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• Re: TOP SPEED/Land Speed Record
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Mon, 25 Mar 2002 20:04:02 -0800
  Patrick Rueb <VW87JETAGL@AOL.COM> wrote: > WONDERING IF ANYONE EVER GOT 2.1 4 SPEED OVER 100MPH > GOT MY 87 WOLFSBURG UP TO 95MPH...
• Re: 5 SPEED TRANSMISSIONS FOR SALE ON THE SAMBA
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:48:59 -0700
  to get around the shift difficulty of the 5 speed, you use 2nd as a slightly tall starting out gear. and save 1st as...
• Re: 5 speed tranny question
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Wed, 29 Oct 2003 16:35:10 +1100
  ...5 speed tranny question? > >Hi all, > >I've worn out too many engines!! Does a 5 speed tranny (gas) exist (for a >vanagon) that...
• speedo problems
  Historical mailing list - Seth C. Bruggeman
  Mon, 18 Jan 1999 21:24:37 -0500
  Given recent questions about speedo cables, this might be a good time for this question: While I've been waiting for the cash to...
• Re: fan speed
  Historical mailing list - David Bogle
  Fri, 22 Oct 1999 00:04:50 -0400
  Sean Birkner wrote: > > I have heard that there is supposed to be 2 speeds on the main cooling fan. > Is this true? > > If so...
• Re: Five-speed trans. needed.
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Mon, 19 Apr 2004 17:36:13 -0700
  ...I'm in the process of replacing my dead 4 speed with another 4 speed. It's my understanding that the 5 speeds are...
• Re: HS2000 propex
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Sun, 29 Oct 2006 13:18:58 -0500
  The heater has one 'main' speed while heating, it goes through a purge cycle at startup, where it elevates the fan speed slightly for...
• Re: speedo 85gl
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Mon, 18 Jul 2005 11:52:04 -0400
  ...left *FRONT* wheel is where the speedo cable comes out, and that's what I meant to type. At 12:26 AM 7/16...
• Speedometer ticking noise
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:14:35 -0500
  ...My tripometer, odometer AND speedometer all work fine(the speedo bounces a little bit at speeds below 30. My request for advice is: What...
• 5 speed tranny
  Historical mailing list - John Hurley
  Mon, 27 Sep 1999 16:16:32 -0400
  ...5 speed tranny i am predicting the failure of my 4 speed in my 85 westy, and would like to be prepared. First does...
• Speedometer fluctuations, bumps
  Historical mailing list - sstones
  Thu, 27 Jul 1995 12:30:02 -0400 (EDT)
  Tobin "speedo watcher" Copley et.al. I beleive that it has nothing to do with the position of the front left wheel in relation...
• Re: speedometer in Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Robert Crawford
  Sat, 3 Aug 1996 10:08:21 -0700
  >> << >> MY speedometer is not accurate. Can somone tell me >> if your tach is running 3,000 RPM in 4th gear what >> speed are you...
• Re: A speedometer question
  Historical mailing list - gerry rafferty
  Mon, 15 Jun 1998 22:26:10 -0700
  Check LH wheel hub-you'll see circlip securing that end of speedo cable in a square hole in hub.It may be rounding...
• Re: Reasonable cruising speed?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 4 Aug 2006 08:27:13 -0700
  ...The speedometer and odometer are fed separately. Actually, they are both fed from the same source, the speedometer cable. But the odometer is a...
• Speedometer
  Historical mailing list - John Houser
  Wed, 28 Apr 2004 13:49:58 EDT
  Volks, Last week, on the way back from a trip to the mountains, my speedometer needle started jerking and progressively began to read slower...
• Re[2]: LOUD! cooling fan
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Wed, 5 Aug 1998 16:02:36 -0400
  All of the cooling fans I have heard on vanagons were very quiet at low speed. It is only at the higher speeds are...
• Re: WHERE IS A 5 SPEED ??
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 12 Sep 2000 19:15:33 -0700
  ...It comes with the special 5 speed tranny nose mount, the 5 speed gear shift knob, and the five speed shifter assembly. According to...
• Speedometer Cruise Control Pickup Hole: '81 and '85
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 24 Sep 2013 12:53:31 -0700
  ...to get to Anthony Lake OR), no issues save for a speedometer failure. (grinding sound, displayed WAY high speed). At this point I may...
• Re: Speedo Calibration
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 19:24:24 -0400
  ...Speedo Calibration I repaired an odometer for a friend by installing a new gear from Palo Alto Speedo. The odometer works great, but the...
• unclas : Looking For A Speedometer
  Historical mailing list - Thomas, Geoffrey
  Wed, 7 Jul 2004 08:44:30 -0400
  I had odo failure, and this seems to be the classic problem, and I had mine repaired at http://www.speedometer.com Not sure...
• Re: Speedo Repair with 1 year warranty
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 1 Mar 2002 13:50:49 -0500
  ...Speedo Repair with 1 year warranty >I just called North Hollywood Speedometer Co. & was >quoted $92 to repair my 81 vanagon Speedo. >They give...
• Re: Wacky speedo...
  Historical mailing list - Myers, Thomas A
  Tue, 20 Apr 2004 16:13:52 -0400
  ...Wacky speedo... Speaking of speedo's... My '87 speedo at times acts funny. Sometimes when I start driving it doesn't register at all...
• Re: Regarding an implant of the 1.8liter inline four...From the thread off the digest..
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 20 Aug 2007 08:42:02 -0700
  Actually, the top gear is different, gas 5 speed code AAP is .82 and diesel 5 speed code DX is .77. The .77 gives...
• Speedometer is off
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Sun, 3 Jul 2016 15:34:36 -0400
  ...Today, I had my wife download a speedometer app to her phone and we checked our actual speed against what my speedometer was reading...
• Re: #3(4) VANAGON digest 520
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Jul 1995 07:57:23 -0400
  ...NEEDED 5 speed transaxle >Message-ID: <IjyelIi00WC_5ipTY9@andrew.cmu.edu> > >The 4 speed transaxle in my '83 DIESEL vanagon is done. > >Anybody have...
• Re: Speedo calibration
  Historical mailing list - J. Andersen
  Wed, 12 Aug 1998 18:25:46 -0700
  ...a GPS receiver you can check how close your speedo is to your true speed. You have to hold where you can read the...
• 5 speed
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:57:35 -0800
  If it had a five speed I Would only take it to sell and use the money to rebuild my four speed . -Stacy
• speedo calibration
  Historical mailing list - John Y. Hung
  Mon, 24 Aug 1998 14:39:46 -0500
  According to the service manual, early Vanagon speedometers had significant error. More accurate ones were installed in later models (I think '86 on). I...
• Re: drive from Oklahoma to Spokane, WA
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 5 Oct 2014 15:18:01 -0400
  ...Common and middle is low speed, both ends are high speed. For testing speed 2 you need to get to the high pressure switch...
• Speedometer Questions
  Historical mailing list - Craig Morton
  Wed, 31 May 2006 14:00:17 -0700
  My speedometer bit the dust recently. I found the cable to be rounded off at the wheel hub and replaced the cable. After re...
• Re: Anyone know how to calibrate the speedo?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:13:29 -0700
  fwiw, I just had a vanagon speedometer in an instrument shop for odometer repair and calibration .. cost about $ 100, not 300 to 500. such...
• Re: anther speedo problem
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 4 Jan 2004 08:24:50 -0500
  <snip> Can you bypass the O2 counter box and just install a 1990 speedo cable that runs all the way to the instrument cluster...
• Re: '84 vanagon w/ 6 speed trans and 30 MPG on craigslist
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Wed, 30 Nov 2005 17:45:26 -0800
  30 mpg sounds too good to be true, but with a 6 speed tranny.... maybe? If so, where does one get a 6 speed...
• FW: Re: vanagon 5-speeds
  Historical mailing list - Michael Ramer
  Fri, 27 Jul 2001 07:28:31 -0700
  Volks, here is feedback from Weddle Engineering (located on central coast of CA.)in reference to 5-speeds: > [Original Message] > From: Chris Weddle <info...
• Re: fan speed
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Fri, 22 Oct 1999 06:17:41 EDT
  Sean; The low speed is hard to hear. Have someone turn on the air conditioner while you listen at the radiator. Low speed should...
• Re: 5 speed transmission
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:02:22 -0700
  Likely it's a 4 speed ( or could be auto trans ) common waterboxer vanagon. usually ....any 5 speed lasts about a week max in...
• Re: 2.1L coolant light problem
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 17 Jul 2003 09:22:55 -0700
  You can't directly compare the 2 speed system to the 3 speed. One reason for this is that the radiator fan motor is...
• Re: What size of profile?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:39:06 -0400
  By law, US suppliers of vehicles had to make their speedometers read at or above the true vehicle speed. Unforunately I don't think...
• Re: 180 MPH Speedo
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:53:10 -0700
  dear todd there are many things about that speedo which cause me to wonder about its originality as a VW part looks more like...
• Diesel 5 Speeds
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Drahzal
  Thu, 6 Jul 1995 09:07:45 -0500 (EDT)
  > > My 4 speed transaxle is doing OK, but the diesel Vanagon REALLY needs a 5 > speed, and I'd love to have one. My...
• Re: 5 speed transmission
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:57:24 -0600
  ...Technically, the Syncro tranny is a 5 speed also, but the extra gear is at the very low end so really a 4 speed...
• Re: 1984 VW Vanagon Sale - $1899 (Seattle) 4 speed automatic?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:04:18 -0700
  ...1984 VW Vanagon Sale - $1899 (Seattle) 4 speed automatic? This add says his van is a 4 speed automatic. I thought they were all...
• Re: Speedomoter wierdness
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sat, 3 Jan 2004 17:56:46 -0800
  One option is http://www.speedometer.com if it is fixable, or you can give them a call re your problem. They fixed my...
• Re: another speedometer cable question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:48:52 -0400
  First, one way to repair the mounts for the speedometer is to epoxy studs (screws with the heads cut off maybe) into the housing...
• Re: Question about Speedo Head gearing
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:43:36 -0800
  The 86 cdn Syncro I used to own definitely had 1000 written on the speedo. The new owner swapped it out for a US...
• [Fwd: Survey: Fuel Mileage? /SPEEDOMETER CALIBRATION]
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sat, 8 Aug 1998 14:29:56 -0700
  After reading this mail, I dashed out to my driveway to see what my speedo read. Mine is a kilometer speedo, tops at 180...
• Re: Odometer/speedometer inaccuracy
  Historical mailing list - patrice b
  Thu, 13 Jun 2002 02:22:41 -0700
  I was having that problem with my 85 and it turned out to be the speedometer cable-- it was stripping out at the wheel...
• Re: Cruise Control Parts Shared With Rabbit?
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:51:44 +0200
  ...So the half-speed 2WD speedo cable will quite sure be the reason. Raimund mark drillock schrieb: > The recent VW parts list I saw...
• Wacky speedo...
  Historical mailing list - Holmes, John
  Tue, 20 Apr 2004 14:52:02 -0500
  Speaking of speedo's... My '87 speedo at times acts funny. Sometimes when I start driving it doesn't register at all, then wham...
• Re: Noisy speedo
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 1 Jan 2016 08:19:36 -0800
  ...long ago I had an 1985 van that has the same noisy speedo sound.. of course I lube the speedo and the cable but...
• Re: Speedometer
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 31 Mar 2006 11:32:44 EST
  ...started bouncing around like a > jumping bean. > Back and forth up and down???? > > > its your speedo cable, not your speedo. change the cable.. chris
• Re: KMH / MPH speedometer face available?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 23 Jul 2002 13:28:14 -0700
  The face plates may interchange on VDO models but not the whole speedos. 2wd Vanagon speedos need 805 or 820 cable revs per mile...
• Re: Vanagon speedo marked '1000'?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 20 Jul 2012 03:51:19 -0700
  ...On Syncros the speedo cable is driven by gears inside > the front differential. > > The numbers represent the cable revolutions per unit of distance the...
• Speedometer Cable
  Historical mailing list - Dan Erlandson
  Tue, 20 Aug 2002 13:39:09 -0400
  ...I'm thinking about the speedometer cable. The speedometer bounces around quite a bit at low speeds, which clears up at higher speeds... My...
• Re: 180 MPH Speedo
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Mon, 1 Sep 2008 00:13:05 -0400
  ...I could really use a 180 MPH speedo. What VW do you need the speedo for? Kim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Todd P Last" <Rubatoguy...
• Re: Speedometer Disassembly Question
  Historical mailing list - Doug Fitz-Randolph
  Mon, 27 Nov 2006 15:31:00 -0400
  I'm not asking how to get the speedometer out of the instrument cluster. I've already got it out, and the speedometer needle...
• Re: Anyone know how to calibrate the speedo?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Thu, 21 Apr 2011 21:12:00 -0500
  ...Anyone know how to calibrate the speedo? > I took apart a broken Rabbit speedometer to check out how to access to > the > speed indicator...
• Re: Okay READ the subject bar...Hall Effect SPEEDO question.
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 29 May 2008 17:24:39 -0400
  ...The "Hall Effect" sender that Vanagons have in their distributors wouldn't be suitable for a speedometer as it shows engine rpm not speed...
• Wheels, Tires and thePhysics, true speed
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Wed, 4 Nov 1998 00:23:16 EST
  ...What do you mean? Do you mean that if I am travelling at 70 my speedo reads 66, or if I am travelling at...
• Re: Reasonable cruising speed?
  Historical mailing list - Rich Bennington
  Fri, 4 Aug 2006 07:08:54 -0700
  ...Reasonable cruising speed? Loren Busch wrote: > ...An acquaintance of mine that used to drive a cherry '90 Westy, 4 > speed, and never got above...