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Re: Speedometer Cable End
Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
Thu, 27 May 1999 02:54:50 -0700
...Speedometer Cable End >At 05:28 5/26/99 -0400, Frank Condelli wrote: >>to make the speedo cable end square again ? I've been...
Re: What does the oil pressure warning buzzer sound like?
Historical mailing list - Matthew Snook
Sat, 17 Nov 2007 10:31:39 -0800
Back when I had a bug, the speedo cable would sing during the winter. It had to be pretty cold for it to happen...
Speedometer cable...nub & clip but no cable....fixable?
Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
Fri, 6 Aug 2004 08:40:42 -0700
...Speedometer not working. I looked at the Drivers side hub and found the clip is there...attached to a "nub"...but the cable must...
Re: speedo cable
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
Thu, 6 Oct 2005 12:47:10 -0700
...speedo cable The small cable from the box to the wheel hub broke a few weeks ago on my 84 vanagon. I ordered a...
Re: speedometer lube?
Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
Sun, 19 Feb 2006 10:51:20 -0500
...The typical way to lubricate a speedo is to get some powdered graphite in a tube, disconnect the speedometer cable and squirt a bit...
Re: Speedometer Cable
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Wed, 12 Jul 2017 08:13:50 -0700
...folks that have struggled with the bouncy speedo needle, has anyone found a reliably good replacement cable? I replaced mine with a Van-Cafe...
Speedometer and odometer doesn't move - Updated
Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
Mon, 17 Nov 2003 10:32:03 -0600
...that if I push the lower cables jacket toward the wheel hub from the inside the speedometer works. So it was working for about...
Re: lube speedo cable?
Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
Mon, 8 Apr 2013 12:00:55 -0700
...lube speedo cable? I do , religeously. Take cable off back of speedometer ( helps to have instrument cluster out of the way ) Jack up left...
Re: Speedometer Cable
Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
Wed, 12 Jul 2017 15:32:51 +0000
...Speedometer Cable To: "Keith Hughes" <keithahughes@YAHOO.COM> Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Wednesday, July 12, 2017, 8:13 AM Keith, It's...
Re: Speedo calibration
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Wed, 12 Aug 1998 02:08:15 -0700
...Though I can remember having read myself that this little > number specifies the number of revolutions of the speedo cable necessary > to increment the...
Re: '89 Westy - Canadian?
Historical mailing list - Kelly Bauman
Mon, 2 Mar 1998 09:47:10 -0800
At 08:59 02-03-98 -0700, Stephen Jones wrote: >While attempting to replace my roommate's '89 Westy speedo cable, I >found some...
Re: Speedo cable noise
Historical mailing list - IR Student
Tue, 14 Oct 1997 16:34:00 PDT
Stephen, I had a similar noise coming form my speedo area. At first I thought that it was the cable but I was wrong...
Re: Speedometer cable...nub & clip but no cable....fixable?
Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
Fri, 6 Aug 2004 16:03:02 -0400
...new cable sorry :(. jonathan On Fri, 6 Aug 2004, kevin obrien wrote: > Hello All: > > Many thanks for the replies regarding my Speedometer > not working...
Re: Quivering speedometer needle started to quiver on 85 Westy.
Historical mailing list - Ryan Perry
Thu, 15 Jul 2021 02:19:06 -0400
You can also try zip tying the cable so it enters the housing to speedo as straight as possible. Any bends along the way...
Re: Speedometer Keeps Breaking
Historical mailing list - Randy Herd
Fri, 16 Jun 2000 06:52:29 MDT
Check your left front tire where the square speedometer cable goes through a square hole in the wheel bearing dust cover (just under the...
Speedo cable/wheel bearing question
Historical mailing list - Steve Elfelt
Fri, 24 Sep 1999 03:17:03 -0400
84 vanagon Speedo cable from bearing to box with my oxygen sensor reset switch seems to be broken at or inside the bearhing housing...
Gauges... Oil Pressure & Speedo Cable...
Historical mailing list - PlayDoh
Mon, 23 Jul 2001 23:04:13 -0400
Speedo first... Cable seems to be pulled down into the dashboard a tad too far... and plastic circle clip is broken... there isn't...
Speedometer
Historical mailing list - John Houser
Wed, 28 Apr 2004 13:49:58 EDT
...Has anyone had this happen? Are these symptoms of a bad speedometer or a bad speedometer cable? TIA, John Houser, Jr. 84 Westy
Noisy speedometer
Historical mailing list - mattf
Wed, 18 Apr 2001 21:53:58 -0400
My speedometer just started grumbling yesterday. It's very whiny at speeds over 30MPH. I guess this means it's a little dry. I...
Re: speedometer cable installation question
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Tue, 6 Feb 2007 11:33:47 -0800
...OXS Recorder/Switch on the speedo My '90 doesn't have it (a US vehicle) and no OXS light on the dash. IRRC it...
Re: speed odometer/85 westy automatic
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 2 Jul 2010 13:19:36 -0700
...remove your main hub cap ..see if speedometer cable is still being driven by the wheel there. sometimes the upper end of the speedo...
Re: All Fine, Durango, Co. to Asheville, North Carolina But Odometer Not Working
Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
Tue, 4 May 2010 18:56:59 -0700
Oh yeah the speedo measures rotational velocity via the coupling, the odometer measures rotations and is directly coupled to the cable. Al On Tue...
Re: Speedometer cable -- where does square start
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Sun, 4 Nov 2007 20:29:27 -0500
...Speedometer cable -- where does square start >> >> Hi list, >> after reading a lot of threads regarding speedometer cables, it is still >> unclear to me where...
Speedometer Cable
Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
Wed, 12 Jul 2017 01:45:40 +0000
To all you folks that have struggled with the bouncy speedo needle, has anyone found a reliably good replacement cable? I replaced mine with...
Instrument Panel Interchange 81/85
Historical mailing list - John Brush
Mon, 30 Apr 2001 16:27:46 -0600
...Everything seems to be fine except the speedo. The cable on my 81 speedo is threaded for a screw on speedo cable, whereas the...
Re: A speedometer question
Historical mailing list - George Lyle
Sun, 14 Jun 1998 21:08:46 -0700
...speedo needle used to be > rock-steady, it now vibrates in a small arc, perhaps +/- 2 or 3 mph. Sounds like your cable might...
Re: Bouncing Speedometer Needle
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 7 Apr 2010 16:04:08 -0700
...and turn the left front wheel with my foot while I dribble lube down the turning speedo cable. that really gets it in there...
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...
Speedo cable noise
Historical mailing list - Stephen Jones
Tue, 14 Oct 1997 08:00:29 -0600
I had to remove the instrument panel to fix a problem with a windshield wiper. (This included diconnecting the speedometer cable) After reassembling, I...
Re: Strange Static Buzzing Noise Coming From The Dash?
Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
Mon, 21 Feb 2011 13:29:48 -0500
...disconnect cable from speedo head > (either a pinch clip affair or screw on, depending on van year, should > be obvious), some light oil in...
Re: Bouncy Speedo Needle
Historical mailing list
Sun, 26 Feb 2006 19:40:21 EST
...interested to know what causes the speedometer needle to bounce and what > other owners have done to remedy it? > > change your speedo cable.. chris
Veedo Speedo Workin's
Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
Tue, 3 Jan 95 15:33:19 PST
Your basic VDO speedo unit has two major parts. A rotating magnet/iron disk/spring assy that is calibrated to display cable rotation rate...
Re: Speedometer and odometer doesn't move - Updated
Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
Mon, 17 Nov 2003 07:03:44 -0800
The speedometer cable is driven by the front driver side wheel. There is a cap on the wheel, and the cable protrudes from this...
Re: 1984 Speedos
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:50:46 -0400
...I could see a problem in the cluster causing current to >flow through the speedo cable, but how would a engine or transmission >ground...
Just got a shipment from Germany
Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:07:00 -0500
...Front dust shields for syncro Vanagon brakes (stainless steel)- $75 each Syncro speedometer cable- $125 (full length). I am placing another order next week...
Re: Tire Question (not the dreaded tire thread at all)
Historical mailing list
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:41:14 -0700
...Mark Jeff @ Autostadt West wrote: > Tire size will directly affect the speedometer accuracy, irregardless of > where the speedo cable hooks up. > > Jeff > > -----Original Message...
Re: Okay READ the subject bar...Hall Effect SPEEDO question.
Historical mailing list
Thu, 29 May 2008 14:21:29 -0700
...Does that little box at the junction of the two part speedomter cable contain a Hall Effect sender?????????????? If so, how do I get...
Re: '84 GL NOT in the woods
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Tue, 6 Feb 2001 17:58:24 -0600
...speedometer is driven via a cable from the left front wheel, just like on a beetle, or one of the old bicycle speedometers. It...
Re: Speedo died
Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
Mon, 18 Jul 2005 21:31:39 -0400
Pull the speedo and look at the gears. Are they OK? Are the little axles that support them in place? Speedo cable drive at...
Re: Reasonable cruising speed?
Historical mailing list - Rich Bennington
Sat, 5 Aug 2006 11:38:18 -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...
Re: Speedometer Cable
Historical mailing list - Eric Wunrow
Mon, 24 Jul 2017 01:00:51 -0600
...Mine is very >> sensitive to the angle the cable enters the speedo. >> >> >> Bob >> >> http://idiopath2017.wordpress.com >> >> >> >> >> >>> On Jul 12, 2017, at 11:02...
Speedometer cable problem - jumping
Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
Sun, 25 Mar 2007 22:29:29 -0400
Hello to the list, I purchased a replacement speedometer cable from Ken at Vanagain. It�s was one of those bypass single line units...
Speedometer question
Historical mailing list - Kate McLaughlin
Fri, 26 Nov 1999 23:08:12 -0500
Hi all, I have an 86' Vanagon, Stella, and her speedometer went. I checked the cable and it is intact to both the instrument...
Re: Speedometer cable -- where does square start
Historical mailing list - Thomas Pfrommer
Sun, 4 Nov 2007 17:19:10 -0800
...Speedometer cable -- where does square start > > Hi list, > after reading a lot of threads regarding speedometer cables, it is still > unclear to me where...
Hall Effect Sender? Speedo question
Historical mailing list - Mark Thoma
Thu, 29 May 2008 06:45:08 -0700
...What the???? The van is an '87 with the two part speedo cable that joins at a box. Ideas? Mark p.s. thanks in...
Re: 85' speedometer problems :-(
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Tue, 25 Feb 2003 08:43:41 -0600
...box and the cable end through your grease cap with the clip on it. Hope it is this simple but speedometers fail all of...
Re: Bouncing Speedometer Needle
Historical mailing list - neil n
Thu, 8 Apr 2010 00:25:02 -0700
...spraying some WD40 in the cable or maybe graphite.� Any thoughts? > Thanks again, > Steve I undid cable at speedo and dripped some good old...
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...
Late Vanagon Speedometer needed
Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:23:04 -0400
...My van is an 87, with the bayonet-type speedo cable. It's currently reading in miles, but I wouldn't mind switching to...
Desperately need speedometer cable
Historical mailing list - Arthur Anderson
Sun, 2 Feb 2003 00:10:06 -0500
Volks, desperately seeking a speedo cable for an 85 Vanagon automatic, I need the one that goes from the Little Black Box out the...
Re: Speedometer flutter
Historical mailing list - Pete Cassidy
Fri, 27 Aug 1999 17:20:40 -0700
...The PO hadn't plugged in the plastic clip properly onto the back of the speedo. The cable was hanging at an angle to...
Re: '83 AIR-COOLED VANAGON; NEED AN ODOMETER GEAR
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 31 Jan 2013 13:41:53 -0800
Does your speedometer cable Screw onto the back of your speedometer ? ( early vans are likethat, most speedo cables clip on ) .. Id yours has a...
Re: '84 speedometer failure
Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:09:41 -0500
Me too --- My speedo also reads way high --- and I just had my speedo cable replaced. The speedo reads 160 kph when my GPS...
Re: Speedo 'jigger'
Historical mailing list - John H. Rodgers
Wed, 21 Oct 1998 10:31:37 -0500
...Speedo 'jigger' When I had this problem recently, I found that lubing the cable helped a lot . On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, Daniel Bey...
Re: Speedometer cable -- where does square start
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Sun, 4 Nov 2007 17:25:20 -0800
...Speedometer cable -- where does square start > > Hi list, > after reading a lot of threads regarding speedometer cables, it is still > unclear to me where...
anyone parting out a van?
Historical mailing list - Jeff
Tue, 3 Sep 2002 20:48:04 -0700
If so, I'm looking for the speedometer cable from the wheel to the oxygen sensor box. I've got an '84; I believe...
Re: Speedometer cable -- where does square start
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Sun, 4 Nov 2007 15:01:08 -0800
...Speedometer cable -- where does square start Hi list, after reading a lot of threads regarding speedometer cables, it is still unclear to me where...
Re: Can a whining speedometer be fixed?
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Tue, 8 Aug 2000 19:20:39 -0700
...Disconnect the speedometer cable at the back of the speedometer. Add >> drop by drop to the cable end. Be very careful not to spill...
Re: OSX box
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 9 Aug 2010 12:43:57 -0700
what I would do that's easier and no hassle and might help a lot is, remove speedo cables from both ends.. and spray...
Re: speedo for Canadian 85?
Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:07:13 -0700
...30k miles then turns on the dash LED. >Just wondering if speedometer cables are different for Canadian and >US 85s? There's no EGR...