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• Re: Stuck in Alturas with electrical mystery
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:49:20 -0700
  ...It has a speedometer with a few lights in it and that's all. But I did drive with parking lights on. I guess...
• Re: Cv axles
  Historical mailing list - Richard Smith
  Tue, 5 May 2015 12:58:44 -0700
  ...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: Got Shifter Bushings?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:12:57 -0700
  ...251957809J- Syncro Speedometer Drive Cable- $125 > >>>>>> 4. 251609701D- Syncro Rear Brake Cable (left)- $75 > >>>>>> 5. 251609702- Syncro Rear Brake Cable (right)- $75 > >>>>>> 6. 094409181B...
• Lifter adjustment... How can I tell if they are really hydraulics?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:43:07 -0400
  ...in the throes of another "Vanagon Experience". Headlight adjusters; slave cylinder... speedometer, headlight switch, etc. Up to now I thought I would miss out...
• Importing Westy Info
  Historical mailing list - Roy O.
  Sat, 12 Aug 2000 17:50:20 -0500
  ...The speedometer must read in miles per hour. 3. The dashboard brake warning light must be labelled "BRAKE" in letters at least 1/8...
• Re: 130mph in a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Tue, 7 Dec 2004 10:45:34 -0600
  ...Among the things that I have done is had both my speedometer and odometer calibrated. I also have a trick little program that calculates...
• Re: Replacing the antenna
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Wed, 30 Mar 2005 01:44:30 -0600
  ...instrument panel base, snap out all the connectors and disconnect the >> speedometer cable. Pull out all the ducting that's in your way. Now...
• Re: Instrument cluster speedometer needle break. #%@#%@#$%@!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Luke Sponholz
  Fri, 31 Mar 2006 11:51:43 -0500
  John / et al - I will be attempting to find a replacement needle at a junkyard. I will let everyone know my results once I...
• Re: Got Shifter Bushings?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:11:49 -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...
• Clock repair and another defect
  Historical mailing list - Parkie Parker
  Thu, 27 Aug 1998 14:30:17 -0700
  ...Only two of the four screws holding the speedometer to the case were functioning. It was obvious that the case had been beat up...
• Re: I need advice/help getting a letter of conformity
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 6 Feb 2005 00:33:15 -0800
  ...difference between Canadian market vanagons and US market vanagons is the speedometer says KPH instead of MPH, and the e-brake warning light to...
• Re: Gas Cap
  Historical mailing list - J Roth
  Sat, 15 Jul 2006 21:56:06 -0500
  ...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: Radial tire size for '70 Bus?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 30 Mar 1996 21:28:28 -0500
  ...you currently use 195/70R14 tires on your camper AND the >speedometer is reading fast, and you are looking to go to yet a...
• Misc. Parts FS / Free + SC
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Tue, 10 Aug 1999 13:33:28 -0400
  ...The following are available for a fair price - reasonable offers welcome: -- 1990 Instrument Cluster - Speedometer(110K)/Analog Clock version. Nice condition, works fine, switches...
• Re: 130 mph in a vanagon, what MPG?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Tue, 7 Dec 2004 00:49:46 -0500
  When I pegged (on the trip reset button) my speedometer, I was getting a pretty consistant 10mpg (note: I was getting 10mpg in normal...
• Re: Technique For Removing Speedo needle?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 3 Oct 2009 07:33:00 -0700
  ...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: FS Pristine 91 Westy on ep.com
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sun, 16 Jan 2000 09:22:07 -0800
  ...Not saying this guy is doing anything wrong, but it is possible (and legal since they do break) to put a new speedometer into...
• Re: Installing 87 instrument cluster in 82
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 14:00:38 -0700
  ...Since it looks like there are some additional features (the >printed circuit foil has 6 connection going into the speedometer while >mine has nothing...
• Re: Oil warning light and buzzer go off when going uphill
  Historical mailing list - Richard Stevens
  Thu, 19 May 2005 10:36:03 +0100
  ...engine for a recon unit and the electronic PCB behind the speedometer) It was only when disconnecting the multi plug and socket that links...
• Re: [Syncro] NEVC (not exactly vanagon content) ... Paris-Dakar Rallye
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 3 Jan 2004 22:27:57 -0800
  ...There is a speedometer like cable that runs from the front to rear wheels of the bike with a cog at each end that...
• Re: Odometer/Speedometer OoC
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:04:45 -0700
  Folks, Is there a consensus on the best info for repairing the odometer that has failed ? It seems like this page is well done...
• Re: tire diamaters
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 22 Aug 94 21:01:26 CDT
  ...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: Vanagon speedo
  Historical mailing list - Robin Oomkes
  Thu, 26 Oct 2000 15:04:30 +0200
  ...Hillbish" wrote: > Recently I had a problem with my speedometer. It was falling down inside the > console so far that I could only see...
• Re: Playing Peekaboo w/ steering wheels
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Mon, 12 Oct 1998 04:25:32 -0500
  ...on - second you can't see the top digits on the > speedometer. I found that I was always looking under the top of the...
• First car, 85 weekender - problems w/1st gear
  Historical mailing list - Devin Chalmers
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 00:23:05 -0800
  ...http://homepage.mac.com/wyntir/PhotoAlbum4.html ) I took it in last week to fix the speedometer/odometer, and as some kind of freak...
• Trip Report - Salzburg to Nurnberg
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Sun, 4 Aug 2002 13:30:47 +0200
  ...hard to judge quantitatively, but on flat highway, or slight downgrades, I would look at the speedometer, and see that I was pushing 90mph...
• Re: WANTED: winter tires / Summer Must Be Over
  Historical mailing list - ccc1
  Wed, 24 Sep 2003 05:40:02 -0500
  ...Your speedometer will > slightly less accurate, but this is easily an acceptable size to run. >> > > The diameter of a 195/60R14 tire is nearly...
• Re: Looking for instrument cluster or tachometer
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Wed, 8 Dec 2021 17:14:46 -0800
  ...the speedometer on my van works well above 50°F (10°C)... under > that it won't work, so I have to give a...
• Re: Not an oil temp post
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sun, 28 Feb 2021 00:52:40 +0000
  ...what's a good smart phone app to use as a speedometer. I went on line and there are approxiately a quadrillion billion and...
• Re: oil light
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Nov 1995 00:08:03 -0600
  ...circuit board with the buzzer mounted around the inside of the speedometer. > >My oil pressure light comes on at low idle. Now that I...
• Re: 14" 15" and 16" oh my!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Sat, 5 May 2001 14:45:02 -0700
  ...65 R15 tires SA 15 inch wheels? For instance is your speedometer thrown off? Or is there a compromise in the life of the...
• Re: Importing from Canada to US
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 6 Jan 2008 18:39:45 -0500
  ...If it has the US DOT compliance and emission stickers, (I doubt it) you will still need to the speedometer changed to US spec...
• Re: Installing cruise on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 17:32:36 EDT
  ...The driver senses the speed by looking at the speedometer and then adjusting the pressure on the gas pedal or the brakes to compensate...
• Re: I guess if I'm putting on a tencentlife oil cooler . . .
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 10 Apr 2011 22:00:50 -0700
  ...view mirror, > look all around out in front of you, > check speedometer.. > check coolant temp and warning lights... > > ov Golly heck yes! If you...
• Tire Passion was: ANOMOLY ALERT-Michelin Tires
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 May 2000 08:59:51 EDT
  ...PS for those people who are now going to email me and ask about or tell me that my speedometer is now reading improperly...
• Project proposal: RE: Stove grate
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Fri, 30 Aug 2002 12:37:37 -0700
  ...It has an MPH speedometer and everything, though. > > Maybe my dish drainer has just been removed by someone, > somewhere along > the line. (Perhaps after...
• Re: Not shifting into 4th gear...maybe?
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:38:23 -0800
  ...000 miles or so and have had no trouble > with the speedometer whatsoever. I even push the odometer reset button when > driving away from...
• Trip Mileage Report Audi 2.0 litre conversion
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Sat, 21 May 2005 20:24:46 -0400
  ...An error in my odometer of 3.7% was determined by GPS (speedometer is now alost dead accurate) due to 27.5" rubber. Oil...
• Re: cruising speed and MPG
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 8 Aug 2006 05:15:30 -0500
  ...The speedometers on most 1.9L vans is grossly optomistic, to the point of being silly. You think you are cruising at 70 but...
• Re: MPG Question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 2 Apr 2006 09:59:08 -0400
  The 84 most likely has a much more optimistic speedometer than the 86 to the point that it appears to have a different ratio...
• Speedometer cable -- trip report to the Okanagan
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Pfrommer
  Sun, 26 Aug 2007 21:29:59 -0700
  ...Anyway the way back was smooth with no more excitements, got some nice fruits on the way back and the speedometer cable died. Well...
• Re: Noisy speedo
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 28 Dec 2015 10:34:24 -0800
  ...used mineral oil at other points (related to needle and > pickup cup) > > Here's a bunch of pics on two speedometers I opened up...
• Re: 1984 Speedos
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Fitterer
  Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:53:37 +0000
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > You might want to just install the 85 speedometer into your 85 instrument > cluster. > The connections to the main plug...
• Front end noises
  Historical mailing list - MacLachlan, Bill
  Tue, 7 Oct 2003 08:54:25 -0700
  ...Comments from those who've had the front end apart? What does a noisy speedometer cable sound like? Could this be a rear wheel...
• Re: Tire Question (not the dreaded tire thread at all)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:54:57 -0400
  ...Vanagon speedometers can often be optomisitc anyway. Dennis >From: Ben Cichowski <aquasheck@HOTMAIL.COM> >Reply-To: Ben Cichowski <aquasheck@HOTMAIL.COM> >To: vanagon@GERRY...
• Speedo fix (I think..maybe.)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 16 Dec 2010 06:58:12 -0800
  In my ongoing quest to eliminate the "hamster in his wheel...on meth" sounds that have been plaguing the speedometer in my 84 van...
• Re: umbrella question about reliability
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 24 Jan 2004 16:50:28 -0600
  ...brake cylinder, the clutch master, repaired the AC tunnel, replace the speedometer, and a whole host of other things, I would say its reliable...
• Re: Electrical Riddle (my dash...)
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Mon, 10 Oct 2005 20:35:01 -0400
  ...Right now, I am w/o lights on my '84 to see the speedometer, etc., at night. I have not gotten around to ordering...
• Re: Locking differential
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Edwards
  Wed, 3 Jan 2018 22:41:54 -0600
  Thanks Dennis - the cold must be getting to my brain for me to forget the relationship between the speedometer and the road wheels! Duh...
• Re: Dash Cluster Needed, '86+
  Historical mailing list - Bill Shawley
  Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:52:50 +0000
  ...is at least 25 years old." > > You want to remove your speedometer? There's no _federal_ law > preventing it. > > Your turn, but do your...
• Re: Baywindow tire size/speedo error
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 21 Mar 1996 14:53:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...But, officer, I'm sure I was only going 55-- the speedometer said so!" "Yeah, sure, lady, that's what they all say, but...
• (F) one less Vanagon in the world
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Sat, 8 May 1999 07:54:14 -0400
  ...The dash cluster was also knocked loose, and hung by the speedometer cable. "This atrocity will not be tolerated," reported Yugoslav Foreign Minister Kzylrkav...
• SPOKE TOO SOON: tachometer and plastic instrument cluster housing
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Michael Gronski
  Fri, 11 Aug 2000 14:36:07 -0400
  ...Since I'm in Canada its a bonus that the speedometer is in km/hr not mph. Thanks, Chris Gronski Toronto, Ontario '80 Westy...
• Re: aerodynamics, was: 101 MPH Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 18 Oct 2004 05:23:59 -0600
  ...101 as part of the test but that brings > up the speedometer error that is about 10% and that means he was only doing...
• Re: how to fix cracked intrument cluster housings where speedo/tach mount to cluster
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 28 Apr 2007 07:41:27 -0400
  ...going to have some of the screw >bosses cracked where the speedometer or tach screws into the back of the >instrument cluster housing. after...
• '83 water-boxer for sale
  Historical mailing list - John Unger
  Wed, 23 Jan 2002 14:03:55 -0500
  ...It has about 210,000 miles (I say "about" because the odometer broke a few years ago; the speedometer still functions fine). We used...
• Re: speedo cable replacement
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:52:56 -0700
  ...the archives and found some good advice on connecting at the speedometer, but little on installation of the actual cable from there to the...
• Re: TOP SPEED/Land Speed Record
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Mon, 25 Mar 2002 22:21:26 -1000
  ...OVER 100MPH > > > GOT MY 87 WOLFSBURG UP TO 95MPH (ACCORDING TO > > > SPEEDOMETER) ON FLAT GROUND > > > > > > Oh YEAH?! well I double-dog dare ya to...
• New (to me anyway) info Re: Reinforced Tires?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 6 May 2003 12:56:25 -0400
  ...I suppose the only problem with that is >that it means that the speedometer is reading too low. Now that I need new >tires...
• Vanagon Models, 1990 - USA
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 10 Sep 1996 13:08:03 -0400
  ...Interior Padded edge on instrument panel Speedometer with trip odometer Fuel level gage Coolant temperature gage Analog clock Illuminated vanity mirror Illuminated lockable glove...