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• Re: engineering nightmares vehicles was: cruise control speedometer sensor
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 27 Oct 2004 14:42:09 -0500
  At 10:27 10/27/2004, Tim Demarest wrote: >Hah! I always go with IMAO (In My Arrogant Opinion)... since I believe in >truth...
• Re: Seeking Odometer Fix Info
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 13 Jul 2012 10:26:42 -0700
  ...no more logging of miles (both main & trip odos) although the speedometer still works fine� Can someone please point me to a good repair...
• Re: sticky speedometer...
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 13 Jan 2003 06:31:51 EST
  In a message dated 1/12/2003 6:56:26 PM Eastern Standard Time, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: > The speedometer on my 1987...
• Re: GoWesty 2.4L Engine
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Wed, 14 Apr 2010 13:29:47 -0400
  ...did well was that the 84s > > had such a woefully inaccurate speedometer that for a long time when I > > thought I was driving 70...
• Re: GPS died
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 4 Apr 2010 19:19:33 -0500
  ...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: Special guages
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 15 Jun 1996 08:21:09 -0500
  ...that fits in the empty location to the right of the speedometer. Check the ads in Hot VWs and VW Trends. Pat Walsh, '71...
• Re: Speedometer markings
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 13 May 1997 16:18:19 +0300
  >according to the 83 WB owners manual: >"after the break-in period, the following speeds should not be exceeded: >Manual transmission >Gear after 1500km...
• Re: [Long ] Bought tires (WAS: Field-scouting Tires)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 16 Aug 1999 20:45:54 -0700
  ...Coyote's tire diameter chart: > http://www.vanagon.com/info/faq/#tires > > I haven't looked into how to adjust the speedometer yet. > > -George
• Re: speedo/odo off
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:32:29 -0400
  ...It would also change the rate on the speedometer though, so your constant +4 would become -1 at full scale. Suggest talk to them...
• Speedo Saga
  Historical mailing list - Denys Mueller
  Mon, 24 Nov 1997 21:06:29 -0800
  ...It all started after a 4+ hour trip when the speedometer stopped working. At first I thought the cable had fallen off the back...
• Re: Why go to big tires?
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:26:42 -0700
  ...There are wheel bearing life issues, not to > mention speedometer accuracy problems. > > Ask careful questions, decide on your trade-offs, and make your change...
• Re: speedo resto..
  Historical mailing list - Richard
  Thu, 22 Jun 95 15:07:39 EDT
  > Rich sez he replaced the indicator color (windows) in his speedometer. > Rich, are these homemade or actual acquirable parts...? > Wow, seems to abe a...
• RE: Good deal?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Michael Lamar
  Wed, 6 Nov 1996 15:57:57 -0800 (PST)
  ...The odometer doesn't work, but the speedometer does. A new windshield is needed sometime in the near future, and there is no radio...
• FS: '87 Vanagon GL in PA
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Mon, 3 May 1999 21:10:48 -0400
  ...Tires are old and speedometer is reportedly shot. Just peeking under the van in the back, it looks a bit oily and the exhaust...
• Re: RPM vs MPH vs ACTUAL SPEED
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Thu, 16 Dec 1999 14:03:16 -0500
  ...So you'd be going 77.7 while your speedometer read only 70, say. By increasing tire diameter you effectively lower engine rpm at...
• Re: Tires: 185 vs 195
  Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
  Thu, 17 Aug 2000 22:45:25 -0500
  ...185 vs 195 > Anyone out there know what percentage my speedometer will be out if I put 195 > R14 tires on my '87 Westy...
• Re: Speedometer calibration
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Sun, 19 Aug 2001 15:03:22 -0700
  Can't help you with the "Tire Rack" question, but if by "20% short" you mean an actual kilometer traveled shows as 8/10ths...
• Re: TOP SPEED/Land Speed Record
  Historical mailing list - Jon Joyce
  Mon, 25 Mar 2002 22:13:37 -0600
  ...OVER 100MPH > > GOT MY 87 WOLFSBURG UP TO 95MPH (ACCORDING TO > > SPEEDOMETER) ON FLAT GROUND > > >Oh YEAH?! well I double-dog dare ya to...
• Re: Replacing the antenna
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 29 Mar 2005 21:26:43 -0600
  ...Pop the instrument covers, unscrew the fasteners at the corners of the instrument panel base, snap out all the connectors and disconnect the speedometer...
• Re: Speedometer Cable
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Wed, 12 Jul 2017 17:42:49 +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: Michelin Tire Experiences
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 8 Dec 2006 15:06:12 -0600
  ...They are slightly taller than the "70" tires, but that diference I have found corrects the built - in speedometer error in all Vanagons. Clocked...
• Re: Manual Tranny Oil
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Fri, 16 Mar 2012 07:27:55 -0600
  ...what weight lube suggested for her 128k on the dash and speedometer hasn't worked for don't know how long? Velma 82diesel 1...
• Re: Warning light
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Sat, 20 Dec 2014 06:15:06 -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: 130mph in a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Thu, 9 Dec 2004 13:13:08 -0500
  ...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: Help With Instrument Lighting Please
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Mar 97 12:29:15 EST
  ...3/21/97 11:21 AM Hi All, My digital clock between the speedometer and odometer is no longer backlit when I have my...
• Re: I4 conversion speed sensor issue
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 21 Sep 2002 10:16:25 -0700
  What year Jetta? Assuming it is an OBD1 or OBD2 Jetta III you can get this signal from the back of the speedometer where...
• Re: WANTED: winter tires
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Mon, 22 Sep 2003 21:39:31 -0800
  ...Your speedometer will slightly less accurate, but this is easily an acceptable size to run. Mark in AK So... I've gotten a lot...
• Re: Rebuilding Man. Tranny-Questions regarding taller gears??
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly
  Fri, 20 Feb 2004 13:39:28 -0700
  ...The only advantages in my case were 1) it made the speedometer 100% accurate. :-) 2) I was going faster in each gear. So I...
• Re: cruising speed and MPG
  Historical mailing list - levi hawkins
  Mon, 7 Aug 2006 20:01:34 -0700
  ...The speedometers on most 1.9L vans is grossly optomistic, to the point of being silly. You think you are cruising at 70 but...
• Beautiful 84 in north Alabama
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:49:15 -0500
  ...The speedometer doesn't work, but a cable is on order at Johnson Foreign Auto, an excellent shop in Huntsville. The mileage showing is...
• Re: Speedo accuracy
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:50:36 -0400
  ...My speedometer happens to be the oddball and is accurate with stock tires. As for the port-a-cop, most I've seen were...
• Re: Intermittent speedometer failure
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Tue, 18 Aug 2015 23:15:43 -1000
  hitting the top of the instrument cluster ...? I didn't see that post so far. but heck ..that's normal to have to do...
• Re: Speedometer house repair suggestions ?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:41:31 -0700
  On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 7:20 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > re > VW didn't understand plastics and plastics...
• Rear screen for early 70's Westy.
  Historical mailing list - Dale James
  Mon, 10 Jul 1995 12:48:01 -0400
  While in a junkyard getting a speedometer for our diesel Jetta this weekend (the odometer stopped working at 260,000 miles), my wife spotted...
• Re: new bus, new user, old pr...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 03 Apr 1995 08:02:18 -0500 (EST)
  ...I'm going to press the whole, "It's illegal to sell a vehicle with a broken speedometer" thing. I'll see if I...
• Re: '84 Westy Speedometer Accuracy
  Historical mailing list - Owen Brand
  Wed, 1 Jan 2003 13:41:20 -0600
  When I bought my 84 the PO told me the speedo was about 10mph faster than actual. When I check speed using my Magellan...
• Ultimate Cruise Control - Was Lost, Now Found!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Tue, 26 Oct 2004 20:54:27 EDT
  ...for a pulse frequency adapter to sync speed sensors with dissimilar speedometers, I found the missing cruise controls!!! They reside at www.dakotadigital.com...
• Re: oil temp gauge
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Jun 1996 10:40:09 -0300
  ...Unplug the speedometer cable from underneath the speedo. 3. Pull out the panel a few inches (dozens of wires still attached) 4. Remove the...
• Re: part needed and announcement
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Sat, 4 Jun 2016 15:46:02 -0700
  ...http://www.odometergears.com/products/Volkswagen/Mechanical+Speedometer/19 Cheers Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf...
• Crazy Idea On Mismatched Tires
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 15 Jul 2015 20:53:59 -0700
  ...But what if I did this? Go to larger tires on the rear? Why only the rear? To keep the speedometer and odometer accurate...
• Re: 15" wheels effect on speedometer?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Fri, 20 Jul 2001 15:15:51 -0700
  > > that's good to know, especially when i am in speedtrapland. > having gotten a few tickets cruising at 60 mph in my bus on...
• Re: Speedo Question (Not the beach type)
  Historical mailing list - Lastfogel, Darren
  Tue, 14 Sep 2004 07:03:41 -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: Speedo Issue..
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:10:38 -0800
  ...http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_1343_616/rebuilt_2wd_speedometer.html It does come at "0" miles though, if that bothers...
• More 85 GL bizzareness
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sat, 29 Jan 2000 23:17:13 -0600
  ...The speedometer hasen't worked,and neither has the L/H door courtesy lite switch. I figured just something else to do. Until today...
• Re: 130mph in a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Tue, 7 Dec 2004 23:38:06 -0500
  ...be crazy enough > > to try to snap a photo of his speedometer while doing it. > > another friend of mine on the vortex A1 cabriolet...
• Re: MPG measurement issues
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Sat, 1 Apr 2006 21:24:24 +0200
  I've noticed that when I drive past one of those sensors that tells you your mph, my speedometer is consistently 4 mph higher...
• Re: 180 MPH Speedo
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:24:26 -0700
  ...180 MPH Speedo > > Where can I find the 180 MPH Vanagon speedometer shown on this Vanagon > for sale? > (Take a look at the photo...
• Red dots on speedo (was some other thread about fuel gauges)
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:54:15 -0700
  ...single safety orange dot on the 20 mph >> tick on the speedometer signifies, what the two safety orange dots on the >> 40 mph tick...
• Re: Warning!!! Check Your Speedometer - What a Sad, Sad Example
  Historical mailing list - Stones
  Wed, 15 May 2002 11:17:01 -0400
  At 08:14 AM 5/13/02 -0400, you wrote: >In a message dated 5/12/02 10:09:50 PM, CTONLINE@WEBTV.NET...
• Re: Conversion factor
  Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
  Sat, 25 Jan 2003 21:30:30 -0800
  ...multiply by this factor) I wonder about the availability of the proper speedometer for this application, and where are you going, anyway? Chuck Hill
• Re: Okay READ the subject bar...Hall Effect SPEEDO question.
  Historical mailing list - Mark Thoma
  Thu, 29 May 2008 15:03:13 -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...
• Tires
  Historical mailing list - Steven Sittser
  Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:24:55 -0400
  ...I guess I'm OK with not-quite-stock-size tires that make my speedometer read slightly differently, if it's worth the bit...
• Re: MPG
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 1 Apr 2006 12:10:23 -0800
  ...compare my > speedometer to the speed on my GPS, I don't > always get the same readings. > Sometimes when the speedometer reads "60", the...
• Re: MPG Question
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 31 Mar 2006 22:17:44 -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...
• Re: Michelin Tire Experiences
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 8 Dec 2006 17:01:43 -0600
  ...They are >> slightly taller than the "70" tires, but that diference I have found >> corrects the built - in speedometer error in all Vanagons. Clocked...
• Re: how to remove an instrument panel bulb
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 9 Mar 2009 23:03:56 -0700
  ...how to remove an instrument panel bulb? The one for the > speedometer on my 84 Vanagon is not working and I want to take...
• Re: Vanagon total drag and mechanical losses
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 2 Dec 1998 12:32:13 -0800
  ...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: jb welding speedometer mounts
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 3 Apr 2005 15:54:59 EDT
  In a message dated 4/3/05 1:43:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time, icecoldvw@HOTMAIL.COM writes: > Today's the big day, I...
• Re: O2 light glowing...
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 27 May 2005 13:32:27 -0500
  ...The light is driven by a counter in the speedometer cable system and is not connected to the O2 sensor in any way whatsoever...
• Re: Speedo needle removal
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 24 Sep 2006 16:14:13 -0400
  ...but I've hit a > snag; I can't remove the speedometer needle in order > to get to the speedo face, which will then...