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• Re: Odometer clicking/ not working?
  Historical mailing list - gerry rafferty
  Sun, 7 Feb 1999 18:43:31 -0800
  ...up though.... >My Odometer is ticking? Speedometer is tracking fine (I think) But trip >miles are not being logged/ODOMETER DOESN'T WORK.... >Any...
• fuel leak (?) & odometer
  Historical mailing list - Rob McGee
  Sun, 15 Sep 1996 21:02:11 -0600
  ...Also, I noticed (before filling the tank) that the odometer had suddenly stopped. The speedometer works fine, but not the odometer or trip meter...
• Re: Odometer/Speedometer OoC
  Historical mailing list - The Westy man
  Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:33:34 -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: Odometer/Speedometer OoC
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:54:48 -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: Speedo spare parts source?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 4 Apr 2004 10:24:32 EDT
  ...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 failed, any advice?
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:35:43 +0000
  ...just yesterday after I tried to Zero out the > tripmeter on my 84s' > odometer, it now no longer works. For some time, it's...
• Re: mile counter
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sat, 19 May 2001 01:53:54 EDT
  ...Years of resetting the trip odometer (that's the one you can push a button to reset) can accelerate the appearance of the problem...
• Re: Odometer/Speedometer OoC
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:51:36 -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...
• Haunted Westy! SOLVED
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shane
  Tue, 6 Jul 1999 16:40:21 -0400
  ...My odometer just quit" Newbie Steve asks: "Why" NON-Newbie Volks replies: >>>The gear often breaks if you reset the trip odometer while the...
• trip odometer myth
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Wed, 16 Apr 2003 10:19:44 EDT
  ...If you push in the trip odometer button while moving, you will reset the odometer. That's it. The first thing that happens when...
• FW: Seeking Odometer Fix Info
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:16:13 -0400
  ...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: Haunted Westy!!!
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 6 Jul 1999 11:10:07 -0300
  The teeth in the trip odometer did not mesh correctly when reset. It happens to me when I don't push the button all...
• Re: Trip Odometer Myth(?)
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Fri, 18 Apr 2003 08:20:28 +0000
  ...Trip Odometer Myth(?) >Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 21:19:45 -0700 > >Body seams, plastic over lights, metal pipes front to back for cooling...
• Re: All Fine, Durango, Co. to Asheville, North Carolina But Odometer Not Working
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 4 May 2010 18:55:32 -0700
  ...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 related questions
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
  Thu, 1 Nov 2007 10:33:30 -0700
  ...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: Odometer/Speedometer OoC
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:56:58 -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: Dash Cluster Needed, '86+
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:04:40 -0400
  ...systems? The law may also require an odometer, the "total miles" requirement probably excludes resettable trip odometers. Should be fine with just a GPS...
• Re: Seeking Odometer Fix Info
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 13 Jul 2012 10:26:42 -0700
  ...PM My '87 Westy Odometer has finally succumbed to 'Vanagon Odo Syndrome' - no more logging of miles (both main & trip odos) although the speedometer...
• Re: Odometer clicking/ not working?
  Historical mailing list - Eckie Prater
  Sun, 7 Feb 1999 20:59:44 -0600
  ...up though.... >>My Odometer is ticking? Speedometer is tracking fine (I think) But trip >>miles are not being logged/ODOMETER DOESN'T WORK.... >>Any...
• Re: Odometer stopped
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 16 Oct 2001 07:49:09 -0400
  ...Usually it is the small metal gear on the end of the cluster that drives the trip odometer that fails. My Jetta did the...
• Re: 300k!
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Sat, 3 Jul 2010 22:39:16 EDT
  After a trip to Kroger today I returned home and the odometer read 299,999 miles. Tomorrow the odometer will pass 300,000. Rico...
• Re: Unreliable Vanagon engines!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:23:43 -0600
  ...254,455 > miles on the odometer. Will that engine make one more trip? > > Wave if you see me. > > Dennis > > >
• Odometer
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 12 Nov 1995 19:33:03 -0500
  Anyone know how to repair the odometer, mine doesn't work and the gas gauge doesn't either. Makes for an interesting trip. If...
• Re: trip odometer - problem solved?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 Nov 94 19:49:05 PST
  My husband and I pulled the odometer/speedometer out of the '81 'Falia and tinkered with it tonight. Surprisingly, all of the cogs and...
• Re: *&^%@ gas gauge!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Oct 94 11:33:01 -0600
  ...If you know what kind of gas mileage you're getting, you can use the trip odometer quite handily. Example: 20 mpg times 16...
• Odometer - needs resetting
  Historical mailing list - Amanda Donaldson
  Thu, 11 Nov 1999 22:12:56 +0000
  Hi Thanks to good advice gleaned from the archives, I think I just fixed my dead odometer...... took a long time to get round...
• Re: trip odometer myth
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Wed, 16 Apr 2003 08:16:29 -0700
  ...If you push in the trip odometer button while moving, > you will reset the odometer. That's it. The first thing that happens when...
• Re: All Fine, Durango, Co. to Asheville, North Carolina But Odometer Not Working
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 4 May 2010 18:56:59 -0700
  ...Trooper ran great! Not one hiccup and I am VERY happy >> with it!......although, recently, on a trip to Leadville, Co., the >> odometer (88...
• speedometer repair shop in Boulder or Denver? WA? OR?
  Historical mailing list - William Manley
  Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:30:13 -0600
  ...Unfortunately six days before a long westy trip! I'd like to keep the odometer to actual mileage, thus a local shop would be...
• Re: Dead Odometer
  Historical mailing list - Brian Doss
  Wed, 1 Sep 1999 16:03:52 EDT
  ...I pushed in the trip meter reset button, and something didn't sound right. After that - no odometer. I tore into the instrument panel...
• Re: odometer just went on the fritz
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Fri, 31 Dec 2004 12:34:27 -0500
  ...odometer seems to have spontaneously gone on strike this afternoon. It's > not moving, nor is my trip meter. Zeroing out the trip meter...
• Re: odometer related questions
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Thu, 1 Nov 2007 10:03:45 -0800
  ...I too seem to have a debateable fuel guage, > and a non working odometer/trip counter. I also need to have more miles on...
• Speedometer and odometer accuracy
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Tue, 22 Mar 2005 11:01:37 -0600
  Regarding speedometer accuracy, I have made several multi-thousand mile trips with my GPS turned on the entire way. What I have found is...
• Re: Odd-ometer repair
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Sun, 13 May 2007 15:15:38 -0700
  ...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: Odometer failed, any advice?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:48:16 -0600
  ...just yesterday after I tried to Zero out the tripmeter on my 84s' > odometer, it now no longer works. For some time, it's...
• Unreliable Vanagon engines!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:32:12 -0500
  ...254,455 miles on the odometer. Will that engine make one more trip? Wave if you see me. Dennis
• Re: Odometer clicking/ not working?(remedy)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Batzler
  Sun, 7 Feb 1999 18:55:37 -0800
  ...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 fixed
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 13 Jun 2011 08:20:10 -0700
  ...clever with things mechanical the trip meter started working but only about 1/3 speed. Hmm. The main odometer started working backwards. Double hmm...
• Re: Speedometer Part
  Historical mailing list - Edmund Shotwell
  Tue, 20 May 2003 17:38:59 -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: heading home tomorrow
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 4 Dec 2016 13:49:19 -0500
  ...Uneventful trip. 306,108 now on the odometer. > > Dennis, > From my phone. > ________________________________ > From: Ed<mailto:email99@BELLSOUTH.NET> > Sent: ‎12/‎3/‎2016 11:15...
• Re: odometer related questions
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 1 Nov 2007 11:07:19 -0700
  ...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: Odometer/ tripometer broken
  Historical mailing list - All of Us
  Wed, 12 Jun 2002 22:36:51 -0500
  ...Odometer/ tripometer broken > Does anyone else have problems with the gears in the vanagon odometer > sliping out of alignment? > If so has someone got...
• Re: trip meter
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:02:08 -0700
  ...Mar 29, 2013, at 12:55 PM, Michael Kimball <kimballmk@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > My trip meter quit working but odometer still works. any ideas?
• Re: Diesel mileage update
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 6 Dec 2004 09:15:29 -0600
  ...Jim On Dec 6, 2004, at 9:02 AM, Hans Achter wrote: > Gnarlie, > On one of those trips could you calibrate your odometer for...
• Re: odometer and trip-odometer stopped
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 10 Jul 2001 12:18:01 -0500
  ...This weekend the trip meter stopped rolling up > miles. After > watching it for a while I came to realize that the odometer stopped > also...
• Re: Odometer failed, any advice?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:19:51 -0800
  ...Odometer only goes to xx,xxx and doesn't have a trip odometer, but it works. I'll give your method a whirl. I...
• Re: MPG
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Mon, 3 Sep 2007 20:25:16 -0400
  ...that many speedometers read a little fast. >> You should compare your trip odometer to highway mileage markers to see >> what factor it's off...
• Re: Propane and refrigerator success
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 27 Jun 2015 22:09:58 -0400
  At 10:00 AM 6/27/2015, Larry Alofs wrote: >And not resetting the trip odometer while the van is moving? Bwahaha! Now you...
• Re: trip odometer myth
  Historical mailing list - shawn luft
  Fri, 18 Apr 2003 11:56:01 -0400
  ...If you push in the trip odometer button while moving, > you will reset the odometer. That's it. The first thing that happens when...
• Re: Odometer rerpair, 1985
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 21 May 1996 04:08:01 -0400
  Bill Lund writes: >Help! My odometer is frozen. I think it is related to the trip meter >which, when you push the button, clears...
• Milestone approaching..300000..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 3 May 2009 20:54:50 -0700
  ...having the trip meter and the odometer get to show at one time: 299,999 and 999.9 on the trip meter? If that...
• Re: odometer just went on the fritz
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 30 Dec 2004 23:30:08 -0700
  ...odometer seems to have spontaneously gone on strike this afternoon. It's > not moving, nor is my trip meter. Zeroing out the trip meter...
• Re: Odometer failed, any advice?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:07:03 -0500
  ...just yesterday after I tried to Zero > out the tripmeter on my 84s' > odometer, it now no longer works. For some time, it's...
• Re: Odometer/ tripometer broken
  Historical mailing list - Richie Chunda
  Wed, 12 Jun 2002 23:45:03 EDT
  ...Clamping rings which are a proper force fit on the hubs of the wormgear of a VDO odometer can be cut from the miniature...
• Major Milestone!!!
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Sat, 21 Feb 2004 21:36:09 -0800
  Hi all, This evening, as I pulled into my driveway from a ski trip my odometer (90 GL) rolled over to: 300,000 miles...
• Re: Speedometer Noise
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 21 Oct 2004 15:40:33 EDT
  In a message dated 10/21/04 2:56:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time, kimbrennan@MAC.COM writes: > Push in your trip odometer button...
• Re: Speedometer Source
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:34:27 -0400
  ...The odometer and trip meter are the only parts that use the gearing. My bad... Sometimes, you really are Str8, even though you're...
• Odometer problem
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:02:53 -0700
  My odometer quit a week or so ago. I pulled the speedo and looked it over. The gear was on and seemed to move...
• Re: speedometers for older buses ...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Jun 96 11:45:36 +0200
  >>for those of you wanting trip odometers... I have one in my '73, it came from a '73 sunroof i once had the cluster...
• Re: MPG
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 3 Sep 2007 20:02:34 -0400
  ...that many speedometers read a little > fast. > You should compare your trip odometer to highway mileage markers to > see > what factor it's off...