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• Re: speedometer cable
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 24 Sep 2005 19:54:52 -0500
  ...speedometer cable > Can someone on this list advise me where I can purchase the portion of the > speedometer > cable that runs from the driverside...
• Speedometer error calculator
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 16 Nov 2001 22:13:24 -0800
  Since tires are such a popular discussion, here is a link to a Speedometer error calculator. You enter your original tire size, then what...
• Re: Syncro speedo is different?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Vickey
  Sat, 10 Apr 2004 16:58:02 -0400
  Doug, Yes, the cable will connect to your 2wd speedometer. Percentage "off" depends on speed. Cable is wrong length, too. You can't use...
• Speedometer troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Mon, 15 Nov 1999 20:17:48 -0500
  I have been troubleshooting a nonworking speedometer that occurred after I had the instrument cluster out. I have done the following: 1. When I...
• Re: Speedometer for my 87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge/RFAN
  Wed, 4 Nov 2015 09:05:27 -0800
  James, If you are still looking for the Speedo...and are near Palo Alto, you might check out Palo Alto Speedometer...they've been...
• Why is this Here?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew C. Huntley
  Mon, 29 Aug 2005 18:46:06 -0700
  I have been looking over my speedometer/odometer and Console a lot, and I try various fixes for the Odometer problem I have been...
• Re: Speedometer for my 87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Wed, 4 Nov 2015 10:35:08 -0800
  ...Speedometer for my 87 Westy Dear all, On our trip home from our annual summer family camping trip to Yosemite Valley, the speedometer needle...
• Re: Dealership Replacement Speedometer Housing Colour?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 18 May 2016 06:27:48 -0400
  ...Did a >dealership replacement >speedometer have a white mounting plate or do all later model year >Vanagon speedometers >have a white mount plate? > >image...
• Syncro speedometers...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 28 Apr 1997 19:51:00 -0700
  There has been a fellow on the typeII list asking about speedometers, and this reminded me of one I wanted to ask. He wants...
• Re: Speedometer Noise
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 21 Oct 2004 21:28:50 -0400
  ...I got underway with the instrument cover off and reached down to the speedometer cable where it plugs into the speedometer head and repositioned...
• Re: Speedo calibration
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 21 Aug 1998 00:45:21 -0700
  FYI - TODD From Bentley manual page 90.30 (Spedometer Calibration) Speedometer Head As of May 1983 the existing regulations (FMVSS127) concerning vehicle speed regulations...
• Re: Screw Holes, Cruise Control Sender: Thread? (Diesel Speedometer)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 1 May 2011 14:02:52 -0700
  diesel vanagons, and all later vanagons, have plastic speedometer housings ( and clip type speedometer cable connection.) As in the picture. if your speedo is...
• Re: Screw Holes, Cruise Control Sender: Thread? (Diesel Speedometer)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 1 May 2011 16:17:28 -0700
  ...Maybe not the original speedometer? I have a spare '85 speedometer, but it's "iffy" (cracked, maybe noisy) so wanted to use the diesel...
• Re: Speedometer -- the straight scoop
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 19 Jun 2005 22:10:38 -0500
  ...Speedometer -- the straight scoop > The speedometer in my 2000 Beetle reads 67 when the GPS says 63 (4 miles > per hour difference at that...
• Re: '84 speedometer failure
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:31:23 -0800
  ...My 84's speedometer reads 12% high. On the other hand, the odometer is spot on. Stock size tires, stock "805" speedometer. -- Mike "Rocket...
• Clicking speedometer fixed
  Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
  Mon, 18 Jan 1999 12:51:15 -0800
  Thanks to all of the list members who responded to my post about a clicking speedometer a few weeks ago. My local VW dealer...
• broken speedometer mounts
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Tue, 9 Nov 2004 22:44:42 -0600
  Howdy, In addition to my trip odometer disintegrating (I never reset it while moving I swear) I've found that the speedometer mounts in...
• Re: WTB: Speedometer for my 87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Tue, 3 Nov 2015 07:50:47 -0800
  Don't buy someone's discarded problem and lose original parts, Send it out to a Speedometer shop or to Van Cafe and have...
• Re: Reasonable cruising speed?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 4 Aug 2006 08:27:13 -0700
  ...The speedometer and odometer are fed separately. Actually, they are both fed from the same source, the speedometer cable. But the odometer is a...
• Re: speedometer accuracy
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 6 May 2013 13:54:16 -0700
  ...And what do I notice? Speedometer says 60 mph and GPS says 45 mph! At 70 (speedometer) the GPS says 62! I am running...
• WTB: Speedometer for my 87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - James Kim
  Mon, 2 Nov 2015 21:12:32 -0800
  Dear all, On our trip home from our annual summer family camping trip to Yosemite Valley, the speedometer needle just dropped to the other...
• '84 Westy Speedometer Accuracy
  Historical mailing list - Paul A. Blouin
  Tue, 24 Dec 2002 06:01:22 -0800
  ...Both have highly optimistic speedometers. Both have fairly accurate odometers. How can I get the speedometers to read more accurately? P.
• Inaccurate Speedometer
  Historical mailing list - John Schaper
  Mon, 20 Jan 2003 14:45:07 -0800
  ...RPM's read OK, speedometer reads about 10 mph faster than what it actually goes (at least per my wife who was following me...
• Fw: Speedometer Cable Noise
  Historical mailing list - George D. Chapman
  Fri, 29 Jun 2001 22:36:55 -0700
  ...I have a 91 GL that has developed a "squeaking" noise in either the cable as it attaches to the speedometer, or the speedometer...
• Re: Speedometer
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 28 Apr 2004 14:00:08 EDT
  ...Has anyone had this happen? Are these symptoms of a bad speedometer or a bad speedometer cable? >> It could be any of the above...
• Re: Speedometer Noise
  Historical mailing list - Bill H.
  Thu, 21 Oct 2004 19:08:07 -0700
  ...I got underway with the instrument cover off and > reached down to the speedometer cable where it plugs into the speedometer > head and repositioned...
• Re: speedometer
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Sun, 7 Sep 2025 09:21:46 -0600
  ...I installed a new cable, very carefully routing it to minimize bends and ensure it goes straight into the speedometer connector. So far, so...
• Re: Speedometer -- the straight scoop
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 20 Jun 2005 00:22:42 -0500
  I replaced my speedometer two years ago with a brand new one. When the old one was working it read 65 when the vehicle...
• Re: Speedo calibration
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Tue, 11 Aug 1998 17:32:23 -0400
  Larry C., Our '86 Syncro Westfalia is also a Canadian model but out speedometer has "1000" printed just below the "km/h". The speedometer...
• Re: Fluttering Speedometer
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Mon, 25 Dec 2000 10:50:26 EST
  In a message dated 12/24/00 8:36:06 PM, glmce@HOTMAIL.COM writes: << The speedometer on my latest vanagon has been fluttering...
• need speedometer
  Historical mailing list - Mark Watts
  Wed, 22 Aug 2001 16:20:03 EDT
  Anyone have a speedometer for an 87 Westie? Or want to trade for one in KPH? TIA, Mark
• Re: Speedometer for my 87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 4 Nov 2015 08:37:53 -0800
  ...Speedometer for my 87 Westy Dear all, On our trip home from our annual summer family camping trip to Yosemite Valley, the speedometer needle...
• Re: speedometer accuracy
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 7 May 2013 05:14:47 +0000
  Federal law is pretty lax on the accuracy of speedometers: "Each bus, truck, and truck-tractor must be equipped with a speedometer indicating vehicle...
• Automatic Accelerator, Speed Control
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 02 Aug 1996 11:53:11 +0300
  ...Unfortunatly the pick up for speed control do not fit with the Vanagon's speedometer. And I can not use the AUDI speedometer because...
• Speedometer
  Historical mailing list - PROPJOCKEY
  Thu, 17 Sep 1998 23:37:47 -0500
  I have an 82 westy and I need a speedometer. Does anybody have a used one for sale? Thanks, Charlie
• Re: Speedometer difference
  Historical mailing list - BenT
  Mon, 18 Sep 2017 18:39:31 -0700
  ...So again, there is no difference between the 16" and 14" Syncro speedometers. If anything, the speedometer drive gears were matched to the R...
• Re: Speedometer -- the straight scoop
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 20 Jun 2005 13:55:44 -0400
  I should point out that my '85 Westy (GPS shows 66 when speedometer shows 65) is running Nokian Hakkapeliitta 185 x 14 tires which...
• Re: speedometer
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 16 Jul 2025 19:59:21 +0000
  ...all, > > Does anyone have experience with the GW electronic speedometer? Or with repairing broken speedometers? Cable seems OK but speedometer has quit working. > > -Mark
• Re: 180 MPH Speedo
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 1 Sep 2008 09:36:06 -0700
  Without reading the rest of the answers, I would say that is a not a MPH speedometer but a km/h speedometer with MPH...
• Re: Dealership Replacement Speedometer Housing Colour?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Wed, 18 May 2016 11:28:22 +0000
  ...Did a > >dealership replacement > >speedometer have a white mounting plate or do all later model year > >Vanagon speedometers > >have a white mount plate? > > > >image...
• Re: Intermittent speedometer failure
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 18 Aug 2015 08:33:11 -0700
  ...Intermittent speedometer failure Hi folks, I’d love some tips concerning a new strange problem with my speedometer. this troubling behavior just started on...
• Speedometer Disassembly Question
  Historical mailing list - Doug Fitz-Randolph
  Mon, 27 Nov 2006 13:56:23 -0400
  Does anyone know how to remove the speedometer/odometer assembly from its plastic housing? I've got the needle and faceplate removed, and I...
• Speedometer Needed
  Historical mailing list - Mark Smith
  Wed, 19 Jul 2000 09:28:16 EDT
  My friend is needing a speedometer for his 89 GL. Does anyone out there have one for sale? Mark Smith 87GL
• Intermittent speedometer failure
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 17 Aug 2015 22:19:00 -0400
  Hi folks, I’d love some tips concerning a new strange problem with my speedometer. this troubling behavior just started on our recent weekend...
• Re: speedo 85gl
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Sat, 16 Jul 2005 00:12:47 -0400
  >Before you ditch that speedometer for >a low mileage unit, disconect the speedometer cable from the rear of the >speedometer and jack up the...
• Speedometer/Odometer
  Historical mailing list - Pal, Robert
  Thu, 6 May 1999 09:15:40 -0500
  ...Plus, the speedometer is about 10 mph too fast. Reads 65 mph when I'm going 55, etc. Any ideas on what to do...
• 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
  ...I have a box of speedometers and speedometer parts in case someone needs some little part, or a rebuildable core, and I might have...
• Q: Syncro Speedometer Cable
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sat, 1 Jan 2000 18:10:03 -0500
  ...I can't find any description of the speedometer cable for a Syncro. I've found one drawing on 39.30 which show the...
• NEEDED: Speedometer Cable
  Historical mailing list - SyncroWesty
  Thu, 31 Jul 2003 07:17:00 -0600
  I broke my speedometer cable today trying to shove my new BFG 27x8.50 = tire up into the spare tire carrier. Does anyone have...
• another speedometer cable question
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:36:09 -0800
  ...I have an 89 Westy, which has the one-piece speedometer cable. Originally, the speedometer needle jumped quite a bit, and then it would...
• Re: speedometer accuracy
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 6 May 2013 18:29:57 -0700
  ...And what do I notice? Speedometer says 60 mph and GPS says 45 mph! At 70 (speedometer) the GPS says 62! I am running...
• Re: Speedometer -- the straight scoop
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 19 Jun 2005 22:02:57 -0400
  The speedometer in my 2000 Beetle reads 67 when the GPS says 63 (4 miles per hour difference at that speed ... on the safe...
• Inoperative Speedometer Needed for Test
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 3 May 2001 20:43:47 -0500
  I am working on a solid fix for the continuous problem in vanagon speedometers of the potmetal gear slipping on the shaft and the...
• KMH / MPH speedometer face available?
  Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
  Mon, 22 Jul 2002 19:01:29 -0700
  ...A few years ago, I thought I saw a speedometer calibrated with both MPH and KPH markings in a Canadian(?) Vanagon. I was wondering...
• Re: 3 Questions
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 7 Dec 1998 05:38:44 EST
  ...Poor grounds may weaken speedometer needle return spring by allowing battery current to flow through speedometer cable." IOW, you probably need to chase and...
• Wrong speedometer request
  Historical mailing list - Ron Mighton
  Thu, 25 Apr 2019 11:23:38 -0400
  I am looking for a good speedometer for an 87 Vanagon NOT a 78 Vanagon. How could I screw that up? Ron Mighton
• do diesel vanagons use the same speedometer as wbx vans??
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:36:19 EST
  does the US models '81-'82 diesel vanagon use the same speedometer as the waterboxer vanagon?
• Re: Why is this Here?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew C. Huntley
  Tue, 30 Aug 2005 05:39:58 -0700
  ...Huntley <matthew.huntley@strathbogie.net> wrote: > I have been looking over my speedometer/odometer and Console a lot, > and I try various fixes for...
• Re: WTB: Speedometer for my 87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Thu, 5 Nov 2015 22:57:04 -0900
  ...If anyone has a working > speedometer for sale, I'd like to hear from you please. My Westy is 1987 > model year. > > James >
• Re: Need speedometer for '88
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Wed, 22 Dec 2004 13:32:58 -0500
  ...Need speedometer for '88 > Listee's, > > I need a speedometer for my 1988 GL. Tonight it started making a horrific > noise. I have disconnected...