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• Re: Tire trivia
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 22 Mar 2005 06:37:48 -0800
  ...Tires that are around 27" tall are the most accurate > for the stock speedometer. Usually the speedometer is a little optimistic > about everything. Right...
• Re: speedometer in Syncro
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Sat, 3 Aug 1996 13:10:51 -0400 (EDT)
  ...1936 Chrysler On Sat, 3 Aug 1996, Robert Crawford wrote: > > >> << > >> MY speedometer is not accurate. Can somone tell me > >> if your tach is running...
• tire OD affects odometer, was Re: Alternative Rims
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Wed, 16 Jun 1999 23:24:42 -0600
  ...OD is about 7% taller, and you guessed it, the speedometer reads just about dead on now. It's not the rim (per se...
• Not the usual trip odometer problem
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sun, 15 Aug 2004 17:36:32 -0500
  ...Now my mechanic was fooling around with it after this came up because my speedometer was making noise after having the wheels pulled off...
• Re: Dash Cluster Needed, '86+
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:34:33 -0700
  ...A speedometer is an instrument to measure velocity. Period. > Nowhere does the law say it has to be VW part number 251-xxx-xxx...
• Re: Oil Pressure Buzzer? After Tach Wiring.
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 16 May 2005 17:33:17 -0700
  ...The newer system runs > >everything thru a small L-shaped circuit board inside the speedometer > >housing. Probably the easiest way to keep the system...
• Re: Speedometer and 15/65/205 Tires/Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Dor�
  Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:03:44 -0400
  ...I have come to the conclusion that I am not driving as fast as my speedometer indicates as people are racing around me and...
• Re: Speedometer and odometer doesn't move - Updated
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Mon, 17 Nov 2003 07:03:44 -0800
  The speedometer cable is driven by the front driver side wheel. There is a cap on the wheel, and the cable protrudes from this...
• Re: Crazy idea?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 28 Jul 2014 16:55:39 -0400
  The speedometer is very easy to re-calibrate. Simply reposition the needle. As for the odometer most from this vintage are over ambitious ~4...
• Re: Driver's side front wheel grease cap
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 28 Aug 2012 09:09:48 -0500
  Frank, I believe that most have traditionally linked the speedometer cable to the transmission. mcneely ---- Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM> wrote: > Mr. Squirrel, how...
• Re: Dealership Replacement Speedometer Housing Colour?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 18 May 2016 08:26:25 -0700
  on one of my van the back of the speedo meter is white like yours. Looking closely the white plastic material seems to be...
• Re: '84 Westy Speedometer Accuracy
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Wed, 1 Jan 2003 09:59:53 -0500
  If you are up for a project, you might install the "DIY Vanagon trip computer" like I did. You can calibrate it to the...
• Re: friday...whats the FASTEST youve driven in your vanagon????
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir H. Desai
  Sat, 6 Mar 2004 14:20:55 -0500
  i know it's not Friday anymore, but i just thought i would mention that i have more than pegged the speedometer in my...
• Re: Dash Cluster Needed, '86+
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:11:48 -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...
• 80 Westy Odometer Problems
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 5 Dec 1996 12:29:53 -0700 (MST)
  I have a 1980 Westfalia Vanagon that has a broken odometer (speedometer works fine) and I have been reading recent e-mails about how...
• Re: anther speedo problem
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Sat, 3 Jan 2004 21:42:45 -0800
  ...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: Speedo Gremlins
  Historical mailing list
  11 Jun 97 06:58:11 PDT
  ...Speed was stuck at 0...when I was driving home to work, surprize! The speedo was working!...Do I have speedometer gremlins? Or am...
• Re: 130mph in a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Tue, 7 Dec 2004 17:07:32 -0800
  ...that the picture he's offered as proof clearly shows a speedometer resting at ZERO mph. The needle is simply on the wrong side...
• Technique For Removing Speedo needle?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sat, 3 Oct 2009 03:59:52 -0500
  ...how to's more or lessgloss over the removiing of the speedometer needle. Just don't wanna break it as it appears to REALLY...
• Thanks for Speedometer help
  Historical mailing list - Denis B�lisle
  Thu, 16 Apr 1998 00:57:02 -0700
  Hello x' scuse me for the post Sorry may be you recieve the message about the formula for tire diameter upside down a bit...
• Re: Q: Syncro Speedometer Cable
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sun, 2 Jan 2000 09:17:11 -0500
  Thanks PerL. I can't figure out how to detach it. I need a picture or a description. -Larry Per Lindgren wrote: > The cable...
• Adam Puzerewski - Where Are You?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 14 May 2001 08:24:41 -0500
  Adam, I received the speedometer. If you are out there send me an e-mail. I have lost your e-address. We need to...
• Looking for some used parts
  Historical mailing list - Glen Cook
  Tue, 24 Feb 2004 23:45:35 -0800
  ...As well as a US speedometer. If so please e-mail me privately. Thanks Glen
• Re: Effects of tire sizes on fuel economy!
  Historical mailing list - P. Stanhope
  Sun, 22 Feb 2004 17:17:52 -0800
  ...Average mileage was 17.4 miles per gallon. > Tires were Goodyear > Wrangler Aquatreads, 215/70-14, (~26" diameter). > Speedometer/odometer > error still over reading...
• Re: Odometer/Speedometer OoC
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:26:04 -0400
  ...Re: [VANAGON] Odometer/Speedometer OoC Larry, I think too. Resetting while driving or standing can be the same? hard. I just don't press...
• Re: Strange Static Buzzing Noise Coming From The Dash?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Sun, 20 Feb 2011 03:52:06 -0500
  ...Could they be burning out? Could it be the speedometer cable whining at high speed and just making a noise? Could I somehow spray...
• Re: Speedometer problems
  Historical mailing list - Jason Yasment
  Mon, 8 May 2000 14:20:13 EDT
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: [VANAGON] Speedometer problems Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 18:05:00 +0200 Hi, I just bought a 1987 Transporter...
• Re: Looking for instrument cluster or tachometer
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 8 Dec 2021 15:47:11 -0500
  ...On Wed, Dec 8, 2021 at 2:35 PM Tom Buese <tantonbz@gmail.com> wrote: > Yup, speedometer, Odometer & Tachometer! > So many gauges on these...
• Joel, Change da stats!
  Historical mailing list - Crazed Idiot
  Tue, 6 Feb 96 20:28:28 EST
  ...All I need to do is adjust those brakes and fix that speedometer and I should be set as far as the major stuff...
• 85' speedometer problems :-(
  Historical mailing list - Tracy Bonin
  Tue, 25 Feb 2003 06:14:04 -0800
  Good Morning!, Last night on my way home from school my speedometer started freaking out, and not registering the correct speed. I was about...
• Re: Whatever happened to speedo cable lube?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 3 Dec 2009 20:33:51 -0800
  ...On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 7:39 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote: > I went for some speedometer cable lube t'other...
• Tires
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 26 Sep 94 22:54:09 -0600
  ...And by some strange coincidental cancellation of errors somehow, the speedometer is quite accurate. Will Self '84 Vanagon
• 82 odometer/tripmeter
  Historical mailing list - David Kjeldgaard
  Sun, 10 Jun 2001 00:48:49 EDT
  ...The speedometer works fine. Are these possible to repair? Has anyone on list been able to fix these before? If not, can the mileage...
• Temp LED doesn't work
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 8 Oct 2005 19:22:25 -0500
  I recently changed out an instrument cluster, swapping in my old speedometer, because I was having various dash light problems as well as a...
• Re: Odometer/Speedometer OoC
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:29:59 -0400
  At 05:04 PM 6/23/2008, John Goubeaux wrote... >This is for a 1984 model which I assume is still applicable to an...
• Re: What I Found About Tire Height Calculations
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Wed, 31 Jan 2001 03:46:14 EST
  ...For the pathologically inclined, I connected the speedometer cable to an electrically encoded calibrated motor. I found 60 mph indicated on the speedometer 801...
• Re: GPS to check Speedo
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 2 Jul 2002 21:28:40 -0700
  ...The speedometer is pretty accurate unless you are drastically changing your direction within one second. My Garmin GPS II+ is VERY accurate as a...
• Origin of the Metre/Meter (Was: Re: Warning!!! Check Your Speedometer - What a Sad, Sad Example)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Jack
  Thu, 16 May 2002 21:42:07 +1000
  ...http://www.physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/meter.html Regards Andrew (whose speedometers <note it's not a speedomile> all read in kilometres per...
• instrument cluster bulb
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 Jan 1997 20:36:55 -0800
  Does anyone know how to remove the instrument cluster bulbs that light the speedometer, tach and clock? One of them burned out and I...
• Re: speedometer light
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 18 Nov 1999 01:10:55 +0100
  Scarlett Semko wrote: > Per, > Do you mean that the bulb/socket units from the jetta/quantum is the same and wil fit the Vanagon...
• Re: Life after speedometer, why do they break?
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Mon, 14 Mar 2005 20:44:15 -0500
  TASTELESS?!? How was that determined, pray tell? :-) Marc jbange wrote: > I used a teflon lube gel on mine when I "rebuilt" it. My boss...
• Re: Speedometer
  Historical mailing list - - Melissa Puckett
  Fri, 31 Mar 2006 19:24:49 EST
  Yes i checked it out and the cup on the hub is the problem so we drove 50 miles up and back with no...
• Re: 180 MPH Speedo
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 1 Sep 2008 04:22:19 +0000
  ...Todd P Last <Rubatoguy@COMCAST.NET> > Where can I find the 180 MPH Vanagon speedometer shown on this Vanagon > for sale? > (Take a look...
• Re: Bullet proof Vanagon, Interesting van on Ebay UK
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 5 Jan 2009 20:36:20 +0000
  ...No wonder the owners want to get rid of it............" ....did ya notice that there was no clock or speedometer ... there's a calendar...
• Re: Speedometer cable replacement question.
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Tue, 30 Nov 2010 20:51:33 -0500
  ...2010 2:58 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Speedometer cable replacement question. At 12:02 PM 11/30/2010, Don Hanson...
• Re: SA trailer hitch and odometer fix question
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Mon, 25 Jul 2005 15:33:54 -0400
  ...For speedometer repair, try this link for information: http://tinyurl.com/djbqt It's about Porsche speedometers, but the instrutions work for the Vanagon...
• Re: Need info on dismantling speedometer
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:00:55 -0400
  ...Need info on dismantling speedometer Don't know how far you intend to disassemble yours or for what reason, but I only needed to...
• GPS died
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 4 Apr 2010 14:08:53 -0700
  ...It looked good in my Vanagon and was great for the speedometer if nothing else. I'm going to replace it with a Garmin...
• Re: screeching, angst inducing speedometer
  Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
  Sat, 23 Nov 1996 01:26:30 -0500 (EST)
  ...Coming Soon!> On Fri, 22 Nov 1996, Rob Wilke wrote: > My Speedometer on my 87 synchro sounds like a blade of grass being blown...
• Re: right sized tires, wrong speed indication
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Mon, 18 Feb 2002 21:55:02 -0800
  ...Some of those replying felt it necessary to differentiate between actual and indicated speedometer readings, since vanagons are known for having inaccurate speedometers while...
• Speedometer Weirdness
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 2 Aug 2006 14:08:06 -0700
  Hey all, In the past , the VW's I owned went thru speedometer cables often. My Vnagon is still on the original. Now my...
• MPG
  Historical mailing list - Maggie Dew
  Sat, 1 Apr 2006 10:52:53 -0600
  ...Another interesting thing I have noticed is that when I try to compare my speedometer to the speed on my GPS, I don't...
• I'm in Glade Spring, VA for the winter
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:45:00 -0400
  ...When I had Nokian Hakkapeliitta 185 14 tires on the Westy, GPS said 66 mph when the speedometer read 65. I put Hankook 195...
• Re: Report: gas mileage, in town, 1.9L AT
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 5 Apr 2011 10:36:03 -0700
  ...If I use a little more accurate mileage like from my GPS, my MPG drops about 2%, the amount both my speedometer and odometer...
• Re: Trip Odometer Myth(?)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Thu, 17 Apr 2003 21:19:45 -0700
  ...OTAGO.AC.NZ> wrote: >> If any one thing on a Vanagon screams junk it has to be the speedometer. > > Engine? Trans? Switchgear? Locks? VC? >
• Factory cruise control
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Fri, 30 Jul 2004 19:02:54 -0700
  Can someone tell me what years the factory cruise control was offered? Is the speed sensor in the speedometer just a reed switch that...
• 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: Speedometer wheel clip
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 12 Jul 2006 23:07:28 -0400
  ...Mike Rob wrote: > What do I need for a clip or whatever to hold the speedometer cable > in the wheel dust cap? Can I...
• Speedometer Cable End Repair-Update
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 2 Jun 1999 05:06:57 -0400
  My speedometer cable end has been repaired ! Welding ! Yes, welding ! I took my mig welder and with the wire extended just touched the surfaces...
• Re: Speedometer Part
  Historical mailing list - Edmund Shotwell
  Tue, 20 May 2003 17:38:59 -0400
  ...May 20, 2003 5:22 PM To: Edmund Shotwell Subject: Re: Speedometer Part Check with Mark Drillock. He helped me fix mine. > I have...