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• Re: Odometer stopped
  Historical mailing list - Peter Krogh
  Mon, 15 Oct 2001 22:28:57 EDT
  ...Joseph_P._McNiff@FFIC.COM writes: << Hi all, My Odometer stopped working, also trip counter at the same time. My mechanic says its $200...
• Re: Odometer clicking/ not working?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 8 Feb 1999 23:59:53 -0700
  ...up though.... >> >My Odometer is ticking? Speedometer is tracking fine (I think) But trip >> >miles are not being logged/ODOMETER DOESN'T WORK.... >> >Any...
• Re: Installing 87 instrument cluster in 82
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 16:28:32 -0500
  ...My trip odometer is just the simple 3 digit indicator, reset by a push button. Did the 85 speedometer cluster have any special features...
• Re: Speedo repair question
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 2 Oct 2013 16:14:10 -0700
  ...https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/1985VanagonTransporterSpeedometerGuts One thing that i didn't get right on this speedometer was the main and trip odometer coordination...
• Re: Diesel mileage update
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Mon, 6 Dec 2004 13:49:10 -0500
  ...AM, Hans Achter wrote: > > > Gnarlie, > > On one of those trips could you calibrate your odometer for us against > > the highway mile markers, > > over a...
• Re: FS: 87 Vanagon Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Wed, 28 Apr 1999 08:52:56 -0400
  Now wait a minute! He must have rolled back the odometer because that trip to the moon should have added many more miles than...
• Fuel gauges -- who needs 'em?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 4 Jan 1996 14:53:45 -0700
  ...Copley writes -- >As for feeling worried about running out of gas on long trips, just use >the odometer as a gauge (THAT works, right...
• Re: Speedometer/odometer problem
  Historical mailing list - 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"
  Tue, 31 Oct 2000 13:56:02 -0500
  ...I can't help you with your spedometer problem but as for the odometer they tend to break if you reset the trip meter...
• Re: Reasonable cruising speed?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 5 Aug 2006 00:55:50 -0700
  > turn on the GPS, switch to the screen with the odometer display > and zero it out. Let it run until you get back home...
• odometer problem
  Historical mailing list - Mark Seifert
  Mon, 17 May 2004 12:10:19 -0700
  My odometer only works in the morning. I drive a 2 miles to work every day, and it works for the entire trip, but...
• Re: Speedometer question
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Wed, 1 Jun 2016 22:19:00 -0300
  ...The > trip meter is still running fine. The three rightmost digits have recessed > back into the odometer body, so I suspect the shaft has...
• Haunted Westy!!!
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shane
  Tue, 6 Jul 1999 10:08:43 -0400
  ...Yesterday as I was filling up my trusty steed with liquid dinosaur, I reset my trip meter as I do each and every time...
• Re: Odometer/Speedometer OoC
  Historical mailing list - James Ballen
  Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:49:58 -0700
  ...The even fixed and shipped it same-day since we were heading out on a trip very soon after. Money well spent, IMO. Obviously...
• Re: gas mileage, go Diesel for 425
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Belman
  Tue, 12 Dec 2000 14:08:24 -0500
  ...The trip odometer said 425 Low and behold they are painting the bridge and there is a small tank of diesel on back of...
• Re: speedo/odo error confusion
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 24 Oct 2001 22:31:17 -0700
  ...The best way to measure speed is with a GPS - very accurate, both in the speedometer and odometer departments. The speedometer part can easily...
• broken speedo and Vaccum pump
  Historical mailing list - Roper Sisler
  Tue, 31 Oct 2006 08:07:34 -0800
  ...Symptoms were no odometer or trim odometer working. I found the reason but it wont last.Isuspect resetting the trip meter while driving ,may...
• Re: heading home tomorrow
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Sat, 3 Dec 2016 11:15:04 -0500
  ...a good trip. We crossed over I95 on I40 in NC on Friday in our Westy seven miles before the odometer rolled over 330K...
• Re: Odometer Repair in Toronto?
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Thu, 17 Apr 2003 12:42:54 -0400
  ...Typically, if your odometer doesn't work and your speedometer does, the problem is caused by resetting the trip mileage counter while driving down...
• Re: Reasonable cruising speed?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lake
  Fri, 4 Aug 2006 10:49:54 -0500
  ...The speedometer and odometer are fed separately. Actually, they are both fed from the same source, the speedometer cable. But the odometer is a...
• odometer success?
  Historical mailing list - Linda Bartnik
  Tue, 5 Aug 1997 22:57:25 -0400
  ...Once I got the gear replaced, I noticed that the odometer would stop every time two numbers were to come up on the trip...
• WTB: 2WD Vanagon MPH speedometer
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 14 Aug 2002 16:53:21 -0700
  I am looking for a few of these - preferably with the resetable trip odometer. Thanks! David Marshall Fast Forward Automotive Inc. 4356 Quesnel Hixon...
• Re: Speedometer and odometer accuracy
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 22 Mar 2005 10:40:40 -0700
  On 3/22/05 10:01, "Warren Lail" <wlail@OU.EDU> wrote: > Regarding speedometer accuracy, I have made several multi-thousand mile > trips with...
• Re: New Engine Gas Mileage Report
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:12:45 -0700
  ...How are you calculating > your numbers? Are you using the odometer/speedometer on the dash? or are > you > using the trip meter on a...
• Re: Odometer Repair
  Historical mailing list - 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"
  Mon, 8 Jan 2001 10:38:31 -0500
  ...Odometer Repair > The other day I was reading about the problem with the odometer breaking > when the trip reset was hit while moving. There...
• Re: Unreliable Vanagon engines!
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:46:01 -0500
  ...254,455 > miles on the odometer. Will that engine make one more trip? > > Wave if you see me. > > Dennis >
• Re: Odometer?intrument cluster question
  Historical mailing list - 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"
  Tue, 24 Oct 2000 10:53:41 -0400
  ...But the odometer and trip counter aren't working. > the speedo does. SOOOO, the odometer is just broken right? it works off of > the...
• Re: Odometer Repair
  Historical mailing list - Frederick M. Wasserstein
  Mon, 8 Jan 2001 13:49:42 -0600
  ...Odometer Repair > > > > The other day I was reading about the problem with the odometer breaking > > when the trip reset was hit while moving. There...
• Re: trip meter
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 1 Apr 2013 17:09:43 -0500
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > > > My trip meter quit working but odometer still works. any ideas? > >
• Re: Unreliable Vanagon engines!
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:23:14 -0800
  ...254,455 > miles on the odometer. Will that engine make one more trip? > > Wave if you see me. > > Dennis >
• Re: Speedo died
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 18 Jul 2005 21:06:11 -0500
  If the odometer stopped also, you probably have a problem with the cable, not the speedo itself. Broken or slipping gears inside the unit...
• Re: odometer just went on the fritz
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Fri, 31 Dec 2004 21:41:50 -0600
  ...odometer seems to have spontaneously gone on strike this afternoon. :::It's :::> not moving, nor is my trip meter. Zeroing out the trip meter...
• Old Volks Home Cluster Retrofit Question
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Davis
  Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:56:18 -0700
  ...I have a 1984 GL Wasserboxer w/Speedo, w/Trip Odometer, &w/Analog Clock, w/Coolant Temp gauge. The instructions from Old Volks Home...
• Re: odometer fixed
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Rotblatt
  Mon, 13 Jun 2011 13:56:31 -0700
  ...clever with things > mechanical the trip meter started working but only about 1/3 speed. > Hmm. The main odometer started working backwards. Double hmm...
• Odo/Trip Counter
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:42:14 -0700
  ...How complex of a job is fixing an odometer, and will the mileage be returned to zero if they fix it? (I hope not...
• Re: Dead Odometer
  Historical mailing list - Geroge A Lehman
  Tue, 31 Aug 1999 15:42:27 -0500
  ...On the way to work this AM my odometer read 111,111 and the trip meter read .1 (I cleared it for fun at...
• Re: MPG
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 4 Sep 2007 01:42:14 -0400
  ...I waited until my trip odometer read exactly 136.0 miles. At that point the GPS said it was 11.7 miles to my...
• Re: Speedometer question
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Wed, 1 Jun 2016 22:25:42 -0300
  ...the odometer decided it was tired (at only >> 218,799 kms) and it now sounds like theres a gear slipping internally. > The >> trip meter...
• Re: replacment speedometers/odometers
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Fri, 2 Dec 94 16:52:28 PST
  ...Good Luck - I thought the junkyard trip was kinda fun too. Dave Kautz dkautz@hpsidms1.sid.hp.com '74 Westfalia
• Re: Major Milestone!!!
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter / Iowa City, Iowa
  Sat, 21 Feb 2004 23:51:27 -0600
  ...Major Milestone!!! > Hi all, > > > > This evening, as I pulled into my driveway from a ski trip my odometer (90 > GL) rolled over to: > > >
• Re: Aluminum Wheel Hub Cap & Speedo Questions...
  Historical mailing list - 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"
  Tue, 28 Nov 2000 17:08:36 -0500
  ...VDO odometers tend to break if you reset the trip meter while the vehicle is in motion, Here is a recent post from the...
• Re: Speedometer question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 1 Jun 2016 21:21:41 -0400
  ...The > trip meter is still running fine. The three rightmost digits have recessed > back into the odometer body, so I suspect the shaft has...
• Re: Speedo repair question
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Mon, 24 Mar 2014 13:16:36 -0400
  ...Simply zeroing the trip odometer > (once speedometer installed) doesn't seem to do it. > > If one takes the numbers off the speedo, I'm...
• Re: Odometer....
  Historical mailing list - '80 Westy Pokey
  Tue, 19 Jun 2001 12:37:05 -0700
  ...Typically, if your odometer doesn't work and your speedometer does, the problem is caused by resetting the trip mileage counter while driving down...
• Re: odometer stopped
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 21 Jul 2003 09:25:12 -0400
  ...One way to help the gear stay on track longer is to never reset the trip odometer while you are rolling. deb '85 Westy...
• Re: Reasonable cruising speed?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 5 Aug 2006 07:20:24 -0700
  ...On 8/5/06, John Bange <jbange@gmail.com> wrote: > > > turn on the GPS, switch to the screen with the odometer display > > and zero...
• Re: Odometer Broken
  Historical mailing list - Dave Martin
  Tue, 21 Aug 2001 13:29:30 -0700
  ...Typically, if your odometer doesn't work and your speedometer does, the problem is caused by resetting the trip mileage counter while driving down...
• RE: '81 Westfalia odometer
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 Nov 94 12:35:32 PST
  ...sticking odometer. If the speedometer is going ok, it is >not likely that the speedo drive is disconnected. You will probably find >a little...
• Re: speedo/odo error confusion
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Wed, 24 Oct 2001 22:57:08 -0700
  ...The odometer will require a different cog at the > pickup. > > My Syncro with 205R14s installed was spot on speed wise and a little low...
• Broken Odometer and trip meter
  Historical mailing list - Walter Evens
  Sun, 10 Feb 2002 09:11:34 -0800
  Hi again: I checked the archives and some one had sent theirs to Overseas Speedometer for repair. Any one know what they charge? Also...
• Re: Unreliable Vanagon engines!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:54:40 -0800
  ...254,455 > miles on the odometer. Will that engine make one more trip? > > Wave if you see me. > > Dennis
• Re: An Even Littler Trip Report
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Mon, 8 Jul 2013 23:13:14 +0000
  ...miles round trip, Vanagon never missed a beat > >(except one brief period where the speedo needle dropped to zero ( > >ok 10) odometer kept going...
• Speedo cable interchange
  Historical mailing list - Steve Blackham
  Mon, 30 Apr 2001 20:08:41 -0600
  ...I don't get to use the 85 which has the trip odometer for now. As near as I can tell from Mr Bentley...
• Re: Need a speedometer
  Historical mailing list - Joachim Beek
  Mon, 11 Sep 1995 23:42:19 -0500 (CDT)
  On Mon, 11 Sep 1995, Harvey Chao wrote: > > A common failure mode for VDO speedo/odometer/tripmeters is the gear that > drives the tripmeter...
• Speedo Accuracy Discussion
  Historical mailing list - robot .
  Wed, 10 May 2000 12:03:28 PDT
  ...the odometer readings for both my famed reliable Toyota PU and the Vanagon are dead on for the entire length of the trip. In...
• Re: Gas mileage
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 30 Nov 1994 07:21:45 -0800
  ...I nearly always fill up (and I use super) when it registers 1/4 tank full, and at that point, my trip odometer usually...
• Re: Odometer stopped
  Historical mailing list - Dan Snow
  Mon, 15 Oct 2001 17:07:43 -0700
  ...Mon, 15 Oct 2001 15:56:44 -0700 > >Hi all, >My Odometer stopped working, also trip counter at the same time. My >mechanic says...
• gas gauge not working
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 May 1999 21:18:22 EDT
  ...have already run out of gas a couple of times by trying to figure out mileage by the trip odometer. thanks Nigel 87 syncro
• Re: Gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 26 Aug 2003 19:02:28 -0400
  On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, Mike Miller wrote: > First trip, 20 mpg. Then 14 mpg next tank, then 17.5 mpg around town with...
• Re: If it's not broken don't fix it? Odometer & CV joints
  Historical mailing list - Data Services
  Fri, 28 Dec 2001 23:24:57 -0500
  Unless you're planning a long trip or a big haul, don't fix it if it ain't broke (CV's, that is...
• Re: odometer mechanism
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 25 Sep 2002 15:02:05 -0400
  ...Replace it! This gear drives the trip odometer as well. Jay This communication is for use by the intended recipient and contains information that...