53 -0800
  ...Speedo needle sits still sometimes I've got an 84 Vanagon with a fairly recent Speedo cable. I've had the Speedo needle not...
• Re: Cruise control con't
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Thu, 6 Jun 2013 09:38:28 -0600
  ...When using the cruise control the accelerator cable tension may allow the cable to sag and become entangled with the water pipe bracket impeding...
• Re: Dashboard updates
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Tue, 22 May 2001 21:25:09 -0600
  ...Dunno when the change occured, but in 81, the cable screwed into the speedo, and on the 85, it is a snap on connection...
• Re: broken speedometer mounts
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Wed, 10 Nov 2004 05:52:06 +0000
  ...Any idea what causes this? Is it >possible the speedometer cable is pulling on it? > >Is there any way to fix this speedometer? That...
• Re: Choice of Lube
  Historical mailing list - TonyCollin
  Tue, 18 Feb 2014 16:11:43 -0500
  ...Choice of Lube ---- Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > The squeaking-squealing is often from the speedometer head itself, not > the cable. Lubricant will...
• Re: instrument cluster swap
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 3 May 2004 15:44:16 -0500
  ...Screw in Speedo cable vs. Push On. Tack vs. no Tach clusters. I've seen speedometers with cruised control built in. Air Cooled clusters...
• Odometer stopped?
  Historical mailing list - E.J. Lyall
  Tue, 20 Nov 2001 22:16:09 EST
  ...Just removing the speedomter cable. Hope you can help. Thanks e.j.
• Got Shifter Bushings?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:45:27 -0400
  ...251957809J- Syncro Speedometer Drive Cable- $125 4. 251609701D- Syncro Rear Brake Cable (left)- $75 5. 251609702- Syncro Rear Brake Cable (right)- $75 6. 094409181B...
• Odometer not working. Will 1984 unit work in 1990?
  Historical mailing list - J S
  Tue, 1 Aug 2006 17:20:12 -0400
  ...Will this work in the 1990 van? The unit size looks the same, however, where the speedometer cable attaches, it looks slightly different from...
• RE: Speedo Light Replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Casey, Tim
  Wed, 04 Oct 95 13:10:00 PDT
  ...the speedo dash light on a '81 vanagon? >I have the plastic clip/housing out which is attached to the electrical >'ribbon' cable. But...
• Re: 82 odometer/tripmeter
  Historical mailing list - '80 Westy Pokey
  Sun, 10 Jun 2001 06:49:47 -0700
  ...Reconnect the speedometer cable and all of the electrical connections behind the speedometer (or cluster) and the dash connections, reconnect your battery cable, and...
• Oxy mileage sw. not there. 87 syncro Also headlight hardware.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Harrison
  Thu, 25 Sep 2003 21:21:35 -0400
  Is my Syncro different? A probe in the hole in the plastic speedo cable 90 degree cover finds it essentially empty except the cable...
• Re: Odometer/Speedometer OoC
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:51:36 -0700
  ...Of course, I broke the cable clip, a console ear, a housing ear and the speedo needle repairing the odo! Now I use a...
• OXS light
  Historical mailing list - Steven Sittser
  Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:44:04 -0400
  ...I tried (many times) to reset the mileage counter by pressing the button on the speedometer cable box, as described on vanagon.com. It...
• Re: rising cost of Vanagon parts...
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 3 Dec 2013 22:22:09 -0800
  ...speedo - if electronic then you need some sort of device to make electronic signal from speedo cable. Those things are available, but again show...
• Re: Silly question about hub caps
  Historical mailing list - Joe Luther
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:32:12 -0500
  ...Silly question about hub caps Those metal VW caps wouldn't stay on my front drivers either, the dust cap/speedo cable got in...
• Re: Speedometer and 15/65/205 Tires/Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:20:30 -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: Vanagon Instrument Pod Lights Out
  Historical mailing list - Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski
  Sun, 1 Jan 2012 21:26:08 -0600
  ...flex cable, circuit 1 (which is dash illumination) goes first to the tach, next to the idiot light illumination, then to the speedo, and...
• Tires sizes and speedometer errors
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 24 Jan 2004 00:18:56 -0800
  ...The Syncro speedometer needs 2x as many revolutions of the cable to make a 1km as compared to a 2WD speedometer. The 2WD MPH...
• Re: Speedometer goes Click Click Click on Highway
  Historical mailing list - Robert Crawford
  Thu, 11 Jul 1996 19:52:48 -0700
  ...Hughes wrote: >speedometer? I assume a new cable is No Bid Deal, but if it is a worn >speedometer, what do I do?? well...
• Re: Diesel mileage tire question (odometer accuracy)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 15 Dec 2004 10:56:47 -0800
  ...the speedo face of your speedo? That number refers to the revs per mile that the cable must turn for the speedo to be...
• Re: Odometer Repair
  Historical mailing list - 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"
  Mon, 8 Jan 2001 10:38:31 -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...
• Re: Odometer....
  Historical mailing list - '80 Westy Pokey
  Tue, 19 Jun 2001 12:37:05 -0700
  ...Reconnect the speedometer cable and all of the electrical connections behind the speedometer (or cluster) and the dash connections, reconnect your battery cable, and...
• Re: Speedometer -- the straight scoop ??
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Tue, 21 Jun 2005 10:13:12 -0700
  ...that is proportional to the rotational speed (angular velocity) of the speedometer cable. This torque is resisted by a spring attached to the needle...
• Re: speedo cable
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Thu, 6 Oct 2005 10:29:47 -0400
  >On your '84, it turns on your OXY >light after 60,000 miles ... I thought it was 30,000 miles on the '84s? >I...
• Looking for axel nut dustcap
  Historical mailing list - Merv
  Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:03:55 -0400
  ...It is the one that goes on the passenger side of the van without the square speedometer cable hole. Anyone have one they would...
• Re: Cruise Control Sensors
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Mon, 19 Oct 1998 17:30:30 -0700
  ...Tach no longer works, speedo cable ripped off the speedo, broken tab >on the instrument cluster housing so the cover rattles etc etc. > >And...
• Re: Odometer?intrument cluster question
  Historical mailing list - 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"
  Tue, 24 Oct 2000 10:53:41 -0400
  ...Reconnect the speedometer cable and all of the electrical connections behind the speedometer (or cluster) and the dash connections, reconnect your battery cable, and...
• Re: odometer and trip-odometer stopped
  Historical mailing list - '80 Westy Pokey
  Tue, 10 Jul 2001 10:43:20 -0700
  ...Reconnect the speedometer cable and all of the electrical connections behind the speedometer (or cluster) and the dash connections, reconnect your battery cable, and...
• Unexpected Speedo fix
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 19 Jun 2023 16:45:31 -0400
  ...We had to play with the speedo cable a bit to get it out into the cap and then carefully get the C clip...
• Re: O2 sensor light on means?
  Historical mailing list - Linda Bartnik
  Sun, 8 Jun 1997 17:30:42 -0400
  ...The light is connected to a mileage counter in line with the speedometer cable. The light has nothing to do with the condition of...
• Re: Vanagon total drag and mechanical losses
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Tue, 1 Dec 1998 22:05:21 -0600
  ...the bike speedos don't have too much wire. If you wanna go to this much trouble, surely lengthening the cable wouldn't be...
• Re: Speedo fix (I think..maybe.)
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:47:36 -0600
  On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 8:58 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote: ... > irritating noise....So 'lifting and supporting' the cable with...
• Re: Intermittant Speedo?
  Historical mailing list - Jason Weisberger
  Fri, 18 Oct 2002 06:35:52 -0700
  ...spedo cable out so I have a choice of the threaded on or the push on > clip type speedometer. > Just keep buying speedometers whenever...
• Re: speedometer cable installation question
  Historical mailing list - Jerry
  Tue, 6 Feb 2007 18:33:19 -0600
  ...On Vanagon models, locate mileage counter under spare tire or under driver's floorboard (in-line with speedometer cable). Using a pointed instrument, depress...
• Re: Wheel C-clip
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Wed, 11 Aug 2010 07:51:29 -0400
  ...Aug 10, 2010 4:27 PM > > > > I am going to replace the speedometer cable with the one that does away > with the EG counter...
• Re: O2 Lite Resetting
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 26 Jan 2002 19:06:17 -0500
  ...I have traced the speedo cable from the wheel to the >speedometer and find nothing. Is there another setup that was used? I >thought...
• Re: speedo cable lube-able?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sat, 11 Jun 2005 09:01:49 EDT
  ...Bike shops (not bicycle, REAL bikes) stock cable lube which is composed of graphite suspended in a solvent vehicle which carries the graphite into...
• Odometer/Speedometer OoC
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:49:44 -0700
  ...While monkeying with it I managed to break the speedo needle, the cable mounting clip and one of the housing corners. To make matters...
• Re: Driver's side front wheel grease cap
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Tue, 28 Aug 2012 08:43:58 -0700
  ...have a look at any fwd car, see any speedo cable connection on front wheel? > > alistair
• Re: Random Compatibility Questions
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:17:33 -0800
  The speedo will very possibly work. Many and perhaps most 82 have the later style speedo cable end and say 805, like the 85...
• Re: Odometer Repair in Toronto?
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Thu, 17 Apr 2003 12:42:54 -0400
  ...Reconnect the speedometer cable and all of the electrical connections behind the speedometer (or cluster) and the dash connections, reconnect your battery cable, and...
• Re: speedometer no move
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 12 Nov 2003 11:02:13 -0500
  ...speedometer out. I used a drill to spin it and the needle moves fine. Therefore my problem must be one of the cables, or...
• Re: Cruise Control Sensors
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Tue, 20 Oct 1998 11:30:55 +0200
  ...Tach no longer works, speedo cable >ripped off the speedo, broken tab >on the instrument cluster housing so the >cover rattles etc etc. >And...
• Re: Cruise Control Parts Shared With Rabbit?
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:51:44 +0200
  ...So the half-speed 2WD speedo cable will quite sure be the reason. Raimund mark drillock schrieb: > The recent VW parts list I saw...
• calling Don Hanson and his hamster
  Historical mailing list - brett rueff
  Sun, 23 Jan 2011 18:48:58 +0000
  ...holding up with no noise? Do you think it was the lube in the speedo or the zip ties to support the cable? ThanksBrett
• Re: Speedo 'jigger'
  Historical mailing list - Michael Jurik
  Tue, 20 Oct 1998 21:38:56 EDT
  ...I checked the cable, which was ok. After about 2 or 3k miles, the speedometer died. I got one at a junkyard after recovering...
• Re: Not shifting into 4th gear...maybe?
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:22:16 -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: CORRECTION turning off O2 sensor light on dash
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Thu, 14 Sep 2006 17:07:06 -0400
  On my '85, it's on the little box that sits in line with the SPEEDOMETER cable... follow the cable in from the left...
• Noisy speedo
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Mon, 28 Dec 2015 13:19:07 -0700
  ...the speedo out of the pod. Then drip maybe five or six drops of Super Lube into the little hole the cable goes into...
• Re: Lubricate front heater control cables?
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Mon, 5 May 2008 09:37:12 -0700
  ...Same thing happened to my 90, so I did the same treatment to all 4 cables. Works great on the speedo cable, too. Keith...
• Re: OXS box noise
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Fri, 19 Oct 2007 09:15:48 -0400
  ...The problem turned out to be the speedometer itself. I tamed the problem by squirting some oil into the speedometer where the cable entered...
• Re: speedo noise
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Mon, 5 Apr 2004 14:43:41 EDT
  ...I had the > instrument unit in and out a couple of times and apparently the cable didn't > like the angle it ended up...
• Re: Oxygen Sensor Reset/Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Kerry G. Stanley
  Thu, 4 Sep 1997 10:42:48 -0500
  ...From the front of the van, the speedo cable from the dash attaches to this black box. And there is an electrical connector. The...
• Re: Speedo needle sits still sometimes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 14 Jan 2014 20:46:10 -0500
  ...Speedo needle sits still sometimes I've got an 84 Vanagon with a fairly recent Speedo cable. I've had the Speedo needle not...
• Re: Noisy speedo
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Mon, 28 Dec 2015 23:02:57 -0800
  ...Noisy speedo Thanks Gene. Going through the cable hole would have been my first attempt. Thanks for confirming it's doable and it yielded...
• Re: Crazy idea?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014 10:02:19 -0700
  ...The speedo > and odometer are driven by a cable that does not know or care what > engine the vehicle has or even that it...