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• Trip Report. Long!
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:34:20 -0700
  ...Oil" (there was no 3 in 1) and put some down speedo cable. This eventually helped. After the brief visit, I camped out at...
• Re: Brake Light Switch
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:10:02 -0700
  ...screws. ( the brake warning light.......just unplug that one ) undo the speedo cable. the main wiring connector plug, called T14 in the Bentley diagrams...
• Re: Instrument Cluster Woes
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Thu, 16 Feb 2006 14:19:54 -0800
  ...However, I think the ODO problem is either a broken cable, or broken ODO. If your speedometer works, then the cable is probably fine...
• Fw: Oxygen Sensor Warning Light Reset-Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Tue, 22 Jun 1999 10:53:47 -0500
  ...In U.S. (and maybe other locations?) models, the speedometer cable has a black box containing a mechanical odometer gear cluster, which is designed...
• Re: alt. & OXS lights freaky
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Wed, 29 Jan 97 19:42:58 EST
  ...You know that black box that's in line with the speedometer cable? Well every certain number of miles, that box closes a switch...
• Re: instrument cluster foil replacement
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koller
  Fri, 30 Aug 2019 17:51:14 -0400
  ...We need speedometer/odometer that really > works without the bouncing needle, electronic instead of cable driven and > the ability to add more instrumentation including...
• Re: Broken Stebro Muffler Bracket / Malcolm's trip
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Mon, 8 Aug 2005 11:05:59 -0700
  ...1) oil buzzer went off due to elect problems >behind the dash, duct-tape provided a temp fix; 2) Speedo cable broke; 3) had...
• Re: Got Shifter Bushings?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:12:57 -0700
  ...251957809J- Syncro Speedometer Drive Cable- $125 > >>>>>> 4. 251609701D- Syncro Rear Brake Cable (left)- $75 > >>>>>> 5. 251609702- Syncro Rear Brake Cable (right)- $75 > >>>>>> 6. 094409181B...
• Re: Cruise Control Parts Shared With Rabbit?
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:40:32 +0200
  ...Regards Raimund mark drillock schrieb: > I wonder if the 2wd Vanagon uses a different control unit due to the > speedo cable driven speed sensor...
• Re: Got Shifter Bushings?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:11:49 -0700
  ...251957809J- Syncro Speedometer Drive Cable- $125 >>>>>> 4. 251609701D- Syncro Rear Brake Cable (left)- $75 >>>>>> 5. 251609702- Syncro Rear Brake Cable (right)- $75 >>>>>> 6. 094409181B...
• Bearing Problem - Any Ideas??
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:18:15 -0500
  ...Secured the speedo cable with the circlip. Then gave it a test run. Unexpectedly I got a big whine from the front end. The...
• Vanagon TSB's Technical Service Bulletins
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:33:31 -0400
  ...87/90-01) A/C Evaporator - water leaking * (90/90-01) Speedometer Noisy * (90/90-02) Instrument Indicator Lights Malfunction * (90/92-03) Coolant...
• Re: Washer fluid
  Historical mailing list - Barbara Sutton/Cris Torlasco
  Sun, 3 May 1998 21:41:55 -0700
  ...in > > a > > black box about 3 inches square > > connected to the speedo cable. It is only a reminder light. Nothing > > is > > wrong. > > 4a) (special...
• Re: Anyone converted RHD to LHD or vice-versa?
  Historical mailing list - BenT
  Tue, 21 Sep 2004 02:09:46 -0700
  ...Speedo cable. Flip-flop front bench if equipped w/ 2 person front bench. Power mirror & window controls and wiring if so equipped..... Starting to...
• bus-buying questions-please answer
  Historical mailing list - Crazed Idiot
  Fri, 2 Feb 96 19:01:44 EST
  ...Also, how much does a clearcoat generally add to the price? Speedometer. It currently doesn't work. I'm thinking that the cable has...
• Re: The Value Of a Mechanic That Knows the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:19:54 -0400
  ...PLENTY of people on this list have pictures of me under my bus replacing the speedo cable at EveryBus 2003, or when my clutch...
• Re: Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:42:44 -0700
  ...I brought the wires in through the speedo cable grommet. 3. I connected the brake wires in parallel with the two brake light switches...
• Back to werk...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 08 Jun 1995 12:26:02 EDT
  ...Speedo cable failed about half way into N.C. - the square end that goes through the grease cap on the front drivers side wheel...
• Re: Two Tranny Questions
  Historical mailing list - David Snyder
  Tue, 21 Sep 1999 20:33:06 -0700
  ...Why am I taking my Rabbit 5 speed apart? I was replacing the clutch and when I removed the speedometer cable, the speedo gear...
• Winning Water Wars-part II: the Ketchup lid fix (long)
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
  Wed, 21 Jul 1999 00:02:50 -0700
  ...From day 1 the speedometer has clicked (I think it's actually in the speedometer, not the cable). One evening got chilly and the...
• Re: What does the oil pressure warning buzzer sound like?
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:56:01 -0500
  ...If its the speedo cable, then > there will be no squeaking..... > > Ric > > > > At 10:30 AM 11/17/2007, mordo wrote: > >SO does the...
• Re: odometer question
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Sat, 12 May 2007 21:59:07 -0700
  ...Basically the speedometer cable drives a drum inside the odometer which causes the speedometer needle to swing. In the menwhile it drives the trip...
• Re: Using the "extra" LEDs in the instrument cluster
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:39:22 -0700
  ...many >> people have bypassed them with a longer speedo cable anyways since its just >> a mileage counter, and the box is just an extra...
• Thanks for CC info, Vegemite and SPAM.
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Wed, 21 Oct 1998 09:51:17 -0700
  ...I'll be putting this info to work after the BD Yahoo gets my speedo head repaired. They simply yanked the cable out rather...
• Re: Front wheel rattle
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 7 Jul 2014 16:01:14 -0700
  ...The other side has the speedo cable going through a square hole with a circlip holding it. It should be a tight tap-in...
• Van-Again Garage Sale
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 2 Feb 2000 17:27:44 EST
  ...Vanagon Instrument cluster with clock and odo- $20 2- Vanagon Upper Speedo Cables with clip type connection- $15 each 1- A2 Jetta pass side...
• Re: Barn Door P/U (was 23-Window Whore Story)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Dec 1995 09:49:40 -0700
  ...It or it's counter part were not used for lubing speedo cables. Barn door singles was even more generalized of a description to...
• Re: Virtualizing gauges on OBDII equipped vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 21 May 2012 10:42:31 -0400
  ...Speedo and cables would not be needed since you can get your speed from the gps unit inside the android device. It would be...
• Re: Chick Magnets & that pesky OXS light
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 6 Mar 2009 19:35:21 -0600
  ...underneath the left front wheel and find a box with the >> speedometer cable passing through it from the wheel. On the box is a...
• Re: intermittent electrical problem in dashboard and wiper fluid problem
  Historical mailing list - Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski
  Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:45:56 -0600
  ...that the contacts at the bulb for the speedo, or something on the circuit ribbon cable near there, are bad. Unless you've got...
• Re: '84 Hub cap problem
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 7 Jul 2010 17:23:23 -0700
  ...will not stay on, I think it's because of >>>the speedo cable in the cap. I can put the hub cap on and...
• Re: Cruise control
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sat, 6 Sep 2008 10:04:21 -0700
  ...throttle the solenoid it self what about the sensor on the speedo cable which "listens" for speed anyway that is a good place to...
• Of spare tires and broken wires...
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Sun, 25 Jun 2000 20:54:20 -0500
  ...This little box appears to be where the cable from the transmission junctions to the speedometer - I think. But there's a fitting with...
• Re: Undoing the big nut on the upper ball joint - who knows how?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Andrews
  Sun, 28 Apr 2013 22:01:08 +1000
  ...Could be a dry/stuck/etc speedo cable: As the speedo cable rotates at the same speed as the hubcap, I hadn't considered...
• for sale: 82 vanagon w/ 2.0L Inline 16V motor
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 7 Dec 2003 16:28:22 EST
  ...brake pads, rotors and a brake system flush, new battery, new speedometer cable, new spark plugs, ignition cap and rotor, and an oil change...
• Re: roof racks
  Historical mailing list - patrice b
  Tue, 18 Jun 2002 12:48:02 -0700
  ...get better mileage without the thing up there-- but then my speedo cable was dying/stripping out at that time, so it's hard...
• new owner of 82 diesel Westy, with a few questions
  Historical mailing list - Clay Moore
  Sun, 21 Jul 2002 20:59:43 -0700
  ...like or the proper names. * the speedo works but not the odometer, are these on seperate cables ? inner panel for sliding side door, is...
• Re: Odometer stopped
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 16 Oct 2001 07:49:09 -0400
  This would mean your speedo quit as well. If they both go, cable is shot or disconnected. Usually it is the small metal gear...
• Re: Got Shifter Bushings?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:15:38 -0500
  ...251957809J- Syncro Speedometer Drive Cable- $125 >> >>>>>> 4. 251609701D- Syncro Rear Brake Cable (left)- $75 >> >>>>>> 5. 251609702- Syncro Rear Brake Cable (right)- $75 >> >>>>>> 6. 094409181B...
• Re: Thanks for CC info, Vegemite and SPAM.
  Historical mailing list - Frank Miller
  Wed, 21 Oct 1998 14:27:45 -0400
  ...I'll be putting >this info to work after the BD Yahoo gets my speedo head repaired. They simply >yanked the cable out rather...
• Re: Temp gauge problems too
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Wed, 28 Sep 2005 20:35:03 -0500
  ...problem, which possibly coincidentally arose when I mucked around with the speedo cable in there. Anyone have a part number or more info? Thanks...
• Re: Got Shifter Bushings?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:43:19 -0700
  ...251957809J- Syncro Speedometer Drive Cable- $125 |>>>>>> 4. 251609701D- Syncro Rear Brake Cable (left)- $75 |>>>>>> 5. 251609702- Syncro Rear Brake Cable (right)- $75 |>>>>>> 6. 094409181B...
• Removing 91 Volkswagen Vanagon, Heater, Heater blower motor
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 7 Oct 1999 22:44:28 -0700
  ...Lift cluster, disconnect speedo cable and electrical connector on underside, then remove cluster. Pass switch wiring plugs through holes in dash. Remove breakaway bolts...
• Re: Heads-Up - Potential Odometer Fraud
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Thu, 21 May 2020 11:37:14 -0500
  ...But if the 30yr old speedo cable goes out or the speedo gears wear and it does not keep track of mileage anymore. Well...
• oxy sensor (lambda probe) $$$$$$
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 12 May 94 23:09:04 CDT
  ...the spare tire) and finding a small box inline on the speedometer cable. there is a shielded button on that box. using a pencil...
• Re: Got Shifter Bushings?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:44:12 -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...
• Dash Cluster Substitute + Reproduce It ?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:11:36 -0800
  ...Fonman, I've just gone through somewhat the same dash crap as you- > original problem was a broken speedo cable, but the job devolved...
• EV fuel/temp gauge revisited.
  Historical mailing list - Norman Leong
  Wed, 13 Nov 1996 09:26:39 -0800
  ...the entire cluster by reaching up behind and dis- connecting the speedo cable (squeeze tabs) and wiring harness, then re- moving the two screws...
• Re: Dash Cluster Substitute + Reproduce It ?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:50:03 -0700
  ...the same dash crap as you- >>> original problem was a broken speedo cable, but the job devolved into >>> my being forced into finding, then...
• A Day of Vanagon- Seam Rust repair/auto paint
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Mon, 7 Jan 2008 19:17:57 -0500
  ...I also went to replace my speedometer today with a replacement that has a funcitonal odometer, but after taking out the stock speedo, i...
• Demographics
  Historical mailing list - Joe Denison
  Tue, 14 Apr 1998 00:43:35 -0700
  ...I just recently broke the speedo cable and need badly need to replace it. I live in Jeffersonville, Indiana and drive it everyday to...
• Re: coolant leak question...
  Historical mailing list - Grungy
  Fri, 28 Nov 2003 21:01:02 -1000
  ...The Bozobus ate a *bunch* of speedo cables, but that lost both measurements. I'll miss estimating the MPG... At 12:00 AM -0500...
• Re: clock light
  Historical mailing list - John H. Rodgers
  Sat, 3 Oct 1998 23:22:27 -0500
  ...the brake reservoir, THEN you get to struggle and disconnect the speedometer cable (it's a squeeze-to-disconnect thingie), then disconnect the big...
• Re: Internal 115V power
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 27 Dec 2007 02:46:42 -0600
  ...This would allow for simply plugging in an extension >> cable at the rear of the vehicle, eliminating all that other hassle. >> >> Just wondering if...
• BALL JOINT REPLACEMENTS
  Historical mailing list - gerry rafferty
  Sun, 25 Oct 1998 16:34:50 -0800
  ...On LH (drivers) side you'll have to remove speedometer cable-remove circlip on hub cap and pull through. At this point I took...
• Re: HELP!My vanagon is missing OS sensor switch and trans fill plug
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 16 Apr 2002 07:27:20 -0700
  Stephen, Perhaps to help a bit more, follow the speedo cable from the inside of the left front wheel hub to a little (pack...
• Re: Speedo Cable Fitting
  Historical mailing list - Tobin T. Copley
  Sat, 15 Jul 1995 07:34:48 -0700 (PDT)
  On Sat, 15 Jul 1995, Bradley wrote: > On Fri, 14 Jul 1995, David Schwarze wrote: > > Bradley writes: > > > I meant _MY_ bus is ugly. It...
• fuel pump relays?
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Clay
  Sun, 21 Mar 1999 17:30:09 EST
  ...speedometer cable, cruise control conection, main dash harness, ect. ect., and pullled the old blown light and replaced with a new. All done with...
• Wheels/Tires-My Story
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Thu, 31 Aug 2000 09:16:53 -0400
  ...The small bolts holding the rear brake drums had to go, and the speedo cable on the l/f hub had to be filed...
• Re: Leaking Woes
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Mon, 3 Jan 2005 12:59:25 -0500
  ...Leaking Woes > Okay so I have made it through replacing the Speedo Cable, getting a newer > dash cluster in, new slave cylinder, new rear...