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• > A simple question for any one with time on their hands...what effect
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Dec 1994 16:16:20 -0500
  > A simple question for any one with time on their hands...what effect >does running a larger tire have on the odometer, speedometer and...
• I'm back 4 a while
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Hutton
  Thu, 27 Apr 1995 12:29:54 -0600 (MDT)
  ...My speedometer works just fine but the odometer does not. In principle, I guess I could leave things like this but I'd really...
• Re: Speedo Woes
  Historical mailing list - University of Toronto Information Commons
  Fri, 1 Dec 1995 11:02:28 -0500
  ...wrote: > > > I am not sure if the Pioneer has the correct speedometer or not. Do > > you have any info on what it should look...
• Re: Top sppeds
  Historical mailing list - Carl Krucke
  Sun, 23 Apr 2000 18:51:01 -0400
  ...Any input? >Coop David, my 82 Vanagon L has little red dots on the speedometer to indicate max safe rpms for all gears but...
• Re: TOP SPEED/Land Speed Record
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 25 Mar 2002 22:29:38 -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: Magnetic Tachs - bicycle to vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jaap Nauta
  Fri, 7 Nov 2003 14:21:52 +0100
  ...I used a few electronic components to pick up the tach-signal form the speedometer (see http://www.smallcar.com/speeds.htm ) The same...
• Re: Turning 200K
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sun, 27 Nov 2011 17:05:31 -0800
  ...Still with original engine. :-) (actually it has a few more miles because the speedometer cable is broken at the moment.) Todd '88 Westy On...
• Re: cruising speed and MPG
  Historical mailing list - Chasteen, Jonathan M. MM3 (CVN69)
  Mon, 7 Aug 2006 22:20:10 -0400
  ...cruising speed and MPG I forgot to mention that according to my speedometer I was doing 70MPH average speed. I was moving at the...
• Re: My first post to VanagonWiki
  Historical mailing list - T.M.
  Tue, 4 Sep 2007 18:36:08 -0400
  ...Would you believe I actually opened the speedometer to look for that PCB, to tap into the RPM signal there so I could add...
• Re: Vanagon gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 23 Dec 2003 20:49:53 -0600
  My original speedometer was always off like yours, about 5 mph. When the speedo failed, i.e., the counters, and after spending a lot...
• Lights out!
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Thu, 18 Oct 2012 09:40:29 -0500
  ...The speedometer light is out. This van has the SA headlights, has the headlight switch bypass relays installed. Driving home last night I did...
• Re: GPS died
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 4 Apr 2010 17:57:23 -0700
  ...It looked good in my Vanagon >>and was great for the speedometer if nothing else. >> >>I'm going to replace it with a Garmin...
• Vanagon Speedometers - Random Thoughts
  Historical mailing list - H Steven Dolan
  Thu, 10 Jul 1997 00:08:30 -0400 (EDT)
  Understand as you read this that I have never owned a vanagon, and this is strictly me maundering to the list(s), but.... On...
• Re: Speedometer Cable End
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 27 May 1999 05:54:48 -0400
  Thanks for all the helpful hints on what to do. I'm gonna check at the dealer today for a new speedo cable and...
• Re: 15" wheels effect on spedometer?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 20 Jul 2001 18:44:40 -0700
  ...If you look at the bottom of your speedometer you will see a number - like 805 - which indicates the revs/mile the speedo is...
• Re: Life after speedometer, why do they break?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 14 Mar 2005 09:20:22 -0800
  --- Jeffrey Earl <jefferrata@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > Robert wrote: > > >> I think the trip meter warning to reset only when > stopped is just another bourbon legend...
• Re: Tire Question (not the dreaded tire thread at all)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:18:26 -0500
  ...Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:05:23 -0500 >> >> >> > >> > Vanagon speedometers can often be optomisitc anyway. >> >> >> True They can be optomistic but I found mine...
• Re: Crazy idea?
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Mon, 28 Jul 2014 13:02:54 -0500
  ...Goodrich 215/70-16 tires and I >>> purchased the GW modified speedometer. Its a +7% and reads exactly what >>> my >>> gps output displays so...
• Re: OXS light on dash
  Historical mailing list - Yi-Ruey Wei
  Wed, 22 Jul 1998 11:44:30 -0500
  ...OXS light on dash Now, the light is triggered by a mileage counter box in line with the speedometer cable. The light comes on...
• Re: Instrument panel is disintegrating!
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Fri, 8 Dec 2000 09:54:57 -0600
  ...After fabricating clips to replace the broken holes, now the panel is fracturing behind the speedometer. I have little shards of plastic falling out...
• Re: Magnetic Tachs - bicycle to vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jaap Nauta
  Fri, 7 Nov 2003 15:27:54 +0100
  ...I used a few electronic components to pick up the tach-signal from the speedometer (see http://www.smallcar.com/speeds.htm ) The same...
• Re: need tires for 90 westy
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Thu, 1 Jan 2009 07:45:33 -0800
  ...Also it assumes the stock tires give a 100% correct speedometer reading and this is usually not the case. Since there were two different...
• Re: Speedo Accuracy Discussion
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 10 May 2000 15:44:19 -0400
  ...Or you have your speedometer recalibrated for about $65. G. Matthew Bulley Bulley-Hewlett Corporate Communications Counselors www.bulley-hewlett.com Mount Olive, NC...
• Re: Speedo needle sits still sometimes
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 14 Jan 2014 09:09:42 -0800
  how many miles on that speedometer Don? Maybe the drive wheel bushing is worn far enough to allow the pickup wheel to contact it...
• Tire search
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:16:05 -0800
  ...The speedometer is dead on and I like the ride with the Bridgestones. Does anyone have one of these Bridgestone tires laying around that...
• Winkler catalogue arrived
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn
  Thu, 30 Jul 1998 16:36:44 -0700
  ...You can even get a Pulp Fiction speedometer mask which shows up to 200 km/h (not that anyone would need it). There are...
• Re: Okay READ the subject bar...Hall Effect SPEEDO question.
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 29 May 2008 15:05:43 -0700
  ...Okay READ the subject bar...Hall Effect SPEEDO question. > > > Hey everyone, > I need to know how to get a signal for an electronic SPEEDOMETER...
• Re: Speedometer Cable
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Wed, 12 Jul 2017 11:10:52 -0700
  ...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: OXS light
  Historical mailing list - Steven Sittser
  Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:35:37 -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: Warning!!! Check Your Speedometer - What a Sad, Sad Example
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Sun, 12 May 2002 23:14:14 +0200
  ...Warning!!! Check Your Speedometer - What a Sad, Sad Example > I have received much help from the ***good*** people who read this List. To > these...
• Re: ADVICE WANTED RE: SALE 91 WESTFALIA SYNCRO
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carrington
  Tue, 15 Jun 1999 15:48:04 -0400
  ...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: 180 MPH Speedo
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Mon, 1 Sep 2008 00:13:05 -0400
  ...180 MPH Speedo > Where can I find the 180 MPH Vanagon speedometer shown on this Vanagon > for sale? > (Take a look at the photo...
• Re: Tires
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:24:17 -0500
  ...The > speedometer's 10 mph off now anyway. (I need to open it up and fix it.) > > I've used Michelin Agilis 61's...
• Re: Warning!!! Check Your Speedometer - What a Sad, Sad Example
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Sun, 12 May 2002 22:26:41 -0400
  >I've got a degree in electrical engineering - and to do any sort of >technical work in English measure is crazy with complications. You...
• Re: Factory cruise control
  Historical mailing list - MC
  Sun, 1 Aug 2004 10:05:48 -0700
  ...Factory cruise control Can someone tell me what years the factory cruise control was offered? Is the speed sensor in the speedometer just a...
• Re: VW obscene parts pricing
  Historical mailing list - ian Butler
  Wed, 4 Sep 2002 15:00:22 -0400
  ...You think $200 is pricey for a mechanical speedometer? Try $1500! I got it from a reputable junkyard for $400. Why so expensive? Because...
• Re: Tires
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 17 Apr 2003 06:48:39 -0600
  ...acceleration, made the van corner like a sports car and my speedometer >registered 85 mph at 60 mph true speed. >I was happy to...
• Re: Chick Magnets & that pesky OXS light
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 6 Mar 2009 19:35:21 -0600
  ...has the wires coming out of it that go to the speedometer. It was actually really easy to see, once I got on the...
• Re: tire size calculator Re: tire circumference
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:14:14 -0700
  ...size and a replacement size, and get an odometer and a speedometer conversion factor. BTW, the difference is so slight for 185R14 vs 195R14...
• Irrelevant info [was "WTO"?]
  Historical mailing list - Tobin T. Copley
  Wed, 26 Jul 1995 10:38:25 -0700 (PDT)
  Anybody ever notice how the speedometer reading increases slightly at the bottom of a deep bump (that is, as the wheels travel up relative...
• Re: tire diamaters
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Redford
  Mon, 22 Aug 94 16:34:35 PDT
  ...suspension (they were well worn) and b) apart from > affecting the speedometer slightly if running the 195's at the front > and the 185...
• Re: Odometer Broken
  Historical mailing list - George A Lehman
  Thu, 23 Aug 2001 19:10:47 -0500
  ...My odometer (85 GL) seems to be broken--not moving anyway. > Speedometer > seems to be okay. Tried searching the archives for repair options > and...
• Re: Sliding Door Bumper Strip
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 13 Aug 2003 21:37:06 -0500
  ...like the difference between $240 local and $180 for a new speedometer ordered from Alabama. The number is 1-800-876-5199 Regards, John...
• Can the instrument cluster Plexiglas be removed?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 27 Jan 2004 17:28:39 -0800
  ...I will be using a 1990 Jetta speedometer (950 revs per km instead of 1000 so it will be more accurate with the 29...
• Re: jb welding speedometer mounts
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 3 Apr 2005 12:15:47 -0700
  I say don't bother with the JB Weld. Get a tube of GOOP, automotive or plumber type. Put the speedo in place in...
• Re: shaky speedo needle
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 4 Jul 2019 02:18:49 +0000
  ...silky smooth since then.  I really doubt that it is the Speedometer itself. Rich San Diego On Wednesday, July 3, 2019, 9:17:38...
• Re: Help With Instrument Lighting Please
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Mar 1997 11:04:38 +1100
  At 11:43 AM 3/21/97 -0600, Dave wrote: >> ( My digital clock between the speedometer and odometer is no longer >> backlit when I...
• Re: Tires
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 16 Apr 2003 23:40:57 -0600
  ...difference, either in the way the van sits or in the speedometer. Cost installed,balanced, tax - $135 ea. Hopefully this will be the last...
• Re: Restoration Week 6
  Historical mailing list - turbowesty
  Sun, 3 Apr 2016 15:36:28 -0400
  ...The heater cover panel has been split for a few years, and three back corners of the speedometer mounts are broken off. Regards, Peter...
• Re: Clock repair and another defect
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Fri, 28 Aug 1998 13:19:26 -0500
  ...Only two of the four screws holding the > >speedometer to the case were functioning. It was obvious that the case had > >been beat up...
• Garmin GPS II+ in Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall (Fast Forward)
  Tue, 17 Apr 2001 21:40:40 -0700
  ...Guess what - with 225/60-16" tires installed my speedometer is still reading high by about 2 to 3% - seems a little lower when...
• RADIO/CD PLAYER QUESTIONS
  Historical mailing list - Sam Williams
  Wed, 10 Dec 2003 01:20:19 EST
  ...The installer said that there is a VW supplied amplifier under the speedometer console and that I must have blown that. The new stereo...
• Re: instrument cluster swap
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Mon, 3 May 2004 19:51:12 -0400
  ...I actually put the whole speedometer / odometer unit into the 87 cluster. Not realizing that it would cause problems later, I put the high...
• for sale: 82 vanagon w/ 2.0L Inline 16V motor
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 7 Dec 2003 16:28:22 EST
  ...The only other thing it needs is a speedometer. It started making noise but still works. Also needs a fuel gauge sending unit. I...
• Re: Results - Tach installation & more questions
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 6 Sep 2003 15:11:18 -0700
  ...Mark David Maurio wrote: >............... > QUESTIONS... > > There is a white connector on the rear of the new speedometer, it has two > silver prongs coming out...
• Re: tire circumference
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 15 Oct 2011 07:49:43 -0700
  one question I have had for a while is why do vanagon speedometers have a range of revs/mile numbers on them? I have...
• Re: Instrument Pod Re-wire
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 8 Oct 2010 16:16:07 -0700
  ...wire and the plug with the plastic ribbon from the original speedometer as not to cut the original vangon wires.� Careful soldering and away...
• Re: Speedo questions
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 25 Aug 2003 09:03:09 -0700
  ...So I sent it to http://www.speedometer.com/ and for $70(US) plus shipping both ways they fixed, calibrated and generally R&R...
• Re: Wiring tach triggered oil pressure alarm - ?? - help
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Sun, 25 Apr 2004 17:15:36 -0800
  ...your > > contacts on the foil circuit on the back of your speedometer & cluster. > > A pencil eraser works pretty well for contact cleaning, too, and...
• Re: Life after speedometer, why do they break?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Tue, 15 Mar 2005 11:51:11 +1100
  ...Life after speedometer, why do they break? Sam, I think the trip meter warning to reset only when stopped is just another bourbon legend...