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• Re: Repairing odometer
  Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
  Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:04:54 -0400
  ...bba-reman.com/) for fixing the odometer. > > My speedometer works but both the odometer and the trip odometer only > occasionally work and when they...
• One Odometer intrument cluster solution
  Historical mailing list - Rich Propsom
  Sun, 22 Oct 2000 20:32:25 -0500
  ...Pushed it back so it was centered and odometer and trip odometer both started working. Put a touch of super glue on shaft to...
• Re: Odometer/Speedometer OoC
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:22:01 -0700
  ...I've read in the >> archives that >> resetting the trip meter while in motion can cause odometer >> failure. Anyone >> know which models are affected...
• Odometer clicking/ not working?
  Historical mailing list - MtnGal
  Sat, 6 Feb 1999 12:41:21 -0800
  ...My Odometer is ticking? Speedometer is tracking fine (I think) But trip miles are not being logged/ODOMETER DOESN'T WORK.... Any idea's...
• Re: Odometer/Speedometer OoC
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:15:10 -0400
  ...I've read in the > archives that > resetting the trip meter while in motion can cause odometer > failure. Anyone > know which models are affected...
• RE: Suspended animation
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Oct 1994 10:47:21 CDT
  Regarding Matt Rathke's dead odometer on his '73 Bus: I had a similar problem on the '82 Vanagon - both the regular and trip...
• Re: No odometer or gas gauge, what now
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 11 Jun 1997 07:53:58 -0400 (EDT)
  ...One of the drive gears for the trip odometer, which drives the other odometer had slipped out on it's shaft. I pushed it...
• Re: Odometer/Speedometer OoC
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:51:03 -0500
  ...I've read in the archives >> that >> resetting the trip meter while in motion can cause odometer failure. >> Anyone >> know which models are affected...
• Re: trip odometer myth
  Historical mailing list - Stewart, Donna
  Wed, 16 Apr 2003 12:38:13 -0400
  ...trip odometer myth > > > OK, I've heard enough. If you push in the trip odometer button while > moving, > you will reset the odometer. That...
• Re: Speedometer Calibration/ Gear failure
  Historical mailing list - Gary
  Mon, 29 Jul 2002 22:48:57 -0400
  ...I pushed the trip odometer reset (while moving) and felt an odd click. >That was it. The odometer never recorded another mile. Obviously, resetting...
• Re: Odometer clicking/ not working?
  Historical mailing list - Racer X
  Mon, 8 Feb 1999 22:08:10 +0000
  ...up though.... > >My Odometer is ticking? Speedometer is tracking fine (I think) But trip > >miles are not being logged/ODOMETER DOESN'T WORK.... > >Any...
• Odometer Repair
  Historical mailing list - Frederick M. Wasserstein
  Mon, 8 Jan 2001 08:41:55 -0600
  The other day I was reading about the problem with the odometer breaking when the trip reset was hit while moving. There was a...
• Re: odometer
  Historical mailing list - zolo
  Thu, 12 Feb 2004 19:47:54 -0800
  ...odometer > my odometer just stopped working, the tripometer is > dead also, the speedo works thou. any ideas? > > Shaggy > ps did not reset odometer with...
• RE: odometer quirkiness
  Historical mailing list - Tom Brunson
  Tue, 8 Jul 97 20:14:58 UT
  ...My odometer is getting weird. >The situation: >Driving to Knoxville TN from Johnson City TN I notice that the trip >odometer has been on...
• odometer gear part
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Sun, 27 Mar 2005 12:30:38 -0700
  ...the raging discussion of odometer breakage a couple of weeks ago. The same advice--to never reset the trip odometer except at rest--circulates...
• Re: Odometer fixed, thanks to the list
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Sun, 20 May 2001 11:14:52 -0500
  ...He had gotten gas, reset the trip odo, and then nothing. Someone had posted to the list regarding a Porsche odometer fix, suggesting that...
• Re: Speedometer Ok -Odometer and trip meter dead!?
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Sat, 20 May 2006 01:01:46 -0400
  ...robertmstewart <robertmstewart@MAC.COM> >> Hello Everyone, >> >> Here�s a new one for me.... >> >> Speedometer Ok -Odometer and trip meter dead!? >> >> I was driving the...
• odometer related questions
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Thu, 1 Nov 2007 13:15:41 -0400
  ...I too seem to have a debateable fuel guage, and a non working odometer/trip counter. I also need to have more miles on...
• Re: trip odometer myth
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 16 Apr 2003 18:12:12 -0400
  ...trip odometer myth OK, I've heard enough. If you push in the trip odometer button while moving, you will reset the odometer. That...
• Re: odometer stopped
  Historical mailing list - Debbie Walters
  Sun, 20 Jul 2003 20:17:49 -0400
  ...One way to help the gear stay on track longer is to never reset the trip odometer while you are rolling. deb '85 Westy...
• Re: Another Speedometer question
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Sat, 27 Nov 1999 07:41:32 -0500
  There is a root to the evil of the speedo that works, and an odometer that does not. CEASE resetting your trip odo while...
• Re: Speedometer Ok -Odometer and trip meter dead!?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 19 May 2006 21:12:07 -0700
  ...As it happens I have a disassembled > odometer right here (mine quit working this week, 20 miles after pressing > the trip reset while STOPPED...
• Re: Speedometer/odometer problem
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 1 Nov 2000 19:39:40 +1200
  the odometer they tend to break if you >reset the trip meter while the vehicle is in motion. > Typical top-quality European ancillaries! I...
• Re: Odometer starts and stops
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 2 Dec 2004 22:33:52 -0600
  ...My tripmeter now works, but my odometer does not work. > >If a new speedo with odometer and tripmeter cost about a $100, I might...
• Re: trip odometer myth
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 16 Apr 2003 09:33:12 -0700
  ...trip odometer myth > > > OK, I've heard enough. If you push in the trip odometer button while > moving, > you will reset the odometer. That...
• Syncro speedometers...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 28 Apr 1997 19:51:00 -0700
  ...He wants a speedometer with a trip odometer for his bus. I would not mind one for my syncro. I have a regular Vanagon...
• Re: Repairing odometer
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:48:19 -0400
  ...bba-reman.com/) for fixing the odometer. > > My speedometer works but both the odometer and the trip odometer only > occasionally work and when they...
• Re: trip odometer myth
  Historical mailing list - Stewart, Donna
  Wed, 16 Apr 2003 12:05:40 -0400
  ...trip odometer myth OK, I've heard enough. If you push in the trip odometer button while moving, you will reset the odometer. That...
• Re: odometer replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Rob & Lrae Winterkorn
  Wed, 24 May 2000 12:26:33 -0500
  If its the little green gear that keeps slipping off causing the odometer / trip meter not to work, put a drop of crazy glue...
• Speedo spare parts source?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sun, 4 Apr 2004 07:18:06 -0700
  ...You know the one, the one that eventually splits, stopping the odometer and tripometer from functioning. I've mined the archives without success. Having...
• Re: Odometer/Speedometer OoC
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:26:04 -0400
  ...I've read in the archives? >>> that? >>> resetting the trip meter while in motion can cause odometer failure.? >>> Anyone? >>> know which models are affected...
• Seeking Odometer Fix Info
  Historical mailing list - Michael Hart
  Fri, 13 Jul 2012 09:50:54 -0700
  My '87 Westy Odometer has finally succumbed to 'Vanagon Odo Syndrome' - no more logging of miles (both main & trip odos) although the speedometer still...
• Speedometer question
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Wed, 1 Jun 2016 16:08:29 -0300
  ...The trip meter is still running fine. The three rightmost digits have recessed back into the odometer body, so I suspect the shaft has...
• odometer just went on the fritz
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Fri, 31 Dec 2004 00:03:13 -0600
  My odometer seems to have spontaneously gone on strike this afternoon. It's not moving, nor is my trip meter. Zeroing out the trip...
• Re: Speedometer Ok -Odometer and trip meter dead!?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 19 May 2006 12:25:10 EDT
  In a message dated 5/19/06 8:42:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time, rottey@COMCAST.NET writes: > > Speedometer Ok -Odometer and trip meter...
• Re: Odometer/Speedometer OoC
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:35:22 -0400
  ...I've read in the archives? >>>> that? >>>> resetting the trip meter while in motion can cause odometer failure.? >>>> Anyone? >>>> know which models are affected...
• For Sale: '85 Instrument Cluster
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Thu, 11 Jul 2002 06:44:19 -0700
  ...It is in very good condition with 101,861 miles on the odometer, and the trip odometer works. $95 + shipping and insurance (I'm...
• Re: Odometer fix
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 6 Oct 1999 09:26:51 -0400
  ...1) questionable design, 2) resetting the trip odometer while the vehicle is in motion. I have had four separate vehicles "do" this, prior to...
• Re: Gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Wed, 30 Nov 94 10:33:05 PST
  ...I nearly always fill up (and I use super) when it registers > 1/4 tank full, and at that point, my trip odometer usually...
• Re: Odometer/Speedometer OoC
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:12:53 -0700
  ...I've read in the >>>> >> archives that >>>> >> resetting the trip meter while in motion can cause odometer >>>> >> failure. Anyone >>>> >> know which models are affected...
• odometer question
  Historical mailing list - Maggie Dew
  Sat, 12 May 2007 19:56:59 -0600
  ...After driving across town, I looked down to see that the odometer hadn't changed and the trip meter was still on zero. The...
• Re: Speedometer Part
  Historical mailing list - Edmund Shotwell
  Wed, 28 May 2003 11:40:03 -0400
  ...I noticed a small brass nut on the tripometer dial that was not on the odometer dials. I have not been able to find...
• Odometer fixed, thanks to the list
  Historical mailing list - Christopher T. Berchin
  Sun, 20 May 2001 11:37:48 -0400
  ...He had gotten gas, reset the trip odo, and then nothing. Someone had posted to the list regarding a Porsche odometer fix, suggesting that...
• All Fine, Durango, Co. to Asheville, North Carolina But Odometer Not Working
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Tue, 4 May 2010 18:37:34 -0600
  ...Trooper ran great! Not one hiccup and I am VERY happy with it!......although, recently, on a trip to Leadville, Co., the odometer (88...
• Re: Odometer/Speedometer OoC
  Historical mailing list - The Westy man
  Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:58:01 -0700
  ...I've read in the archives >>> that >>> resetting the trip meter while in motion can cause odometer failure. >>> Anyone >>> know which models are affected...
• Re: Seeking Odometer Fix Info
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 13 Jul 2012 10:38:18 -0700
  ...Seeking Odometer Fix Info My '87 Westy Odometer has finally succumbed to 'Vanagon Odo Syndrome' - no more logging of miles (both main & trip odos...
• Re: Odometer Repair in Toronto?
  Historical mailing list - shawn luft
  Mon, 14 Apr 2003 23:56:55 -0400
  ...of a local place that fixes > odometers? I had mine fixed once after someone pressed the > trip meter while moving. Anyway it is broken...
• No odometer or gas gauge, what now
  Historical mailing list - Chris Fisher
  Tue, 10 Jun 1997 19:25:02 -0500
  ...trip meter has called it quits The symptoms: When the tenths of a mile ring reaches nine, it freezes. This also freezes the odometer...
• Re: heading home tomorrow
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 4 Dec 2016 15:29:57 +0000
  ...Uneventful trip. 306,108 now on the odometer. Dennis, From my phone. ________________________________ From: Ed<mailto:email99@BELLSOUTH.NET> Sent: �12/�3/�2016 11:15...
• Odometer rerpair, 1985
  Historical mailing list - Lund
  Sun, 19 May 1996 15:02:00 -0700 (PDT)
  Help! My odometer is frozen. I think it is related to the trip meter which, when you push the button, clears to zero, but...
• Re: Speedometer Ok -Odometer and trip meter dead!?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 19 May 2006 08:15:07 -0500
  ...robertmstewart wrote: >Hello Everyone, > >Here�s a new one for me.... > >Speedometer Ok -Odometer and trip meter dead!? > >I was driving the van about...
• Speedometer Part
  Historical mailing list - Edmund Shotwell
  Tue, 20 May 2003 16:42:34 -0400
  ...I noticed a small brass nut on the tripometer dial that was not on the odometer dials. I have not been able to find...
• Re: odometer question
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 12 May 2007 22:32:05 -0700
  > .. the odometer hadn't changed and the trip meter was still on > zero. The speedo is working though. I tried the reset button a...
• Odometer?intrument cluster question
  Historical mailing list - Charles Hokanson
  Sun, 22 Oct 2000 15:14:18 EDT
  ...But the odometer and trip counter aren't working. the speedo does. SOOOO, the odometer is just broken right? it works off of the...
• RE: Suspended animation
  Historical mailing list - Joachim Beek
  Tue, 11 Oct 94 12:47:47 CDT
  > >Regarding Matt Rathke's dead odometer on his '73 Bus: > >I had a similar problem on the '82 Vanagon - both the regular and trip...
• Re: Odometer/Speedometer OoC
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:07:27 -0700
  ...I've read in the archives > >> that > >> resetting the trip meter while in motion can cause odometer failure. > >> Anyone > >> know which models are affected...
• Re: trip odometer myth
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 17 Apr 2003 22:21:47 +1200
  > Even on this list, >certain drivers (mostly from NZ) tout the superiority of boring cars >like Toyotas. Heh heh
• Re: Trip Odometer Myth(?)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 18 Apr 2003 15:24:42 +1200
  >If any one thing on a Vanagon screams junk it has to be the speedometer. Engine? Trans? Switchgear? Locks? VC?
• Odometer stopped
  Historical mailing list - Joseph McNiff
  Mon, 15 Oct 2001 15:56:44 -0700
  Hi all, My Odometer stopped working, also trip counter at the same time. My mechanic says its $200. He says they take it out...
• Re: Diesel mileage update
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Mon, 6 Dec 2004 10:02:36 -0500
  Gnarlie, On one of those trips could you calibrate your odometer for us against the highway mile markers, over a distance of 100 miles...