Search messages and discussions

Search preserved mailing-list messages and current email and website contributions. Current posts are searchable before weekly archival. Recovery gaps remain possible. Words are matched together; try fewer terms if needed.

Page 33+: 60 results shown for Speedometer.

Source-balanced relevance: matches from both collections are interleaved, with source dates breaking ties. Restoration time is not the original posting date.

• Re: tire circumference
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 15 Oct 2011 14:22:20 -0700
  ...question I have had for a while is why do vanagon speedometers have a range of revs/mile numbers on them? I have 2...
• Re: Dash Noise - Buzzing
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 30 Mar 2011 12:37:10 -0700
  ...aka the "L" board) located in the cluster above/beside the speedometer. (shown in Bentley) Neil. On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 11:45...
• Re: "C"-Clip
  Historical mailing list - Ron Mueller
  Wed, 27 Dec 2006 23:23:15 -0600
  ...Hope everybody got what was on their "Wish list". > > Does anyone have an extra "C"-clip for the speedometer cable where it is > driven...
• Re: Okay READ the subject bar...Hall Effect SPEEDO question.
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 29 May 2008 14:21:29 -0700
  ...Hey everyone, I need to know how to get a signal for an electronic SPEEDOMETER from a Hall Effect sender. I don't see...
• Re: Speedometer Cable
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Wed, 12 Jul 2017 15:32:51 +0000
  ...7/12/17, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: Subject: Re: Speedometer Cable To: "Keith Hughes" <keithahughes@YAHOO.COM> Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM...
• Re: Speedometer cable -- where does square start
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Pfrommer
  Sun, 4 Nov 2007 17:19:10 -0800
  ...Speedometer cable -- where does square start > > Hi list, > after reading a lot of threads regarding speedometer cables, it is still > unclear to me where...
• Re: new tires
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Mon, 14 May 2001 20:11:42 -0000
  ...Also, the Coopers will probably throw your speedometer and odometer off. Look on the bottom of your speedometer, it should say 805. That's...
• Re: Towing my westy
  Historical mailing list - Larry Himli
  Fri, 13 Aug 2010 07:20:07 -0500
  Thanks Jordan, what about disconnecting speedometer? Just leave it in neutral? -------Original Message------- From: JordanVw@aol.com Date: 8/12/2010 8:42:34...
• Re: Question: where is the front brake reservior on 1990 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Jun 1996 14:52:27 -0400
  ...the front brakes) is located under the instrument cover behind your speedometer. Sit in the driver's seat and put bothe hands on the...
• Re: Real Men/Cupholders
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Sat, 16 Nov 1996 00:59:31 -0500 (EST)
  ...beer,eat pizza, shift gears and take a picture of my speedometer at 110 MPH's all with my X-wife next to me...
• Re: Wanted: Syncro camper body, no rust
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 8 Jun 2004 22:37:05 -0400
  ...features (locking differential vacuum lines etc.) are unique to the Syncro. Speedometer and cable are different. Anything I've missed, Karl? Of course, since...
• Re: OXS and battery light on intermitant
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 13 Oct 2005 08:29:53 -0600
  ...Crawl under the front and follow the speedometer cable up from the drivers side front wheel. It will go to a little box. Depending...
• Re: More Energy Saving (driving)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Olson
  Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:13:15 -0600
  ...I kept it in third gear, foot off the gas, and watched the speedometer creep up to just over 60 mph. 48 mph was...
• Door Buzzer
  Historical mailing list - David Johnson
  Sat, 15 Jul 2006 12:45:00 -0600
  ...Mine was working, then stopped, then while today I was working on my speedometer (found the problem with the odomoter, and now the miles...
• Re: 16 inch wheels & tires
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sun, 28 Oct 2018 00:30:50 +0000
  ...60 on the speedometer. I have a 2.2 Subie now....so the slightly larger tire diameter is not noticed performance wise; I get...
• Re: OXS light
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:19:35 -0400
  ...I tried (many times) to reset the mileage counter by >pressing the button on the speedometer cable box, as described on >vanagon.com. It...
• Re: Tachometer retrofit: 85 to 86 (Long Message)
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 09:22:25 -0400
  ...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: Any air cooled owners out there running oversized tires?
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Mon, 25 Feb 2002 09:05:49 -0500
  ...This tire size is also >widely available. > >My odometer is broken AGAIN, so I have to send my speedometer >in to be fixed anyway...
• Re: tire circumference
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 15 Oct 2011 13:33:52 -0700
  ...question I have had for a while is why do vanagon speedometers have a range of revs/mile numbers on them? I have 2...
• Re: Cause of fluttering speedometer ?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 1 Feb 2000 08:54:31 EST
  I believe the most of the time this is caused by the lower speedo cable. It can lose the circlip and move in and...
• Re: mile counter
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Fri, 18 May 2001 22:26:48 -0700
  ...Find speedometer repair in your yellow pages and have them look at it and give you cost to repair ectimate. Leon 85 Subwagen Westy...
• Re: Life after speedometer, why do they break?
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Mon, 14 Mar 2005 15:32:03 -0800
  At 01:13 PM 3/14/2005, you wrote: >Any idea what a good lube would be? Might as well do it since the...
• Re: speedo cable
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Fri, 17 Nov 2006 18:28:26 -0700
  ...would the cable slip out to the point of > rendering the speedometer non-functional? > > I'm trying to leave on holiday tomorrow and now...
• Re: Strange & Neat instrument on Samba
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 22 Nov 2007 22:26:22 -0600
  ...It is hooked to the ECU and the speedometer, >and reads the size and frequency of the injector >pulses. It's kinda fun to...
• Cv axles
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Tue, 5 May 2015 14:28:16 -0400
  ...2015 10:11 AM >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >> Subject: Re: Speedometer light bulb >> >> grab the square end and turn it.. it will come...
• Re: Driver's side front wheel grease cap
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 28 Aug 2012 05:46:59 -0400
  ...Squirrel, how long have you owned your Westy and not noticed that ? It's the speedometer cable drive connection ! Does not all car manufacturers...
• Speedo parts wanted
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sun, 2 May 2010 15:29:34 -0400
  Hi Volks, A local 1988 westy owner asked me for some help with her speedometer... I pulled it out and it was the typical...
• Re: [Fwd: Survey: Fuel Mileage? /SPEEDOMETER CALIBRATION]
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Sat, 8 Aug 1998 16:32:34 -0400
  Per - Gee, you've really thrown a "monkey wrench" into what I was after! Your speedo shows "1000" under the "KmPH"??? Let's see...
• Re: How to reset Oxy Sensor light on 84??
  Historical mailing list - gerry rafferty
  Thu, 10 Dec 1998 20:00:37 -0800
  Follow your speedometer cable from your left wheel towards the instrument dash. About 1/2 way there is a "box"-this is the counter...
• anther speedo problem
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Brobst
  Sat, 3 Jan 2004 22:28:53 -0500
  ...The speedometer needle works but not the odometer. It seems any cable problem would affect both the speedo and the odometer not just one...
• Re: Looking for instrument cluster or tachometer
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 8 Dec 2021 20:47:30 -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...
• Re: Looking for instrument cluster or tachometer
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 Dec 2021 13:49:50 +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: speedo/odo error confusion
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 24 Oct 2001 19:57:29 -0400
  If you look at the bottom of your speedometer, you will see a 3 digit number. Probably 805. This is the number of revolutions...
• On the issue of Speedometer Cluster Repair
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Wed, 10 Nov 2004 14:23:43 EST
  I've seen several posts about the reoccurring theme of repairing cracked and fully broken Vanagon speedometer clusters. Of course there is much on...
• Re: OXS lamp
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 20 May 2013 12:01:08 -0700
  That's the right switch, triggered every 30,000 miles via speedometer cable.� Really push it in, not with finger but with screwdriver or...
• Re: Toasted my engine or transmission?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:27:02 -0700
  ...It's not the speedometer's fault, if it gets a smooth input it will deliver a smooth output. That right-angle bend in...
• Re: Vanagon total drag and mechanical losses
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Tue, 1 Dec 1998 22:05:21 -0600
  ...give it an even pressure to the ground, and a bicycle speedometer. These >speedos can be programmed to fit the circumference of the wheel...
• Re: You won't believe this one!!
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Fri, 22 Jun 2001 06:22:31 -0400
  Maybe he was looking at your speedometer, which of course, was reading ZERO because it is connected to the front wheels! I have had...
• Observations from Carfax Reports
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Sat, 24 Aug 2002 06:12:35 -0700
  ...10% have potential speedometer rollback issues 9. Highest recorded mileage was 300,000 .... Alaska List Member Comments Encouraged. Willing to do more CarFax reports...
• Re: Life after speedometer, why do they break?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 14 Mar 2005 06:28:49 -0800
  On 13 Mar 2005 at 23:01, Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > Sam, I think the trip meter warning to reset only when...
• FS: inst. cluster w/ tach/digi clock, & factory Cruise Control setup
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 13 May 2005 12:02:55 EDT
  ...fits all vanagons and easily adaptable to your earlier 80-84 vanagon..(how-to is in the archives) uses your existing speedometer so u...
• RPM at 60 MPH?
  Historical mailing list - David
  Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:37:17 -0500
  When the speedometer pointer on my unmodified '91 Carat with automatic transmission is exactly on 60 MPH, on level ground the tach pointer's...
• Re: Tachometer retrofit: 85 to 86 (Long Message)
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 22:11:36 -0400
  ...Speedometer. > >My 89 Dashboard has the following > >* KPH Speedometer(Metric) >* Large clock >* Dynamic Oil Pressure Switch mounted on the back of the Speedometer >integrated...
• Re: Inaccurate Speedometer
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 21 Jan 2003 07:48:13 -0500
  ...Inaccurate Speedometer On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, Aristotle Sagan wrote: > Drive 10mph faster than what you think you should. Or, if you find the...
• Noisy speedo
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Sun, 27 Dec 2015 14:10:01 -0800
  ...Yesterday morning, the speedometer starts making a whirling noise as I head down the street for the first drive of the day. It's...
• Re: Technique For Removing Speedo needle?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 3 Oct 2009 16:54:10 -0400
  At 04:59 AM 10/3/2009, Max Wellhouse wrote: >the removing of the speedometer needle. Just don't wanna break it I want...
• Stuck odometer
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Carlen
  Tue, 16 Sep 1997 22:48:31 -0400
  ...The speedometer cable is still turning because it registers the speed. I stopped for gas and reset the trip counter as I always do...
• Many vanagon parts FS
  Historical mailing list - William Dummitt
  Wed, 22 Apr 1998 11:29:50 -0400
  ...rear wiper/washer complete- $175 Front wiper motor- $60 km/hr. speedometer- $30 Plastic engine cover- $20 Power steering rack- $125 Weekender interior, couple...
• Used Parts Search (Update)
  Historical mailing list - James H. McCarthy
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 16:49:28 -0500
  ...an 1989 Vanagon GL dashboard cluster housing and RPM unit and speedometer unit. Thank you for any assistance. Jim McCarthy Jim McCarthy ex '87...
• happy memorial day!!
  Historical mailing list - J Barry Burneskis
  Sun, 28 May 2000 14:44:53 -0400
  ...the parts?? I would like the tires and dash, for the speedometer. I have a garage at my home, and can get it towed...
• Re: OXS light
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 23 Mar 2001 23:23:26 -0500
  ...box under the left-front wheel, inserted in-line in the speedometer cable) has turned it on. You can turn it off again by...
• Re: 15" wheels effect on speedometer?
  Historical mailing list - �ric Giroux
  Fri, 20 Jul 2001 15:04:53 -0400
  Maybe if we try the percentage difference in diameter? The following is done on a friday, errors are inherent. Diameter = wheel size + (2 x...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Kirk Hockin
  Sun, 11 Jul 2004 13:33:19 -0700
  ...back roads (logging roads) and something that will not affect the speedometer reading too much. Money, while a consideration, is not my primary concern...
• Re: Help troubleshoot my instrument cluster
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:07:21 -0500
  ...The biggest difference between '85 and '86 clusters have to do with the dynamic oil pressure circuitry in the speedometer head. Go here for...
• Late Vanagon Speedometer needed
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:23:04 -0400
  Hi Volks, OK, I tried fixing my odometer over the weekend but it's still not working. Luckily the speedo is working OK, so...
• Re: Need tire and wheel recommendations
  Historical mailing list - Paul Chubbuck
  Sat, 9 Aug 2008 17:18:20 -0600
  ...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: GPS died
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reynaert
  Mon, 5 Apr 2010 09:56:57 -0400
  ...It looked good in my Vanagon > and was great for the speedometer if nothing else. > > I'm going to replace it with a Garmin...
• Re: Bostig engine
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:02:36 -0700
  ...since the speedometer reads 12% high on this van. I always think I'm going faster than I am, which doesn't make the...
• Re: 88 double cab and 86 syncro westy for sale
  Historical mailing list - Alan J. Flint
  Fri, 12 Nov 1999 08:20:40 -0800
  ...u.s. > specs and lists those modifications which will have to be made(speedometer, > brake light...) > > tyler -philadelphia > 88 doublecab syncro (bought in quebec) >
• Re: Speedo Calibration
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 19:24:24 -0400
  ...The odometer works great, but the speedometer is now pretty far off. It is reading much faster than actual speed as checked by the...