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• Re: Speedometer Questions
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 1 Jun 2006 07:47:02 -0700
  ...The rest or the story is that I > installed a vehicle speed sensor in the cruise control hole while the > speedometer was out. This...
• Re: Looking for instrument cluster or tachometer
  Historical mailing list - Tom C
  Wed, 8 Dec 2021 14:25:51 -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...
• Front Suspension
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Wed, 22 May 2013 09:42:26 -0400
  ...I've reviewed Bentley over and over so I think I'm ready, however, what I can't find is what holds the speedometer...
• Re: Tire vs. mph difference
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 15 Oct 2011 18:55:15 -0400
  ...Tire vs mph difference Can someone tell me if my speedometer is off much since I put 245 60 14 tires on my stock...
• Re: dont pusy our trip meter while driving!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 23:57:03 -0500
  ...i've broken 2 this way, and have sold >plenty of speedometers to people who did the same thing.. Chris, did you read my...
• Re: speedo problems
  Historical mailing list - John McLean
  Fri, 11 Jan 2002 03:39:37 -0800
  ...it more > likely that it got disconnected somewhere (hopefully at the speedometer > itself?) > I'll bet you the little square nubbin at the left...
• Reinforced Tires?
  Historical mailing list - Ed Bass
  Tue, 6 May 2003 11:32:11 -0400
  ...I suppose the only problem with that is that it means that the speedometer is reading too low. Now that I need new tires...
• Re: Trip Odometer Myth(?)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 17 Apr 2003 23:30:59 -0500
  ...thing on a Vanagon screams junk it has to be the > speedometer. > > > > Engine? Trans? Switchgear? Locks? VC? > > > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet...
• Instrument Pod Parts Needed
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 5 Jan 2005 14:36:59 -0600
  I need the plastic piece of the instrument pod that fits between the Speedometer and the Tach cluster on a late model. It houses...
• Re: Vanagon not as fast as you think
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Tue, 7 Sep 2004 05:44:53 +0000
  ...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: Baywindow tire size/speedo error
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Thu, 21 Mar 1996 11:07:56 -0800 (PST)
  ...is enough to make that big of a difference in the speedometer reading. -David ============================================================================ David Schwarze '73 VW Safare Custom Camper (Da Boat) San...
• Odometer Wheels Loose
  Historical mailing list - Mark Bowie
  Mon, 6 Oct 1997 18:32:34 -0400
  ...Sure enough when I removed the speedometer, the axle the wheels turn on had fallen out of the plastic "bearing" on the right side...
• Re: Gas Mileage
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Wed, 28 Oct 1998 17:56:41 -0500
  ...the 27" tires give me a precise speedometer reading, but I have been told that the odometer is therefore off by "about" 10%. Thus...
• Re: Lighting ideas for cargo area?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 21:00:07 -0500
  ...When I pulled the cowl off the speedometer assembly, I saw >only one bulb. Should there be more? One on top of each instrument...
• Re: Warning!!! Check Your Speedometer
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Sat, 11 May 2002 08:09:19 -0500
  Dearest Pinky---- I just have to say after reading your posting that I for one have read some really stupid messages here at prior...
• Sightlines to instrument panel
  Historical mailing list - TA Scott
  Wed, 13 Nov 2002 21:35:49 -0800
  ...I can't see the speedometer and the temp gauge. I'm 6'4" and the uper half of the streering wheel is right...
• Re: Inaccurate Speedometer
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Tue, 21 Jan 2003 09:41:16 EST
  I recall reading in the Bentley that the speedo is set both a % high and a fixed amount high. Has to do with legal...
• Re: [Vaguely OT] Audi Componentry FS
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 10 Jan 2003 18:38:43 -0500
  ...A more difficult problem might be the speedometer revolutions-per-mile. They're different on Vanagons than on other VW cars. (And different on...
• Use Oxy Sensor light to re-set odometer?
  Historical mailing list - Ed Lloyd
  Sat, 20 May 2006 17:39:13 -0400
  ...I have learned that it has a re-set button on the speedometer cable, and it lights up at 50,000 or perhaps 60...
• Re: Looking for instrument cluster or tachometer
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 Dec 2021 13:44:40 +0000
  ...at 2:35 PM Tom Buese <tantonbz@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Yup, speedometer, Odometer & Tachometer! >>> So many gauges on these old VW’s! >>> But no...
• Re: odometer just went on the fritz
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 31 Dec 2004 06:33:08 -0600
  ...There is at least one website that advertises repair of speedometers. I don't have it but I'm sure some of the list...
• Re: Voltage stabilizer installation?
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Wed, 27 Jun 2012 10:37:47 -0700
  ...that > the speedo cable was the onliest thing holding it (the speedometer) in > place. The corner tabs holding the whole shebang to the dash...
• Differences between 82 and 83 turn signals?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:18:14 -0500
  ...more accurate 83 I had and of course the 4-speed speedometer unit with the 5-speed 83 with the correct shift point and...
• Re: mileage revisited
  Historical mailing list - Hotch
  Fri, 15 Nov 1996 16:50:42 -0500
  ...15.85 > mpg! That's awful! I was driving with the speedometer between 60 and > 65 Sean that sound low to me, were you...
• Van in Bike Event Ad
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 17 May 2008 07:47:44 -0600
  ...In the paper mag photo you can easily see the dished part of the steering wheel and the pod/speedometer as well. What other...
• Re: Need tire and wheel recommendations
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 9 Aug 2008 18:22:27 -0400
  ...this kind of abuse? > > In addition, I have calculated that my speedometer and odometer read > about > 5% low (65 MPH is actually over 70...
• Re: Speedometer and 15/65/205 Tires/Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:31:23 -0600
  ...My shift > points seem about 5 mph off the marks on the speedometer as well. I > followed a thread on the Samba regarding this...
• some more Hemmings: parts and stuff
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 08 Jul 95 12:52:45 CDT
  ...Europarts (619) 451-0020 (CA) VDO instrumentation, gauges, speedometer, tachometer restored, recalibrated, repaired; specializing in electronic instrument clusters with digital odometers, km/mile conversions...
• Bad Speedometers
  Historical mailing list - Brad Hopp
  Tue, 21 Feb 1995 19:50:25 -0800 (PST)
  A few months ago there was thread about the little plastic gear that wears out on vans. I just had a new engine installed...
• re: Good News/ 3rd gears woes
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Dec 1995 03:24:47 -0500
  ...rattles out of the sink unit and the clicking in the speedometer cable and it will be like new.(temporarily) ---------- sorry, i missed something...
• Re: OXY SENSOR LITE ON
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 13 Jan 95 09:51:00 MST
  ...1) Locate the speedometer cable coupling box. On my '84 it is underneath, just behind the spare tire. If I remember correctly, it is...
• Re: A speedometer question
  Historical mailing list - George Lyle
  Sun, 14 Jun 1998 21:08:46 -0700
  Tom Young <young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU> wrote: > For the last few months I've noticed my speedo needle has a slight case > of...
• Re: Odometer clicking/ not working?
  Historical mailing list - Eckie Prater
  Sun, 7 Feb 1999 14:04:15 -0600
  ...change... ;0) > New problem cropped up though.... >My Odometer is ticking? Speedometer is tracking fine (I think) But trip >miles are not being logged...
• Re: Haunted Westy!!!
  Historical mailing list - sheri motsenbocker
  Tue, 6 Jul 1999 22:11:21 -0700
  ...I haven't had this happen yet on my 1982 Westy (odometer and speedometer are non-funtioning currently. However, it's a regular occurance...
• Re: speedometer light
  Historical mailing list - karl
  Wed, 17 Nov 1999 15:01:47 -0500
  These are only available from the dealer, as far as I know, and the price isn't all that bad. However VW now makes...
• Re: right sized tires, wrong speed indication
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 18 Feb 2002 22:58:07 -0600
  ...84 westy cruises nicely at 75-80 MPH, according to the speedometer. > It's got to be wrong. I suspect by about 10-15...
• tire update
  Historical mailing list - Bike Florida
  Fri, 4 Jun 2004 20:47:05 -0400
  ...195/70 R14 these are taller and a hair thinner, the speedometer is dead on the money with my navigation system now, before it...
• Re: Speedo Question (Not the beach type)
  Historical mailing list - Cory Sammons
  Mon, 13 Sep 2004 17:32:29 -0400
  ...out what the orange dots represent on my 84 gl > automatic speedometer > I would assume that are shift points but I found nothing in...
• Re: Speedometer and odometer accuracy
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 22 Mar 2005 14:48:01 -0700
  On 3/22/05 14:17, "wlail@ou.edu" <wlail@ou.edu> wrote: > jimt wrote: "Are those 15 inch or 14 inch wheels? If...
• Re: Hall Effect Sender? Speedo question
  Historical mailing list - Jason Brand
  Thu, 29 May 2008 17:07:48 -0400
  The new Volkswagens cars have electronic speedometers, and no cable. The only thing that passes through the firewall on them are wires. The VSS...
• Re: Odometer/Speedometer OoC
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:12:52 -0700
  On 6/25/08, Robert Stewart <robertmstewart@mac.com> wrote: > > I would waste your valuable time messing with the repair unless you > love to...
• Re: FOR SALE: Whole bunch of Vangon and other parts
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:48:31 -0500
  ...Wagon taillights very good condition and speedometer (clock version) &ndash; weight 3.5kg 1978 Audi Fox speedometer, hub caps, fuse panel and misc relays...
• Re: Installing Golf/Jetta/Fox Speedo in a Syncro w/ Oil Pressure Buzzer
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:27:37 -0700
  ...In > response to a fellow Syncronaut Craig's unsuccessful attempt to locate a > replacement speedometer for the one missing from his recently purchased > Syncro...
• Speedometer and guage questions
  Historical mailing list - The Shaws
  Mon, 28 Jun 2004 19:57:19 -0700
  Hello, I have a question about speedometers. I am replacing a km/h speedo from an 87 doka that has a number 500 on...
• Tires . . . I know :(
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Jones
  Fri, 10 Oct 1997 09:07:20 -0600
  ...My understanding is that this tire will affect the speedometer reading slightly and cause engine RPMs to increase (over my present tire) for a...
• Re: Vanagon in Upstate New York
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 9 Dec 2000 10:33:25 EST
  ...of 1/18/2000 it had 113,619 miles on it. >> speedometers breaking is very common. ive sold a bunch of used ones. most...
• Michelin XCA tires - highway RPMS
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sun, 6 Oct 2002 12:39:00 -0700
  ...are a larger diameter than the MXTs. (I noted that my speedometer now reads 3 mph slower than actual speed - my speedo is labeled...
• Re: '84 Westy Speedometer Accuracy
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Wed, 1 Jan 2003 20:27:19 EST
  I have never thought that the GPS would be inaccurate but perhaps it is. For comparisons, below are my tach readings. Dont know how...
• Re: Dash Cluster Needed, '86+
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:24:28 -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: Westy LuggageRack Noise Speedometer accuracy
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 22 Dec 2023 19:37:39 +0000
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• Re: Crazy idea?
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Mon, 28 Jul 2014 09:14:27 -0500
  ...Zeitgeist" <gruengeist@gmail.com> wrote: > Completely nutz > > http://www.partshp.com/speedometer_gears.htm > > Sent from my iPad > > On Jul 28, 2014, at 6...
• Re: Repairing odometer
  Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
  Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:04:54 -0400
  ...BBA (http://www.bba-reman.com/) for fixing the odometer. > > My speedometer works but both the odometer and the trip odometer only > occasionally work...
• Re: 1984 Speedos
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:50:46 -0400
  ...Mine's out of reach right now, so look in the speedometer section. If it's not there I can find it eventually. >I...
• aftermarket tachometers?
  Historical mailing list - Andy Stalick
  Wed, 4 Aug 2004 00:48:38 -0500
  ...But I'd like to keep the speedometer stock, and I'm not sure the wiring harness would work the same for a new...
• Re: 92mph [WAS : 102mph]
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Wed, 16 May 2007 13:28:57 -0700
  ...I can't, kause 85 is the upper limit of my speedometer. > > Well then how do you know that you didn't? > > -- > > > Mike "Rocket...
• No instrument lights or gas guage?
  Historical mailing list - Oliver Mueller-Heubach
  Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:56:43 -0400
  Hi gang- just got my '80 Westy back to the house and have lost my speedometer and clock lighting and the gas gauge is...
• '72 engine wanted, other questions
  Historical mailing list - (Jeff P. Schneiter)
  Wed, 21 Sep 1994 16:41:53 -0700
  ...and put it together myself? Also, the speedometer is off by almost 10 miles/hour - the speedometer said 68-70 while I was really...
• Re: Choice of Lube
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 18 Feb 2014 12:59:16 -0500
  ...Choice of Lube ---- Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > The squeaking-squealing is often from the speedometer head itself, not > the cable. Lubricant will...
• Installing Golf/Jetta/Fox Speedo in a Syncro w/ Oil Pressure Buzzer
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:17:02 -0700
  ...BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com> Hello All, It is well known that the MPH speedometer for the Syncro is NLA from VW. In response...
• Re: instrument panel lights
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 18 Jul 94 13:36:09 CDT
  On Mon, 18 Jul 94 11:39:29 CDT Will Self said: >In my '84 Vanagon the lights behind the speedometer and heating >controls...