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• Re: Rust Rot
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 2 Aug 2009 06:46:57 EDT
  ...the rack yesterday as part of the action to replace the speedometer cable. I opted for the one piece cable and removed the two...
• Re: shifting or lack of
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 23 Jul 2000 11:09:08 -0700
  ...Look in the brake > > fluid reservoir by the speedometer. If it is low, add some DOT 3 brake > > fluid and the clutch may improve...
• Re: Projektzwo wheels
  Historical mailing list - John Klun
  Wed, 25 Oct 2000 10:40:08 -0600
  What happens to your fuel mileage with these big tires? Does it also affect your speedometer? Joe Tu wrote: > I am not running Pzwo...
• Trade my '74 Bus for your (diesel/gas) Vanagon +/- cash?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Guptill
  Thu, 15 Aug 1996 08:26:21 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Entire van is undercoated. - New front brake pads and shocks all around (2000 miles ago) - Will include both english and metric speedometer/odometer - Needs...
• Another Odometer fix
  Historical mailing list - SpaceKommander
  Sun, 3 Sep 2000 18:30:20 -0500
  ...My speedometer had died at 120,000 miles and I advanced it to the more appropriate 192,000 mile mark when I reassembled the...
• Fluctuating Idle: Solved!??
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Sun, 15 Jun 2003 11:14:23 -0400
  ...Trans now shifts close to the points on the speedometer. Going up a long hill I stomped on it and the trans kicked down...
• Re: bouncing speedo?
  Historical mailing list - Ben S
  Wed, 4 Aug 2004 21:51:46 -0700
  ...I have an 87 syncro with a bouncy speedometer needle. I've actually replaced the speedo with a Jetta unit and I get the...
• Re: don't use cruise control in the rain?
  Historical mailing list - Sam Conant
  Sat, 3 Nov 2007 15:28:07 -0400
  ...Maintaining speed and having no troubles at all > driving in the rain. > > I glancd down at the speedometer (infrequently enough) and suddenly saw > that...
• Re: Another Speedometer question
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Sat, 27 Nov 1999 07:41:32 -0500
  There is a root to the evil of the speedo that works, and an odometer that does not. CEASE resetting your trip odo while...
• Re: Vanagon oil pressure switches,or the lack thereof!!
  Historical mailing list - Jim DiGennaro
  Wed, 6 Oct 1999 19:08:06 -0400
  ...There is a control unit mounted in the speedometer and it also senses engine RPM. THe control unit looks for system pressure from sensor...
• Re: Adding Aux Driving Lights Questions
  Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
  Wed, 11 Apr 2001 18:14:56 -0500
  ...The lights came with a bubble leveling tool to adjust. > I routed the wire through a grommet somewhere by the > speedometer cable on the...
• 90 GL auto from VA on ebay $950
  Historical mailing list - sam.cooks
  Fri, 5 Sep 2003 08:26:34 -0400
  ...The van needs a right side indicator light, a speedometer cable and turn signal relay. The rear heating unit has been removed and bypassed...
• Re: New Transmission Time?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Fri, 6 Jan 2006 15:24:21 -0500
  ...Oh, and the brake/clutch fluid reservoir is inside the instrument cluster, between the speedometer and the tach (or clock). Reach forward of the...
• Re: Hall Effect Sender? Speedo question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Foss - Shazam
  Fri, 30 May 2008 18:26:20 -0700
  ...It should be fine for any generic speedometer application. > > >> you >> will need to know how many pulses per revolution your speedo wants though, >> maybe...
• Re: Gasoline
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Wed, 28 May 2008 18:20:56 -0700
  ...I know the speedometer reads 10% high. Rob At 5/28/2008 05:53 PM,Scott Foss - Shazam wrote: >Hi Rob, for the fun...
• Re: Got Shifter Bushings?
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:14:24 -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: Tach for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - KBatzler
  Mon, 19 Oct 1998 18:14:12 -0700
  ...Do you agree >to these terms? I also want to be sure you know that there is no speedometer in >the package. OK? > >Bill...
• Re: Buying a Eurovan in Quebec
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Thu, 10 Sep 2015 14:06:09 -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...
• Re: 16" Tire recommendations
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:22:44 -0700
  ...This should correct your built-in speedometer error and make highway driving quieter at the expense of a small power loss at take-off...
• Re: Water Pump, OXG sensor, and Sputtering still.....
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 1 Sep 2003 05:12:22 -0500
  ...The speedometer cable passes through it. When the counter in the box says 30,000 or 60,000 miles ---- depending on the year of...
• Re: Double cab for sale/engine longevity
  Historical mailing list - Paul & Becky Oliver
  Mon, 6 Sep 2004 12:46:36 -0500
  ...the Vanagon that�s able to do 112 mph > on the speedometer is no bigger than when you travel at 130+ on a big...
• Idle switch
  Historical mailing list - Ronald Michaels
  Mon, 25 Dec 2006 12:54:44 -0500
  ...just keeping up with traffic on I-75N the 85 MPH speedometer on the Buick was pegged. I can't do that in a...
• Instrument Cluster Swap Gone Wierd
  Historical mailing list - Warner, Jeff (DSIO)
  Thu, 19 Aug 2004 11:36:40 -0400
  ...The '86 cluster (date stamped 2/86) has a circuit board inside the speedometer whereas the '85 does not. The '85 has circuitry for...
• Re: Westy LuggageRack Noise Speedometer accuracy
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 22 Dec 2023 15:04:23 -0500
  ...from automatic to manual the 84 and 85 have drastically different speedometer calibrations. > The 85 Speedo was close to accurate for speed. With your...
• Re: Lights out!
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:56:58 -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...
• Joel-meister, change the statz!
  Historical mailing list - Bren Smith
  Sat, 18 May 1996 15:17:02 -0700
  ...The speedometer is in KPH only, and there's lots of German stickers throughout the interior. One for tire pressure, another for what the...
• Re: good ole' Chevron Techron
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 27 May 1996 10:17:23 -0700
  ...Trust me, you cannot trust odometers, speedometers, or fuel tank gauges. Interstate mile markers over minimum 10 mile spans are useful and 100 miles...
• Re: Diesel Instrument Cluster Blue Ribbon: Glow Plug Light Wiring Confirm Please?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 21 Aug 2017 16:17:11 -0700
  ...with the embossed date from 1989 is the back > of the speedometer. Clearly from the various photos you have a later > speedo installed in...
• Re: My first visit shopping for a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Hicks
  Wed, 12 Aug 1998 20:40:06 EDT
  ...So, where are you located? Second, turning back a speedometer is not an unheard of practice. The things you look for are very much...
• Re: Wheels, Tires and the Laws of Physics
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 00:58:38 EST
  ...series tire to give you the high profile and have the speedometer recalibrated to reflect a 12%-15% change in the radius of the...
• Info re: Importing into U.S. from Canada
  Historical mailing list - Roy O.
  Fri, 11 Aug 2000 23:36:19 -0500
  ...The speedometer must read in miles per hour. 3. The dashboard brake warning light must be labelled "BRAKE" in letters at least 1/8...
• Re: Muffler--should I change?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 11 Apr 2006 22:37:43 -0700
  ...When the speedometer is reading between > 60-70 mph it's sometimes too loud to hold a conversation. > I assume it's the muffler...
• how to fix cracked intrument cluster housings where speedo/tach mount to cluster
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:37:05 EDT
  ...nearly all vanagon instument clusters are going to have some of the screw bosses cracked where the speedometer or tach screws into the back...
• Re: VW Bus Wanted
  Historical mailing list
  19 May 1994 18:57:43 GMT
  ...Tachometer, Speedometer, fuel and engine temp gauges. Oil pressure, battery, brakes, OXY, seatbelt lights. Fast, slow, intermittent wipers. Engine/Drivetrain: Fuel injected. Water-cooled...
• Re: a proud new 83 owner
  Historical mailing list - lbart
  Mon, 12 May 1997 11:00:14 -0400
  ...To reset the EGR light, follow the speedometer cable from the left front wheel up to a black box mounted on the frame near...
• Re: "True" speed with BFG 27 x 8.5 tires
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 5 May 2000 16:23:57 -0700
  ...All Syncros I have driven have wildly optimistic speedometers when fitted with stock 185R14 and 205/70/14 tires. All Vanagons are optimistic but...
• Re: Normal mpg?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Jeff
  Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:41:53 -0700
  ...The odo is accurate (used those freeway "Speedometer check" signs in several areas to confirm). I've noted fuel consumption at many gas stations...
• Re: engineering nightmares vehicles was: cruise control speedometer sensor
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 26 Oct 2004 22:34:45 -0600
  On 10/26/04 4:28 PM, "Steve" <laurasdog@WEIRDSTUFFWEMAKE.COM> wrote: >> There are no issues like this with an inline vw >> engines to...
• Re: Odometer clicking/ not working?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 8 Feb 1999 23:59:53 -0700
  ...change... ;0) >> > New problem cropped up though.... >> >My Odometer is ticking? Speedometer is tracking fine (I think) But trip >> >miles are not being logged...
• lifter noise
  Historical mailing list - Animal
  Sun, 26 Mar 2000 12:15:29 -0500
  ...And finally, unrelated to the vanagon, but volkswagon related nonetheless, anyone know where you can get speedometers repaired. The one on the scirocco, the...
• Re: speedo/odo error confusion
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Wed, 24 Oct 2001 21:14:59 -0700
  The number "805" is the number of revolutions per mile that the speedometer is allegedly calibrated for at the factory. Todd '88 Westy Joe...
• Re: Oh no, not tires again
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Wed, 30 Aug 2000 20:04:05 -0500
  ...Hawaii Mick! However, do the 195/75/14 throw off my speedometer? At 4000 rpm, I'm going 120 km/h. Does that jive...
• Re: Speedometer Cable
  Historical mailing list - Eric Wunrow
  Mon, 24 Jul 2017 01:00:51 -0600
  ...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: '85 Vanagon GL No Interior Lights
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sun, 19 Dec 2004 04:03:08 -0700
  ...a newer model with a Tach '87 I think, replaced the > speedometer cable, worked my way through the wiring using the Bentley(visual > inspection...
• Re: Great device for lubing cables
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 5 Jul 2019 08:46:40 -0700
  ...wrote: > > Is it best to start at the top (behind the speedometer) or the bottom (at the wheel) when using these? And, what lubricant...
• '81 Westy For Trade
  Historical mailing list - Rob Thompson
  Tue, 4 Dec 2007 22:16:56 -0500
  ...I have no idea as the speedometer was broken for quite some time and is now repaired. - Condition: It generally drives, but not right...
• RADIO/CD PLAYER now working
  Historical mailing list - Sam Williams
  Wed, 10 Dec 2003 23:05:07 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: oil usage
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:39:32 -0400
  Being an 85, you might want to check the speedometer and odometer against a GPS. I bet you are not going as fast or...
• (Fwd) Re: How Fast Was I Driving?? KPH & MPH
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sun, 4 Aug 2002 18:47:21 -0300
  ...In my CDN 91 syncro westy, I have to go 110 kph by the speedometer to make it from one km post to the...
• entertainment: 1956 road test
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 09 Jan 95 16:10:18 CST
  ...The most favorable run gave a dead 60.0 actual mph, with the speedometer indicating 62.5. Any Kombi, Micro Bus, or Camper owner...
• Re: Chick Magnets & that pesky OXS ligh
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 6 Mar 2009 10:59:56 -0800
  ...There is the speedometer cable that comes from the center of the left front wheel. Trace that until you come to a 'black box...
• How To: Wet Pressure Gauge was Re: oil pressure light
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 8 Oct 1998 18:44:17 EDT
  ...There I followed the speedometer cable right up into the dash. Then I ran the line out through the steering column plastic cover. I...
• Re: Warning!!! Check Your Speedometer - What a Sad, Sad Example
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Mon, 13 May 2002 08:14:25 EDT
  In a message dated 5/12/02 10:09:50 PM, CTONLINE@WEBTV.NET writes: << We reject the ass backward's Metric system--- Why...
• Re: 2.1 waterboxer oil temp gauge?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Mon, 27 Dec 2004 22:54:55 -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: MPG measurement issues
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Sat, 1 Apr 2006 11:14:06 -0500
  ...speedometers have a total tolerance, new, of almost 18%! >> (Bentley 90.30) Incredibly, VW indicates that for a real 50 MPH speed, >> speedometer readings...
• Re: Vanagon Wiki [WAS: Curious incident of the fuel pump ...]
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 2 Aug 2007 22:08:33 -0700
  ...long it's been since I promised to send her a speedometer, which I only mailed just yesterday). At any rate, this is something...
• Re: Was: '89 Carat .... Seattle ... Now: It's in Edmonds WA
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 18 Nov 2012 11:01:35 -0500
  ...hotmail.com>wrote: > So where is the fuse to make the speedometer/odometer work? > > Ok it's not Friday. > > The asking price is a...
• Re: Gas Cap
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 15 Jul 2006 23:06:27 -0400
  ...I spent a great day working Blue Midget (my '80 > Westy) and got new fuel lines installed to the expansion tanks, > repaired my speedometer...
• Re: Technique For Removing Speedo needle? Teaspoons
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Sat, 3 Oct 2009 13:42:47 -0600
  ...how to's more or lessgloss over the removiing of >>> the speedometer needle.  Just don't wanna break it as it appears to >>> REALLY...
• [Vaguely OT] Audi Componentry FS
  Historical mailing list - ian Butler
  Fri, 10 Jan 2003 03:43:38 -0500
  ...It's a variant of the ur-quattro's dash, backlit red LCD (not LED) with a tach, speedometer, temp and fuel gauge, clock...