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• Intermittent interior light problem
  Historical mailing list - Jones, Dustin
  Fri, 31 Jan 2003 08:25:58 -0500
  About 3 weeks ago, my speedometer light went off for a couple days and came back on and has not gone off since.Then...
• Re: [Syncro] lazy speedo
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Mon, 19 May 2003 12:24:43 -0700
  ...hotmail.com> > >Ever since changing to 195/75/14 tires, my speedometer takes a few seconds >to show the correct speed. It happens from...
• how to replace tachometer light?
  Historical mailing list - David Most
  Tue, 17 Jun 2003 02:06:22 -0500
  ...The speedometer light is working. I tried playing with the plastic housing surrounding the tachometer light, but I coundn't figure it out. Can...
• Re: Looking for instrument cluster or tachometer
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 8 Dec 2021 15:59:49 -0500
  ...I think you are describing the speedometer. >>>>> >>>>> Not all vanagons have the gage for showing RPMs >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Eric Caron >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>> On Dec 8, 2021, at 1...
• 85 Dbl-Cab FS $11k
  Historical mailing list - LA & Glen
  Fri, 3 Nov 2000 20:02:55 -0700
  ...I have the letter from VW and have done the necessary speedometer & park brake indicator light change. If any one is interested please feel...
• Odometer starts and stops
  Historical mailing list - Matthew C. Huntley
  Thu, 2 Dec 2004 11:00:53 -0800
  My speedometer works fine, but my odometer does not. Sometimes it works a little, but not for very long. I took a loot inside...
• Re: MPG Question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 1 Apr 2006 09:12:14 -0500
  ...It turns out the speedometers have a total tolerance, new, of almost 18%! (Bentley 90.30) Incredibly, VW indicates that for a real 50...
• Re: Vanagon not as fast as you think
  Historical mailing list - Vince S
  Mon, 6 Sep 2004 21:07:53 -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: Computerized Gauge Setup
  Historical mailing list - David Filcoff
  Fri, 5 Nov 1999 08:48:40 -0600
  ...However there is no provision for speed with out some way of getting the mechanical speedometer reading into a digital signal, like a digital...
• Re: delayed start
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Tue, 2 Jan 2001 17:50:44 -0500
  ...The speedometer sticks because someone before you greased the speedo cable a bit too much. The grease works it's way into the speedo...
• Re: Questions for you conversion experts
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 6 Aug 2003 18:08:43 -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: Another Speedometer question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 26 Nov 1999 23:07:05 -0800
  ...Another Speedometer question > Hi all, > Sorry Kate, your question made me remember a question of my own, so > unfortunately I don't have the...
• Re: Old Volks Home Cluster Retrofit Question
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sat, 24 Apr 2010 19:11:14 -0400
  As I recall, replacements are all one unit. speedometer on one side, tachometer on the other. John On Fri, 2010-04-23 at 13...
• Re: Speedometer Source
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:24:12 -0700
  On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 8:07 AM, Tony Collins <tonycollin@gmail.com> wrote: > Has anyone tried one from other VW's of...
• Re: check/change master cylinder
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Thu, 7 Dec 2000 10:49:31 -0600
  ...4 screws, disconnect speedometer cable (just pull back connector and slip out), and then disconnect electrical connectors that simply plug in. At that point...
• syncro speedomete drve shaft
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Thu, 26 Apr 2001 17:51:50 -0500
  Hi Volks, Listeee Budd Premack is in need of a speedometer drive shaft / gear (shaft with a plastic gear attached to it that drives...
• FS - Instrument cluster from my '88 Wolfsburg
  Historical mailing list - Doug
  Tue, 27 Sep 2005 18:50:28 -0400
  ...corners with JB weld? or epoxy. Really good-looking, solid repair. Speedometer shows 117,639 miles. Includes all switches, indicators, and gauges functioning nicely...
• Re: Speedo repair question
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Mon, 24 Mar 2014 13:16:36 -0400
  ...Simply zeroing the trip odometer > (once speedometer installed) doesn't seem to do it. > > If one takes the numbers off the speedo, I'm...
• Re: speedometer cable installation question
  Historical mailing list - Jerry
  Tue, 6 Feb 2007 18:33:19 -0600
  ...On Vanagon models, locate mileage counter under spare tire or under driver's floorboard (in-line with speedometer cable). Using a pointed instrument, depress...
• Re: Odometer/Speedometer OoC
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:12:53 -0700
  ...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: how to remove an instrument panel bulb Can anyone help
  Historical mailing list - dj
  Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:51:08 -0700
  ...how to remove an instrument panel bulb Thanks all for the help, got the bulb out from the speedometer side and it looked good...
• Re: 15 in. wheels on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 09 Jul 94 10:43:00 CDT
  On Fri, 8 Jul 94 23:02:29 CDT Jerry Dunham said: >But where do you get the hardware to regear the speedometer? GOTCHA...
• Re: Tire size question
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Mon, 5 Dec 94 19:58:03 PST
  ...These are actually smaller in diameter causing the speedometer and odometer to read optimistically - giving falsely good fuel economy. Tires that are larger in...
• Re: Speedometer Cable End
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Thu, 27 May 1999 02:54:50 -0700
  ...COM> Date: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 11:48 AM Subject: Re: Speedometer Cable End >At 05:28 5/26/99 -0400, Frank Condelli wrote...
• Re: aircooled intake elbow - Speedo Cable
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 5 Oct 2004 14:23:23 -0600
  ...also looking for a good speedometer >>> cable, the upper cable that connects from the >>> egr box to the speedometer - but I need the >>> later...
• Re: Dash Cluster Needed, '86+
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:33:06 -0400
  ...Pretty >>>> much every GPS program has a speedometer/heading/trip computer >>>> feature these days. >>>> >>>> Happy Trails, >>>> >>>> Greg Potts >>>> Toronto, Ontario Canada >>>> 197x Westfakia "Bob...
• Re: O2 Red Warning Light?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 4 Jun 1999 17:32:41 -0400
  ...To reset it, look under the left front wheel for a squarish box with speedometer cable passing through it. Find a raised nipple on...
• Re: Where is the speedometer cable?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 11 Nov 2002 16:03:36 -0500
  At 03:32 PM 11/11/2002, Gnarlodious wrote: >Sounds like my speedo cable is making noise. Where does it come from? Cause >when...
• Re: 1st successful road trip report (longish)!
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Thu, 7 Oct 2004 15:42:59 -0700
  ...I honestly don't know I had the same problem with my speedometer being off from the GPS. When I took apart my speedo...
• Re: Audiovox ccs100 cruise control
  Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
  Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:42:32 -0700
  ...Magnet pickup on automatics > Although the magnetic pickup seems a little bit inelegant compared to > sensor > at the speedometer or from the coil, they...
• Re: Bullet proof Vanagon, Interesting van on Ebay UK
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Mon, 5 Jan 2009 15:56:50 -0500
  ...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: Odometer/Speedometer OoC
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:51:36 -0700
  ...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: Choice of Lube
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 18 Feb 2014 09:19:35 -0600
  ---- Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > The squeaking-squealing is often from the speedometer head itself, not the > cable. Lubricant will usually quiet it...
• Re: Choice of Lube
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Mon, 3 Mar 2014 13:14:04 -0800
  ...On 2/18/2014 6:21 AM, Dennis Haynes wrote: > The squeaking-squealing is often from the speedometer head itself, not the > cable. Lubricant...
• Re: And speaking of tires...
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Fri, 3 Aug 2001 21:39:24 +0000
  ...My speedometer is right on. They get a little squirrely if I don't keep them up to 48 psi or so on the...
• Re: Driver's side front wheel grease cap
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Mon, 27 Aug 2012 17:40:20 -0400
  It is the speedometer cable. retained by a small "e" clip. Dave Milo On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 5:18 PM, Rocket J...
• Re: Projektzwo wheels
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Wed, 25 Oct 2000 09:58:43 -0700
  John Klun wrote: > > What happens to your fuel mileage with these big tires? Does it also affect > your speedometer? 225/50R16 are about 24...
• Re: wider tires?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Mon, 7 Jan 2002 10:04:31 -0600
  ...Inaccurate speedo? My Westy speedometer read high as is the case in a lot of Vanagons. The taller tires corrected this error. This has...
• Conversion factor
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Hill
  Sat, 25 Jan 2003 06:57:00 -0600
  ...multiply by this factor) I wonder about the availability of the proper speedometer for this application, and where are you going, anyway? Chuck Hill
• Speedomoter wierdness
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 3 Jan 2004 15:13:47 -0800
  ...Recently the speedometer in my Westy has started to act funky. From a dead stop the needle doesn't move until the vehicle's...
• o2 sensor light
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:16:56 -0800
  ...I have read that this a mileage related item, however the speedometer/odometer in my van hasnt worked since I have owned it. Is...
• Total Dash Circuit rebuild...?
  Historical mailing list - Lyle Lathem
  Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:25:44 -0600
  ...Things like oil light led, low water led, new temp gauge, gas gauge, speedometer and tach. Can these things be searched out, and mounted...
• Re: 180 MPH Speedo
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:45:29 -0700
  ...Sunday, August 31, 2008, 11:48 PM Where can I find the 180 MPH Vanagon speedometer shown on this Vanagon for sale? (Take a...
• Re: Looking for instrument cluster or tachometer
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 9 Dec 2021 09:57:51 -0500
  Of the 6 or 7 Transporters I have owned and driven, I believe that all of them had a noisy jumping speedometer when the...
• Re: Crazy idea?
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Mon, 28 Jul 2014 13:57:35 -0500
  ...designed to close a switch after N thousand > miles, not operate a speedometer. The gear reduction is orders of > magnitude too high. > > Yours, > David >
• Re: The Magic number 3600 & Over-optimistic speedometer
  Historical mailing list - David Yates
  Fri, 7 Jun 1996 08:23:38 GMT+1000
  Don't know if its relevant, but in Botswana, at all petrol (gas) stations there is a small portable ramp. When young drivers (VW...
• Re: steering wheel replacement
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 6 Apr 2002 07:53:34 -0700
  ...and with the larger wheel, I can actually see the whole speedometer! Karl Wolz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim & Kim Dayton" <5days@PRODIGY.NET> To...
• Re: Warning!!! Check Your Speedometer - What a Sad, Sad Example
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Wed, 15 May 2002 08:41:21 -0700
  Reportedly, grade-school students spend a few days on measurements, practicing moving the decimal place around. Once they grasp the ease of metric, they...
• Speedo spare parts source?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sun, 4 Apr 2004 07:18:06 -0700
  ...plastic gear that drives the odometer and tripometer in our Vanagon speedometers. You know the one, the one that eventually splits, stopping the odometer...
• Re: Speedometer clicking - any recommendations?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 4 Jan 1999 15:17:24 CST
  ...I >had a local VW dealer check it out and they said I need a new speedometer >head and cable. They want over $200...
• Fwd: speedo cluster for sale
  Historical mailing list - Tom Smith
  Mon, 28 Aug 2000 18:15:15 EDT
  ...Odometer doesn't work; speedometer does? I used Don's suggested fix with one variation. Instead of putting super glue in the hole in...
• Re: Odometer stopped
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Tue, 16 Oct 2001 13:00:47 -0600
  I'd try Palo Alto Speedometer in CA, or Deluxe Speedometer in Denver. PAS is a VDO certified shop, and they should have the...
• Re: Odometer/Speedometer OoC
  Historical mailing list - The Westy man
  Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:33:34 -0700
  ...Odometer/Speedometer OoC > I've gotten to the point where the pain/trouble IS the experience. I > refuse > to pay some drone in San...
• Re: Highway driving
  Historical mailing list - Pete O
  Fri, 11 Sep 2015 07:47:15 -0400
  Stock 2.1 - 65MPH (on the speedometer - GPS says 60MPH) at 3600RPM. Usually get about 17 -18 MPG. Pete O '87 Westy "JoesVan" '79...
• Re: Wheel C-clip
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:26:30 -0700
  At 8/10/2010 01:27 PM, titantic01@AOL.COM wrote: > > > I am going to replace the speedometer cable with the one that does...
• Odometer fix?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:13:31 -0700
  ...Any suggestions as to glues or other fixes? A new speedometer is around $200 so that's out. Mike
• Re: Thanks for Speedometer help
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Thu, 16 Apr 1998 22:07:20 -0700
  At 04:25 PM 4/15/98 -0400, you wrote: >Well, first I was following someone. Second, one summer, I was on my way...
• Re: WTB: Plastic speedo cluster holder
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 31 Aug 1998 07:25:28 PDT
  ...Malcolm S > >The plastic tabs that the screws go thru to secure my speedometer / tach >cluster are now all broken. Does anyone have one...
• Re: 14" vs 15" Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 25 Mar 2001 09:02:30 -0600
  ...Jimsdub Overall diameter of the installed tire should be the important thing re gearing, speedometer, etc. Larry A.
• Re: red mark on metric odometer
  Historical mailing list - Barb and Scott Stothers
  Tue, 1 May 2001 18:51:56 -0500
  ...my '59 Beetle Convertible has a KM speedometer in it with the red hash mark (no other marks) at 50 km/hr. I was...