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Re: 89 dash Speedometer LIght
Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
Mon, 7 Aug 2000 15:06:12 EDT
There are two small plastic bulb holders mounted on the top piece of the instrument cluster. They slide off for bulb replacement. Most situations...
Re: Speedometer calibration
Historical mailing list - T Berk
Fri, 10 Aug 2001 15:39:48 -0700
Besides the number on the dial and the size of the wheel there is the gear on the end of the speedo cable. This...
Re: Speedometer and odometer accuracy
Historical mailing list - John Connolly, Aircooled.Net
Tue, 22 Mar 2005 14:30:08 -0700
here's what I found on 2 of our vehicles. 87' Syncro; Speedo accurate now that we have 225/75/15s on it. Before...
Re: Speedometer cable
Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
Tue, 25 Jul 2017 04:53:32 +0000
...00:51 -0600 From: Eric Wunrow <VW@ERICWUNROW.COM> Subject: Re: Speedometer Cable I just replaced the grease cap with a new one after...
Questions for you conversion experts
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Wed, 6 Aug 2003 09:53:30 -0700
...In the donor car, the Golf III has no speedometer cable, but a vehicle speed sensor that sends a digital signal from the transmission...
Re: Vanagon not as fast as you think
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Mon, 6 Sep 2004 17:58:53 -0700
...Vanagon not as fast as you think You may not actually be going as fast as your speedometer indicates since the Vanagon speedometer is...
Re: Odometer and trip counter ceased to function today
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 3 Jul 2011 12:01:45 -0700
...the odometers on vanagon speedometers break often. you can read about how to fix it in many places online. and you probably know not...
Re: Speedometer Cable End - cost
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Fri, 28 May 1999 05:37:53 -0400
...found out yesterday. My local VW dealer told me the following. Speedometer cable, inner and outer, (inner not available seperately)......$65. AND...the dust...
Not an oil temp post
Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
Sun, 28 Feb 2021 00:18:35 +0000
Surprise, this post is about what's a good smart phone app to use as a speedometer. I went on line and there are...
how to remove an instrument panel bulb
Historical mailing list - dj
Mon, 9 Mar 2009 22:30:44 -0700
Can someone tell how to remove an instrument panel bulb? The one for the speedometer on my 84 Vanagon is not working and I...
Re: Speedometer calibration
Historical mailing list - Dick Bowie
Sun, 19 Aug 2001 21:30:00 -0400
Hi there My Westy's odometer read 1.2 kilometers after traveling an actual kilometer. I got to wondering how many other Vanagons have...
right sized tires, wrong speed indication
Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
Mon, 18 Feb 2002 22:22:44 -0500
My '84 westy cruises nicely at 75-80 MPH, according to the speedometer. It's got to be wrong. I suspect by about 10...
Re: help!! vanagon cruise control question!!!
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Tue, 13 Aug 2002 10:51:35 -0500
...any one > else pulled out a cruise system? please email me > thanks > chris On the back of the speedometer. Larry A.
Need Speedo
Historical mailing list - Steven Sabins
Thu, 7 Nov 2002 13:07:34 -0800
You can convert any vanagon Speedo to a Cruise Control Model by adding a Cruise Control Speedometer Head Sensor VW part # 321 907 344...
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: Crazy idea?
Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
Tue, 29 Jul 2014 17:34:42 -0700
Always wondered why extreme speedometer accuracy is such a holy or holey grail. Like Time, it really doesn't matter what the speedo says...
Re: Fwd: Re: Re: speedometer accuracy
Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
Tue, 7 May 2013 12:57:47 -0500
...speedometer/" target=_blank>http://gpssystems.net/accurate-gpsbased-speedometer...
Need a speedo and SORRY
Historical mailing list
Mon, 11 Sep 95 15:51 CDT
...I need a >new odometer/speedometer cluster for my '81 Vanagon. The speedo >works, but the odometer/tripometer is dead. Sure would like to...
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: Wacky speedo...
Historical mailing list - Myers, Thomas A
Tue, 20 Apr 2004 16:13:52 -0400
...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: Old Volks Home Cluster Retrofit Question
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 24 Apr 2010 22:32:07 -0700
...Does > anyone know why or if there is a work around? It's not that your 84 speedometer won't screw into the later...
Re: '89 Westy - Canadian?
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
Wed, 4 Mar 1998 12:53:04 -0800
...You can't swap the speedometers. But you did not say what the door-post sticker says. Maybe it originated someplace other than the...
Re: Odometer/Speedometer OoC
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:59:50 -0500
...one > of three new problems (odometer, speedometer, trip meter): "Then there's the > matter of getting the speedometer needle back in the right position...
Re: "Re: Speedo error"
Historical mailing list - Herb Harmison
Tue, 6 Jun 95 14:57:50 -0500
If anyone ever travels through Iowa on the interstates you can check your speedometer and odometer as the mile markers are EXACTLY 1 mile...
Re: whining speedometer and oil usage
Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
Sun, 7 Jan 2001 11:38:56 -0600
Mark, What I would do is; Disconnect the bottom of the cable, from the box, disconnect the cable at the speedo, and blow some...
Re: lousy mileage
Historical mailing list - mike miller
Fri, 9 Feb 2001 08:13:33 -0800
...lousy mileage > I thought I was getting good mileage - until I checked my > Speedometer/odometer and discovered that it was off by 2/10ths...
Re: Speedo spare parts source?
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
Sun, 4 Apr 2004 08:41:49 -0700
Try http://www.speedometer.com/ they fixed my 91 speedo. Malcolm --- Tom Young <tomyoung1@COMCAST.NET> wrote: > I need to find a new gear...
Speedo noise zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Historical mailing list - Zoltan
Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:33:31 -0700
Hi guys, As the headline says; the speedometer is making a noise with the new cable installed. Not every time though. When its quiet...
Re: spedo/odo error confusion
Historical mailing list - mike miller
Wed, 24 Oct 2001 22:56:17 -0700
...The mile marks on highways, the ones supposed to be for speedometer checks, are set with wheels much like, or identical to, the ones...
Re: Speedo cable noise
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Wed, 15 Oct 1997 00:05:29 -0700
...When I disconnected it from the >speedometer unit it was silent. I found that the speedo gauge was making >the noise. Not having the...
Re: Odometer not working. Will 1984 unit work in 1990?
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Tue, 1 Aug 2006 18:15:33 -0500
...I removed the >>> instrument cluster, removed the speedometer/odometer from the >>> cluster, >>> and noted the shaft had just fallen out of the end of...
Re: Odometer starts and stops
Historical mailing list - developtrust
Thu, 2 Dec 2004 21:13:41 -0800
...William > Sorry to report that my new speedometer cost $180 as I recall, and that > was discounted from $220. And that was two years...
Re: Speedometer Weirdness
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Wed, 2 Aug 2006 14:46:16 -0700
...Maybe time to upgrade to an electronic speedometer and an inductive pickup at one of the inner CVs? -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
Re: [Syncro] Nedd Help With Gauge Cluster
Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
Sat, 19 Mar 2011 09:06:03 -0700
...Palo Alto Speedometer in Palo Alto may have what you need and certainly would have the information. http://www.paspeedo.com/index.htm On...
RE: screeching, angst inducing speedometer
Historical mailing list - Will Wood
Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:42:55 -0700
=09 Once it warms up inside It goes away. Any ideas how to fix this extremely annoying sound..... It could be the cable and...
Re: Speedometer Cable End
Historical mailing list - Martin Laycock
Fri, 28 May 1999 09:17:59 +0100
> I do not believe the speedo cable is available >anywhere but through the dealer........prove me wrong on this one and I'll >be...
Re: GPS
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Fri, 12 May 2000 17:43:39 +1200
>Andrew, I don't think you'd find it a satisfactory speedometer for a car -- >it doesn't measure speed directly at all Yes...
Re: speedo cluster for sale
Historical mailing list - Tom Smith
Sat, 26 Aug 2000 17:54:20 EDT
I believe the 80 speedo cable has a different coupler for the speedometer than the 83/84. I got a used one out of...
Re: anther speedo problem
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Sun, 4 Jan 2004 08:24:50 -0500
...the way to the instrument cluster? <snip> As long as your speedometer uses the "Push On" type of connector. As I recall, older speedos...
Re: Speedometer and odometer accuracy
Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
Tue, 22 Mar 2005 15:17:12 -0600
jimt wrote: "Are those 15 inch or 14 inch wheels? If they are 14 inch then the speedo/odo are actually reading correctly for...
Re: [Syncro] Looking for a Syncro speedo
Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
Tue, 3 Oct 2006 12:00:25 -0400
Gilles, what is broken in your speedometer? These can be sometimes repaired. If you'd rather not mess with it, send it to me...
Re: how to fix cracked intrument cluster housings where speedo/tach mount to cluster
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:10:10 -0500
...Then, epoxy the studs where the screws used to go and use nuts and washers to hold the speedometer to it's mountings. Mike
Re: MPG
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Tue, 4 Sep 2007 01:42:14 -0400
...I often used it to check my > speedometer. > I have found my speedometers of all my cars just about dead on > accurate.
Re: right sized tires, wrong speed indication
Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
Tue, 19 Feb 2002 07:23:20 -0600
William, I monitor my gas mileage regularly and without knowing my speedometer error, and my odometer error as a result, my figures would be...
Re: speedometer no move
Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
Wed, 12 Nov 2003 11:02:13 -0500
...So I have the speedometer out. I used a drill to spin it and the needle moves fine. Therefore my problem must be one...
Re: Soeedo repair
Historical mailing list
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 17:17:29 +0000
...Soeedo repair Hello all; My speedometer needle is bouncing around and I have a clicking noise. I lubed it up with a non-petroleum...
Re: MPG
Historical mailing list - David Kao
Mon, 3 Sep 2007 18:37:17 -0700
...I often used it to check my speedometer. I have found my speedometers of all my cars just about dead on accurate. ____________________________________________________________________________________Ready for...
Re: Crazy idea?
Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
Mon, 28 Jul 2014 11:08:26 -0500
...Goodrich 215/70-16 tires and I > purchased the GW modified speedometer. Its a +7% and reads exactly what my > gps output displays so...
Re: Noisy speedo
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 28 Dec 2015 10:14:50 -0500
...Noisy speedo The real problem is that the rotating parts in the speedometer have worn and the noise if from the inner hub chattering...
Re: Odometer/Speedometer OoC
Historical mailing list - The Westy man
Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:58:01 -0700
...Odometer/Speedometer OoC >I don't resent mine ever, but the thing about resetting is a myth. :-) > > Larry A. > > > On Mon, Jun 23, 2008...
Re: Raining-no cruise control
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Fri, 14 Feb 2003 13:16:04 -0500
...speedometer) when hydroplaning (I was doing 60 and the speedometer read 20). Rear wheel drive vehicle (VW bug) and the speedometer cable connects to...
Tires (The never ending story)
Historical mailing list - Roy O.
Tue, 29 Aug 2000 22:58:21 -0500
...I want to minimize the effect a change in tire size may have upon my speedometer so it would be helpful to know the...
Re: WTB: Speedometer for my 87 Westy
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Wed, 4 Nov 2015 06:20:37 -0700
I don't quite understand how the needle got to the OTHER SIDE of the peg. Can you better describe this? Karl Wolz Sent...
Does mileage really matter?
Historical mailing list - JRodgers
Sun, 2 Mar 2014 21:22:36 -0600
...to report when someone asks - only what's on the current speedometer. The mileage issue seems to spook my potential buyers. They ain't...
Speedo cable clip(plastic)
Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
Fri, 27 Jul 2001 18:37:10 -0700
Im missing the white plastic clip that holds the cable onto the speedometer. Is there a quick fix for this? I need to fix...
Re: Insturment cluster repairing and speedometer repair
Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
Mon, 30 Oct 2006 15:10:00 -0500
I cannot see where to drill. I looked at an old auircooled speedo,today.A cover of pot metal exists to cover this gear...
Re: Insturment cluster repairing and speedometer repair
Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
Sun, 29 Oct 2006 16:52:29 -0500
Hobby shops sell very small bits.I have one glue into a Bic pen barrel.I twist it the old fashion way. With my...
Cluster lights
Historical mailing list - Slloth
Fri, 4 Apr 2008 19:07:45 -0700
...So now I have two lights out! I'm afraid to mess with the speedometer light that is still working. -- �84 Westfalia Gasoline
Re: trip odometer
Historical mailing list
Mon, 21 Nov 94 13:09:32 PST
...vw's, volvo's, bmw's and other cars with vdo speedometers >.. this is a really quick way to break that little gear inside...
Re: 88 toyota van from japan on ebay
Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
Mon, 11 Jul 2005 21:14:27 -0400
...Last time I checked into this, changing the speedometer was one of the main things that had to be done for certification, unless it...