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• Re: Need an Odometer
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 7 Jul 2009 08:46:17 -0700
  ...So firmly it >> doesn't move >> any more. >> >> Amy one have a syncro speedometer for sale? >> >> Mike >
• Re: Odometer repair question
  Historical mailing list - Nigel Bennett
  Thu, 31 Aug 2000 09:40:23 +0200
  ...I can't seem to get the speedometer needle off so I can take the face plate off. Is this unusual or any tips?.....
• parting out vanagons and campers, need anything?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 21 Mar 2001 17:24:13 EST
  ...glass, engines, trannys, seats, captains chairs, bumpers, interior bits and pieces, speedometer clusters, switches, camper interiors, anything and everything from the above vehicles.. email...
• Re: VW V-8 engine
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 21 Feb 2003 09:00:34 -0600
  ...that it will actually go past the 120 mph on the speedometer. > (Sorry to > >hear that I might be dying in a fiery explosion...
• Re: 2.1 waterboxer oil temp gauge?
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Mon, 27 Dec 2004 22:07:59 -0800
  ...It connects to the extra circuitry in the later model speedometer. I first discovered that sensor when the bonehead Jiffylube guy knocked it loose...
• Re: Click & Clack: " ...Bus handles like a vertical pizza box on a skateboard.
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:15:34 -0400
  ...that the wrong-size tires can affect the odometer (and the speedometer). But those are affected only when the diameter of the tire is...
• Re: CRUISE CONTROL
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 2 Sep 2023 11:24:23 -0400
  ...For the automatic speed feedback was through the speedometer. If I recall you are using a speed sensor off the CV joints so the...
• The Magic number 3600 & Over-optimistic speedometer
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 05 Jun 1996 02:23:00 -0700
  ...me a handy relationship that faciltates rigorous observations with regard to speedometer readings. The mph times seconds per mile always equals 3600, so dividing...
• Re: Syncro front-end into RWD bus
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 8 Jan 2008 11:00:53 -0800
  ...There wouldn't' be need for the front diff, which normally drives the speedometer cable on a syncro. I 'might' be possible to drive...
• 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: O2 sensor light on means?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Crawford
  Sun, 8 Jun 1997 13:58:36 -0700 (PDT)
  ...This box has the speedometer cable going through it. Use a pencil, or other pointed object, and push the button. >
• Parts needed for '81 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Dan Burgos
  Tue, 21 Jul 1998 01:16:33 -0400
  ...CV joint, inner, outer, right CV joint bolts brake backing plate speedometer refrigerator sink faucet knob propane tank Dan Burgos '81 Westy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit my...
• Do you know???
  Historical mailing list - tonyd
  Thu, 8 Oct 1998 15:49:20 +0000
  ...Upper control arm bushing replacement Front shock replacement Speedometer replacement I ask because I just got back from the mechanic who noticed these things...
• Speedometer problem
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sat, 5 Feb 2000 18:20:31 -0500
  I installed a new upper Speedo cable today in effort to fix nonworking Speedo and odometer (top clip on previous cable broken). Got new...
• Re: speedometer noise and other ramblings
  Historical mailing list
  08 Jan 97 07:03:09 PST
  Sean writ - > When it > gets really cold outside, sometimes the speedometer will make a gravelly > sort of noise. The frequency of the noise is...
• Re: WTB: Plastic speedo cluster holder
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sun, 30 Aug 1998 23:50:58 -0400
  ...The plastic tabs that the screws go thru to secure my speedometer / tach > cluster are now all broken. Does anyone have one for sale...
• Re: Odometer clicking/ not working?
  Historical mailing list - Racer X
  Mon, 8 Feb 1999 22:08:10 +0000
  ...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: 15" wheels effect on speedometer?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 21 Jul 2001 17:09:19 -0500
  Bill Kasper wrote: > i assume the speedo was calibrated for the 185/80-14 size? if so, then it > means when i see 65...
• Re: Tachless Vanagons (1984)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 28 Jan 2002 23:59:52 +1200
  ...enough to include little "shift dots" by >some speeds on my speedometer. Do those shift dots represent red lining? I believe so. The old...
• Re: how to replace tachometer light?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Tue, 17 Jun 2003 08:43:48 EDT
  ...The speedometer light is working. > > I tried playing with the plastic housing surrounding the tachometer > light, but I coundn't figure it out. > > Can...
• cruise control problems
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Mon, 5 Feb 2007 22:01:10 EST
  ...it looks like the vehicle employs the inductive pickup on the speedometer instead. The reason that I ask is that my cruise control is...
• Speedometer Cable
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Wed, 12 Jul 2017 01:45:40 +0000
  To all you folks that have struggled with the bouncy speedo needle, has anyone found a reliably good replacement cable? I replaced mine with...
• Re: Speedo repair question
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 2 Oct 2013 16:19:53 -0700
  ...this repair. > Some pics here of an '85 1.9 WBX speedometer I repaired: > > https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/1985VanagonTransporterSpeedometerGuts -- Neil n Blog: tubaneil...
• Eurovan RPM@70 - Friday OT but not Phryedaye OT
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 2 Apr 2010 08:27:00 -0400
  ...I did calculations based on gear and final drive ratios, but either the figures I have are off, or his speedometer is off. 1st...
• Re: GPS recommendations?
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:23:32 -0500
  ...A good speedometer.. Can anyone recommend one GPS over another? Rob becida@comcast.net Western Washington State, USA
• RE: Baywindow tire size/speedo error
  Historical mailing list - Morris H. Arthur
  Thu, 21 Mar 1996 13:52:29 -0500
  In my Bug, I had to pull off the speedo needle to remove the front cover plate of the speedometer. After replacing it ('errrr...
• speedo calibration
  Historical mailing list - Michael Kraewinkel
  Tue, 27 Oct 1998 08:06:15 +0100
  ...16" tires -- spelling errors > > Michael wrote: > "The biggest problem i expect could be the deviation of the > speedometer, which could be calibrated by VDO...
• Re: Speedometer problems
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 8 May 2000 17:47:11 -0400
  At 15:13 5/8/2000, Karl Wolz wrote: >and I was told it was due to a "slipped magnet". Now you know as...
• lights goin' bezerk
  Historical mailing list - ajw
  Thu, 1 Feb 2001 20:05:40 -0500
  hi y'all! my 87 vanagaon recently blew out the bulb which lights the speedometer, which is not at all bizarre, but since then...
• Re: 75 MPH - unusual?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 13:31:49 -0500
  That's assuming you have the right height tires causingthe speedometer to read accurately. How many radar traps have you gone thorugh at that...
• LVC: Porsche 914 Tach?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 1 Aug 2006 15:09:07 -0700
  ...Well I have a nice VDO electronic speedometer lying around to use (it goes up to 160MPH; how optimistic!), but I'm hesitant to...
• Re: Reasonable cruising speed?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 5 Aug 2006 00:55:50 -0700
  ...I'm running the GoWesty 16" wheels with the larger-than-stock tires, though, which "correct" my speedometer's error. Perhaps the odometers record...
• Re: Tachometer retrofit: 85 to 86 (Long Message)
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mundy
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 22:59:54 +1000
  ...My 89 Dashboard has the following * KPH Speedometer(Metric) * Large clock * Dynamic Oil Pressure Switch mounted on the back of the Speedometer integrated into...
• Re: WBX rpms..
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 10 Oct 2004 19:21:01 -0500
  ...I checked it aginst one of those speedometer test zones on a local highway here, and found the new unit to be "dead-on...
• Re: ODBII for smartphones
  Historical mailing list - Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski
  Thu, 15 Aug 2013 16:48:15 -0500
  ...So far it works great on RPM but not so much on the Speedometer.
• Re: Speedo Issue..
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 19 Jan 2013 01:37:57 -0500
  ...www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_1343_616/rebuilt_2wd_speedometer > .html > > It does come at "0" miles though, if that bothers you.
• Re: Clicking in wheels...
  Historical mailing list - sstones
  Sat, 11 Feb 1995 16:43:56 -0500 (EST)
  ...Put your ear up to the speedometer, or as close as you can get without gettin your head stuck in the steering wheel. If...
• NOBODY HAS THEM: tachometer and plastic instrument cluster housing
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Michael Gronski
  Fri, 11 Aug 2000 13:49:45 -0400
  ...I can source one of these? > > I also need a new speedometer / odometer (well actually I only need the > odometer but I know it...
• Re: Stove grate
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 30 Aug 2002 14:17:38 -0400
  ...It has an MPH speedometer and everything, though. Maybe my dish drainer has just been removed by someone, somewhere along the line. (Perhaps after...
• Re: PArt Needed: 86+ instrument cluster
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 17 Dec 2004 17:20:18 -0800
  ...The VW speed sensor goes into the speedometer and does not connect electrically to the IC. All you need is a speedo with the...
• Re: bouncing speedo
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 7 Mar 2007 14:22:49 EST
  In a message dated 3/7/07 2:02:06 PM Eastern Standard Time, Andrew.Richards@NIKE.COM writes: > Occassionally, my speedometer needle likes...
• Re: Does mileage really matter?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 3 Mar 2014 09:45:27 -0600
  ...to report when someone asks - only what's on the current > speedometer. > > The mileage issue seems to spook my potential buyers. They ain't...
• Re: Insturment Cluster
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:01:18 -0700
  Look for the DOPS mounted behind the speedometer .......that also makes it an 86 or later. if it's not there .. then I'd...
• OSX
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 8 Aug 2010 12:28:26 -0400
  ...I will by-pass that little box when the speedometer cable breaks by using the longer cable of a '88 or later van. Just...
• RE: speedo resto..
  Historical mailing list - Wagner Michael
  22 Jun 1995 11:37:56 -0800
  ...In message <00992416.494D1800.63@umbsky.cc.umb.edu> writes: > Rich sez he replaced the indicator color (windows) in his speedometer. > Rich, are these...
• Re: Speedometer Cable End
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 26 May 1999 14:35:15 -0400
  At 05:28 5/26/99 -0400, Frank Condelli wrote: >to make the speedo cable end square again ? I've been thinking about this...
• Re: Intermittant Speedo?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 17 Oct 2002 18:04:45 -0500
  Has anybody ever not had Vanagon speedometer failures? I drive by my Tach and just slow enough to keep that guy behind me in...
• Re: anti theft for hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 29 Oct 2003 21:43:13 -0500
  ...I had to bow it a little with my knee to get it to clear the speedometer cable end better, after that it stayed...
• Re: odometer just went on the fritz
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Fri, 31 Dec 2004 12:34:27 -0500
  Is the speedometer working? Eric 86-VW4x4 vw4x4@fyi.net 86-SS Syncro Pittsburgh, PA USA 1936-Chrysler 92-Jetta GWC www.fyi.net...
• Re: Tachometer retrofit: 85 to 86 (Long Message)
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Mundy
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 23:17:40 +1000
  ...My 89 Dashboard has the following * KPH Speedometer(Metric) * Large clock * Dynamic Oil Pressure Switch mounted on the back of the Speedometer integrated into...
• Re: Warning light
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 19 Dec 2014 21:20:50 -0500
  ...The buzzer is on the L-shaped circuit board located inside the speedometer, which parses the two sender inputs and the tachometer signal and...
• Re: Another Speedometer question
  Historical mailing list - Frank Miller
  Sat, 27 Nov 1999 07:05:51 -0500
  Anyone who owns a VW or Porsche (or other make with a VDO speedometer from this era) has a high likelyhood of running into...
• Re: EGR/oxygen sensor..
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 18 Aug 2002 09:58:36 -0500
  ...There is a second cable that goes from the little black box to the speedometer. This second cable drives the speedometer. There is a...
• Re: Instrument Lighting Mishap
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Mon, 19 Mar 2001 15:47:59 -0800
  ...sitting at the bottom of the housing in front of the speedometer. i wondered what that rusty little piece of metal was. once i...
• Re: GPS to check Speedo
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Tue, 2 Jul 2002 22:03:57 -0700
  ...Busch" <lbusch@IX.NETCOM.COM> > Be careful before you rely on your GPS to check your speedometer. > Depending on the make and model of...
• Re: KMH / MPH speedometer face available?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Tue, 23 Jul 2002 16:49:11 EDT
  In a message dated 7/23/02 1:41:37 PM Pacific Daylight Time, drillock@EARTHLINK.NET writes: << The face plates may interchange on...
• Re: VW V-8 engine
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 22 Feb 2003 08:59:49 -0600
  ...I'm > confident > > that it will actually go past the 120 mph on the speedometer. > > I think the ECU's speed limiter cuts in...
• Re: friday...whats the FASTEST youve driven in your vanagon????
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 5 Mar 2004 23:46:04 -0500
  ...have been as much as 5% higher than indicated on your speedometer. When new my BFG AT T/A's in that size read...
• Re: Ultra compact "modern" loaf???
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:46:53 -0500
  ...I looked at one that was brand new recently and the speedometer went all the way up to 40mph. It did have a radio...
• Re: MPG Question
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Fri, 31 Mar 2006 22:26:46 -0800
  ...It > turns out the speedometers have a total tolerance, new, of almost 18%! > (Bentley 90.30) Incredibly, VW indicates that for a real 50...