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Re: Subject: Speed
Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
Tue, 22 Nov 2005 11:41:22 -0500
...this is, of >course with 15" wheels, and was going down a long hill on a interstate, but >thats what the speedometer read.. > > >chris
Re: new tires
Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
Mon, 14 May 2001 13:12:45 -0700
...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: subject 15" VS. 16' WHEELS
Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:01:10 -0400
...The diameter is a tad bit bigger > <26.1"> than stock which corrects the factory speedometer error. My > speedometer/odometer is almost exactly correct...
WTB 94 to 95 Eurovan instrument cluster
Historical mailing list - Gerry Lepage
Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:49:07 -0400
...His speedometer still works as it is cable driven. Cheers, Gerry www.vanalong.com www.serpentrivercampground.com
Re: NLA - lower speedometer cable
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:13:35 -0700
I use the Diesel cable and have done away with the "time box" and separate cable CRAP. Fits 82-91 2wd Vanagons See BD...
Re: Thanks for Speedometer help
Historical mailing list - Denis B�lisle
Thu, 16 Apr 1998 00:38:29 -0700
Hello, is the formula for tire diameter 185 x % x 2divided by 25.4 + 14 let say 185.80.14 | | | | widht | | | ratio | | 185 x...
Re: itty bitty bulb removal
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sun, 11 Mar 2001 20:13:00 -0600
...John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Geoff Wilke wrote: > > I have a burned out bulb in the instrument panel (speedometer,) and so that > I can...
Re: Intermittent interior light problem
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 31 Jan 2003 09:11:13 -0500
At 08:25 AM 1/31/2003, Jones, Dustin wrote: >About 3 weeks ago, my speedometer light went off for a couple days and...
Re: Trip Odometer Myth(?)
Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
Fri, 18 Apr 2003 08:31:28 -0700
...thing on a Vanagon screams junk it has to be the >> speedometer. >>> >>> Engine? Trans? Switchgear? Locks? VC? >>> > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Add photos to your messages with MSN...
Re: Instrument Pod Parts Needed
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Wed, 5 Jan 2005 16:02:43 -0700
...Bob I need the plastic piece of the instrument pod that fits between the Speedometer and the Tach cluster on a late model. It...
Re: engineering nightmares vehicles was: cruise control speedometer sensor
Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
Wed, 27 Oct 2004 14:42:16 -0400
>Unfortunately with >rear end the way it is on the vanagon there is no real way to put a radiator >into the rear very...
Re: Speedo 'jigger'
Historical mailing list - Michael Jurik
Tue, 20 Oct 1998 21:38:56 EDT
...After about 2 or 3k miles, the speedometer died. I got one at a junkyard after recovering from my FLD's price quote for...
Re: Installing Golf/Jetta/Fox Speedo in a Syncro w/ Oil Pressure Buzzer
Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 04:28:40 -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...
Re: 130mph in a vanagon
Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
Wed, 8 Dec 2004 13:25:14 -0600
...that >the picture he's offered as proof clearly shows a speedometer resting at >ZERO mph. The needle is simply on the wrong side...
Re: Parts needed for '81 Westy
Historical mailing list - Scarlett Semko
Tue, 21 Jul 1998 08:17:44 -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...
ADVICE WANTED RE: SALE 91 WESTFALIA SYNCRO
Historical mailing list - vraffle
Tue, 15 Jun 1999 12:21:32 -0700
...I have the letter of conformity for it to be imported to the U.S., it only needs the speedometer changed to Miles Per...
Re: Sudden drop in milage
Historical mailing list - Peter Cassidy
Fri, 27 Oct 2000 09:36:06 +0100
...The oxy sensor light doesn't really do anything - it's attached to a box connected to your speedometer cable & simply lights up when...
Re: 15" wheels effect on speedometer?
Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
Fri, 20 Jul 2001 13:55:06 -0700
>on 7/20/01 11:41 AM, Aristotle Sagan at killer_jupiter@HOTMAIL.COM wrote: > > > You have a couple of choices tire sizewize... > > 205R65...
Re: OXS light on
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Mon, 10 Jul 2006 08:09:11 -0700
...OR, it means you have driven the number of miles it takes to turn the little counter box that the speedometer cable passes through...
Re: Emergency brake light stays on
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Sat, 16 Dec 2006 08:35:42 -0800
...All 85 and newer Vanagons have a level sensor in the brake fluid tank behind the speedometer. You should add fluid and check for...
Re: Computerized Gauge Setup
Historical mailing list - Ty Graham
Fri, 5 Nov 1999 12:26:24 -0800
...However there is no provision for speed with out some way of getting the mechanical speedometer reading into a digital signal, like a digital...
Re: Disable oil pressure warning system
Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
Sun, 15 Jun 2014 13:27:43 -0700
...mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> >> wrote: >> >> On the back of the speedometer a small branch of the blue foil plugs into >>> the dynamic oil...
[Fwd: Survey: Fuel Mileage? /SPEEDOMETER CALIBRATION]
Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
Sat, 8 Aug 1998 14:29:56 -0700
After reading this mail, I dashed out to my driveway to see what my speedo read. Mine is a kilometer speedo, tops at 180...
Oil pressure switch problem
Historical mailing list - Solange B�rub�
Tue, 9 Apr 2002 20:04:16 -0400
...Should I start thinking about changing the control board located behind the speedometer ? Thanks a lot everybody. Christian Ottawa, Ontario Westy 1988 (the one...
Re: Intermittant Speedo?
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Thu, 17 Oct 2002 20:10:40 -0500
...America/Denver, Stan Wilder > wrote: > > > Has anybody ever not had Vanagon speedometer failures? > > I drive by my Tach and just slow enough to keep...
Re: Inaccurate Speedometer
Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
Mon, 20 Jan 2003 20:41:50 -0800
FWIW, you can pull the pointer off the gauge and put it back on pointing wherever you want. So if it's 10mph off...
Re: Life after speedometer
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Mon, 14 Mar 2005 06:55:45 -0600
Personally, I'd rather take the thing apart and pop the gear back on once every hundred thousand miles than have to stop the...
Re: ebay mystery doka
Historical mailing list
Tue, 28 Mar 2006 02:09:46 EST
...between a US model and a Canadian model vanagon is the speedometer is in Kph and the switch that says "fasten seat belts" above...
Re: All Fine, Durango, Co. to Asheville, North Carolina But Odometer Not Working
Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
Tue, 4 May 2010 22:22:59 -0600
The speedometer is bouncy as hell and noisy. I had to pull out the bailing wire and, with enough tension, it is almost completely...
Re: Highway driving
Historical mailing list - Raymond Markett
Fri, 11 Sep 2015 07:59:03 -0700
...O <pnoceanwesty@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > Stock 2.1 - 65MPH (on the speedometer - GPS says 60MPH) at 3600RPM. > Usually get about 17 -18 MPG. > > > Pete...
Re: How to Replace Tach Light??
Historical mailing list
Wed, 4 Jan 95 8:31:45 EST
...There should be one on the speedometer side and one on the tach side. Unscrew the plastic item and you will be holding the...
Re: another oil temp. gauge question
Historical mailing list - Edge
Sun, 26 May 96 00:23:59 -0500
...dash lights, but it is probably 10 times brighter than my speedometer, so you could use a seperate resistor switch. -------- REPLY, Original message follows...
Re: NOBODY HAS THEM: tachometer and plastic instrument cluster housing
Historical mailing list - Rennie Wible
Sat, 12 Aug 2000 20:35:17 -0700
...I can source one of these? > > > > I also need a new speedometer / odometer (well actually I only need the > > odometer but I know it...
'84 GL NOT in the woods
Historical mailing list - MICHAEL D LINCICOME
Mon, 5 Feb 2001 11:05:14 -0500
...The Speedometer isn't working The Odometer isn't either Niether is the Trip Odometer Or the Coolant Temperature gage Nor the Gas Tank...
Re: '81 Westfalia camper questions
Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
Sat, 19 Nov 94 18:36:30 PST
...I'd start by checking the speedometer cable connection. Is the speedometer itself accurate? You will have to pull off the top for access...
Re: Buying a Eurovan in Quebec
Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
Thu, 10 Sep 2015 06:45:32 -0400
...I brought this letter with me so customs would know the difference. > > One, speedometer must show miles per hour, not KPM. I brought a...
Importing a Vanagon
Historical mailing list - ed donnen
Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:27:10 -0400
...You need the hand break light to display the word "Break", and the speedometer to display in MPH. Both are an easy fix if...
Re: Rather odd EV 'road test'
Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
Sat, 2 Mar 1996 09:24:52 -0800 (PST)
RGOLEN@umassd.edu writes: > > The 115 speed can be explained by a couple of things...tail > wind...speedometer error....driving down hill (look at...
Re: re.:survey: fuel milage?/speedometer calibration
Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
Sat, 8 Aug 1998 16:09:12 -0400
Kai (Kay?) - Think I've figured out what "load radius" means now. You have to understand, I just got back from trekking to Cocoa...
'87 Jetta: No Vanagon Content
Historical mailing list - Don Oldenburg
Fri, 24 Mar 2000 18:35:35 EST
...A couple of the light bulbs behind my dash have finally passed on and it has gotten hard even to see my speedometer (until...
Re: I4 conversion speed sensor
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Mon, 23 Sep 2002 22:09:10 -0700
Just get the electrical connector for the cruise control unit that goes on the back of the speedometer - why reinvent the wheel? You can...
Re: � � � Re: white face dash cluster
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Mon, 9 Sep 2002 23:58:44 EDT
...was just thinking about that...especially since I have a "dead" speedometer/odometer sitting on my counter. I think I'll pull the display...
Re: speedo calibration - what's it cost (roughly)?
Historical mailing list - Don in Phoenix
Mon, 5 Apr 2004 18:54:17 -0700
...I would pull it and bring it into a local speedometer shop for an estimate - if it's too much to repair and calibrate...
Re: Help Locating T4 Connection: Power Door Lock Problem
Historical mailing list - George Goff
Wed, 16 Feb 2005 02:15:20 EST
...I think of as the instrument panel, you know, where the speedometer head is, and see no three line connector. Would they be suggesting...
Re: Does mileage really matter?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 2 Mar 2014 22:42:38 -0500
...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: vanagon oil buzzer & light problem
Historical mailing list
Sat, 2 Mar 1996 20:08:33 -0500
...Bad oil pressure monitoring system circuit (located in speedometer). 2. Bad oil pressure switch(es). Your Vanagon has two of them. 3. Low oil...
Re: RPM's - diesels
Historical mailing list - Susan Bernavich
Tue, 8 May 2001 20:31:08 -0700
...is this about what others are doing, or is this too fast?? I > understand there are differences with tires / inflation / speedometers, but > in general...
Re: right sized tires, wrong speed indication
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 18 Feb 2002 23:27:15 -0500
At 10:22 PM 2/18/2002, Bradley Flubacher wrote: >My '84 westy cruises nicely at 75-80 MPH, according to the speedometer. >It...
Re: how to replace tachometer light?
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Tue, 17 Jun 2003 07:50:33 -0500
...The speedometer light is working. > >I tried playing with the plastic housing surrounding the tachometer >light, but I coundn't figure it out. > >Can...
Re: Reasonable cruising speed?
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Sat, 5 Aug 2006 07:20:24 -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: Insturment cluster repairing and speedometer repair
Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
Mon, 30 Oct 2006 12:56:20 -0800
Roger, pls send me a pic. It could be that we're talking about two different parts. As an aside, I own a 1982...
Re: odometer repairs
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Fri, 3 Aug 2007 10:18:51 -0700
FWIW, for the past 38+ years I've only dealt with North Hollywood Speedometer & Clock in North Hollywood, CA http://www.nhspeedometer.com/ In...
Better Shifter Bushings?
Historical mailing list - Zolly
Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:58:00 -0700
...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: Life after speedometer, why do they break? -PLASTIC ROT
Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
Mon, 14 Mar 2005 11:20:15 -0500
...Life after speedometer, why do they break? -PLASTIC ROT > We're talking about 2 different things here: > The odometer totally not working- usually because...
Re: 1985 van instrument cluster
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 10 Nov 2016 10:52:25 -0500
That's the section of the flex circuit that leads to the DOPS (Dynamic Oil Pressure System) "L-board" buried inside the speedometer. '85...
14" Alloy and 195R14
Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
Mon, 7 Jan 2013 10:11:36 -0500
...I do realize the larger OD changes the accuracy of the speedometer but that does not bother me. Also the Tread Width would increase...
Re: Technique For Removing Speedo needle?
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Sat, 3 Oct 2009 10:48:46 -0400
...how to's more or lessgloss over the removiing of > the speedometer needle. Just don't wanna break it as it appears to > REALLY...
Re: Brake Fluid Loss
Historical mailing list - Bill H.
Thu, 15 Apr 2004 21:07:09 -0700
...in the vanagons, your master cylinder is up > behind and slightly below the speedometer. and the slave cylinder is > in the back, between the...
Re: tire update
Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
Sat, 5 Jun 2004 11:46:36 -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: 130mph V'gon
Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
Mon, 6 Dec 2004 15:43:40 -0800
...I realize the approximately 115mph indicated in my low reading speedometer is not much further than 130mph but I frankly have trouble envisioning that...