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• Re: Dash Cluster Substitute + Reproduce It ?
  Historical mailing list - Oxroad
  Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:04:31 -0800
  ...the same dash crap as you- > > original problem was a broken speedo cable, but the job devolved into > > my being forced into finding, then...
• "Front Bearing Saga" has ended... Thank you Jonathan!
  Historical mailing list - Richard Bias
  Sat, 29 Dec 2001 22:00:58 -0500
  ...enough already, he MADE me a bushing to go over the speedo cable and leverage off the spindle. A really great piece of craftsmanship...
• Re: Got Shifter Bushings?
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:20:13 -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: A Day of Vanagon- Seam Rust repair/auto paint
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Mon, 7 Jan 2008 16:57:56 -0800
  ...I also went > to replace my speedometer today with a replacement > that has a funcitonal > odometer, but after taking out the stock speedo, i...
• Re: reset? OS2 indicator light
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Sat, 8 Jan 2000 15:16:39 -0500
  ...under your van, follow the speedometer cable from the left front wheel, up toward the point where it enters the dash. You will find...
• Re: 82 Air Cooled Questions
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sun, 3 Nov 2002 13:52:40 -0800
  ...The devices that are not working is >the speedometer light, clock/fuel guage light and the stereo. All the >other dash components are working...
• Re: Using the "extra" LEDs in the instrument cluster
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:06:59 -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...
• Re: Wanabus seeks your advice and experience.
  Historical mailing list - Marvin Westenburg
  Tue, 3 Mar 1998 15:54:17 -0600
  ...I wish it had a clutch cable like my '72 camper did. I never had to replace that. Just kept it lubed. >I never...
• Re: Why we do it.
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:13:40 -0700
  ...Totoro was great, > though with no speedometer I was guessing our speed by the tach. After > fixing the cable (sort of, it's missing...
• used vw parts
  Historical mailing list - rudi schafner
  Mon, 11 Mar 2002 19:29:32 -0800
  ...t-2 79 steering wheel $ 20.00 vanagon shiftboot$ 10.00 t-3 speedo with trip counter 7/72 $ 45.00 t-2 72...
• Re: Speedometer Ok -Odometer and trip meter dead!?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 20 May 2006 22:25:27 -0700
  ...s desire to NOT rotate due to being connected to the speedo cable via a worm gear, which as we all know can only...
• Re: Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 14 Sep 2008 11:59:31 -0400
  ...I brought the wires in through the speedo cable grommet. >> >> 3. I connected the brake wires in parallel with the two brake light >> switches...
• Re: Dash Cluster Substitute + Reproduce It ?
  Historical mailing list - ANTONY MARSH
  Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:43:58 -0500
  ...the same dash crap as you- >>> original problem was a broken speedo cable, but the job devolved into >>> my being forced into finding, then...
• Re: The Value Of a Mechanic That Knows the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Sun, 12 Oct 2008 08:32:00 -0700
  ...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: gutless AND unreliable...(C'mon Volkswagen!!)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 1 Apr 2003 08:28:29 -0600
  ...complete exhaust system including new cat and O2 sensor, new speedometer, new speedometer cable, replacement of all engine compartement fuel lines and coolant hoses...
• Re: Wheel/hubcaps "look" options
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 27 Nov 2012 20:28:29 -0600
  ...was wondering about size for Vanagon especially with regard to the speedo cable end at driver's front. thanks   -     mike  ________________________________ From: Dave Mcneely <mcneely4...
• Re: Clock repair and another defect
  Historical mailing list - Yi-Ruey Wei
  Thu, 27 Aug 1998 18:33:32 -0500
  ...When I was replacing the power window mechanism (which amazingly use 2 "PLASTIC" rivets to hold the upper/lower guides of the cable, of...
• Re: Alternator & EGR lights flashing?
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Mon, 3 Feb 97 14:10:26 EST
  ...The EGR light is otherwise controlled by a mileage counter in line with the speedometer cable. Every 15,000 miles the mileage counter closes...
• Re: Adding Aux Driving Lights Questions
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Wed, 11 Apr 2001 19:12:38 -0700
  ...The lights came with a bubble leveling tool to adjust. > > I routed the wire through a grommet somewhere by the > > speedometer cable on the...
• HOWTO: Audiovox cruise control install experience
  Historical mailing list - Eric Brown
  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 11:19:01 -0700
  ...I drilled another hole in the piece of metal that the gas pedal cable (throttle cable) is secured to and used the hole to...
• Re: A Day of Vanagon- Seam Rust repair/auto paint
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 7 Jan 2008 16:56:10 -0800
  ...I also went > to replace my speedometer today with a replacement that has a funcitonal > odometer, but after taking out the stock speedo, i...
• Re: another fun 2200 mile road trip in the 84 inline four.. trip report
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Sun, 14 Oct 2007 02:06:24 -0400
  ...find the speedo cable coming from the wheel, follow it to a square plastic box about three inches square. On that box, you will...
• Re: Wheels/Tires-My Story
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Thu, 31 Aug 2000 06:37:33 -0700
  ...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: Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sun, 14 Sep 2008 11:39:14 -0400
  ...I brought the wires in through the speedo cable grommet. > > 3. I connected the brake wires in parallel with the two brake light > switches...
• Re: instrument cluster foil replacement
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koller
  Fri, 30 Aug 2019 19:38:03 -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: What does the oil pressure warning buzzer sound like?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Sat, 17 Nov 2007 12:28:04 -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: fuel pump relays?
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sun, 21 Mar 1999 18:11:54 -0800
  ...speedometer cable, cruise control conection, main dash harness, >ect. ect., and pullled the old blown light and replaced with a new. All done >with...
• Re: HELP!My vanagon is missing OS sensor switch and trans fill plug
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 16 Apr 2002 10:40:52 -0400
  ...HELP!My vanagon is missing OS sensor switch and trans fill plug Stephen, Perhaps to help a bit more, follow the speedo cable from...
• Re: 30 to 50mph... PATHETIC!
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:18:22 -0400
  I'm planning on trying my 1.9l westy after I change out my speedo cable. Right now there's too much bounce in...
• Re: What does the oil pressure warning buzzer sound like?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 17 Nov 2007 10:49:22 -0800
  ...I'm with the speedo cable crowd; I've had that in many different cars & trucks as winter approached and things got cold. Try...
• Re: 85 westi FS for a 78 westi
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 29 Feb 2004 21:14:05 -0500
  ...raised the rear end from sagging,new cv joint boots and speedo cable new master cylinder and brakes all bled. A/C works perfect...
• Re: What the heck is this?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 10 Jul 2011 19:51:01 -0700
  ...which goes out the front 'firewall' near where the speedometer cable goes though. remove front grill. remove left head light bucket, several grommeted wire...
• Re: "Front Bearing Saga" has ended... Thank you Jonathan!
  Historical mailing list - Data Services
  Sun, 30 Dec 2001 15:01:22 -0500
  ...enough already, he MADE me a bushing to go over the speedo cable > and leverage off the spindle. A really great piece of craftsmanship...
• Steering rasp
  Historical mailing list - pete
  Sun, 12 Nov 2006 23:04:55 -0800
  ...detective and track down the noise - drop the spare, unmount the speedo cable transfer case and the sight above provocked a blue cloud of...
• Re: Using the "extra" LEDs in the instrument cluster
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 14 Mar 2012 07:29:58 -0500
  ...many people have bypassed them with a longer speedo cable > > >> anyways since its just a mileage counter, and the box is just an > > >> extra...
• Re: Jacking Up a 2WD GL w/Syncro stuff?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 7 Dec 2008 12:11:21 -0800
  ...Any chance of drilling through whatever I stick in there to house > the speedo cable? > 7. if the 2WD gas tank won't fit...
• Re: Locking differential
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Thu, 4 Jan 2018 08:50:00 -0800
  ...What the cable counts is rotations. A larger tire means fewer rotations per mile, therefore both the tach and the speedometer register lower than...
• 1988 bus reaches 100,000 miles!!! film at eleven.
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 02 Dec 95 18:35:53 CST
  ...n/c greased speedo cable. 71,375 1470.00 transmission rebuild. 3rd/4th gear syncronizer cracked. :( 75,640 100.00 replaced all four cv...
• Re: MY GAS GAUGE IS WORKING!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 19 Feb 2014 11:37:37 -0800
  ...I have to switch clusters and as you may have saw in an earlier post, since I'll be lubing the speedo cable, I...
• First Long Drive, some observations
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Tue, 2 May 2006 00:16:12 -0400
  ...I suspect that the speedometer may be 5mph higher than actual speed is this normal? It has the stock size tires with alloy wheels...
• Frank G.'s TDI instrument cluster - Details and Comments
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Tue, 9 Nov 2004 12:56:57 EST
  ...5 inch adaptor that pops onto the end of the Vanagon speedometer cable. I convert the pulses from this Hall sensor packet to the...
• Re: Front spindle possibly needed
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:20:38 -0700
  ...I assume it had grease seeping out of the speedometer cable hole and it just ran dry over time. The passengers side looks clean...
• Re: Wiring for inner headlights
  Historical mailing list - tolga
  Fri, 26 Nov 2004 13:34:44 -0500
  ...driver's feet, and the speedometer cable grommet, >up top behind the driver's side headlight. on the speedo grommet, it's >a lot...
• New Vanagon Owner - 82 Diesel - Saying Hi, Questions
  Historical mailing list - Jon Sykes
  Fri, 8 Mar 2002 13:44:13 -0500
  ...or used - oil filter - coolant overflow reservoir cap - possibly a new speedo cable Anyone recommend a source for the above? How can I clean...
• Re: Not starting easily
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 29 Dec 2011 08:55:26 -0500
  ...From the factory the O2 sensor light was operated from a mileage counter driven by the speedometer cable. As a bulb check it was...
• Re: was New to the list. now it's Fryday!
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:53:42 -0500
  ...It > is missing the middle 2 seat-er bench and needs one seat belt for the rear > bench and a speedo cable. That's...
• FS: '78 Bus
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Tue, 29 Oct 96 20:11:32 EST
  ...silver paint restuffed both front seats brand spankin' new German lower speedometer cable it comes with an am/fm cassette player as well as...
• FS: 1984 VW Westphalia Camper in Rochester NY - $9000
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:51:22 -0800
  ...new radiator, front shocks, and speedometer cable at 70,000 miles; both heads re-gasketed and front exhaust pipe at 84,000 miles; CV...
• Re: new head, etc all ok so far
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Fri, 27 May 2016 12:00:55 -0400
  ...I know they could just unhook the speedo cable but it is worth a try. There might be a reason behind why the storage...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon - Ford Focus Engine alternative
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:46:44 -0800
  ...cable to the front that plugs into the accelerator If you want cruise control 1 Bake pedal 1 Clutch Pedal 1 VSS from speedometer...
• Re: Sorry, Another Question On the Audi Wheels
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Fri, 14 Jan 2011 13:00:41 +0000
  ...It did not fit on the > drivers side, which of course has the speedo cable connection. Soooooo, at > this point I can assume the...
• Re: First Long Drive, some observations
  Historical mailing list - pete or nancy owsianowski
  Tue, 2 May 2006 21:07:26 -0500
  ...I suspect that the speedometer may be 5mph > higher than actual speed is this normal? It has the stock size tires with > alloy wheels...
• Re: Fun with fixing up stuff...(long post)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 2 Nov 2010 13:24:28 -0700
  ...My >> speedo cable was 'whirring' on cold mornings...no more. My suspension >> bushings were sometimes a bit squeaky...no more. My accelerator cable >> was...
• Re: Help! Flashing Temperature LED
  Historical mailing list - Charles D Earl
  Fri, 17 Jan 1997 22:58:07 -0800 (PST)
  ...from the panel and then disconnect the wiring harness and the speedo cable. You can now completely remove the instrument panel as a unit...
• Re: GPS (long and very little vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Fri, 12 May 2000 12:08:35 -0700
  ...Combination 12v auto power cord and serial adapter cable for PC 4. Adapter cable for my Palm V (made it myself from plans on...
• Re: common power loss prob-need answer
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sat, 18 Nov 2000 06:13:47 -0600
  Hi Jay, The fuel injector cable o2 sensor wire going to the ecu from the o2 sensor connector is a coax wire. When it...
• Re: Dash Cluster Substitute + Reproduce It ?
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:35:39 -0800
  ...the same > dash crap as you- > >>> original problem was a broken speedo cable, > but the job devolved into > >>> my being forced into finding, then...
• Re: MY GAS GAUGE IS WORKING!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 19 Feb 2014 14:56:33 -0600
  ...I have to > switch clusters and as you may have saw in an earlier post, since I'll be > lubing the speedo cable, I...
• RE: M.I.C...K.E.Y....
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 14 Sep 1995 16:18:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...floor, around the gaps in the front cardboard shield, climb the speedo cable or other wires, to the dash outlets, and in! Nothing to...
• Re: O2 sensor question 85 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 7 Apr 1999 14:54:17 -0400
  ...You reset the light by looking under the left front wheel for a square box inserted into the speedo cable -- there's a shielded...