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• Re: aircooled intake elbow
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 5 Oct 2004 10:38:01 -0600
  On 10/5/04 9:37 AM, "The Bus Depot" <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM> wrote: >> I am also looking for a good speedometer >> cable, the...
• UPPER SPEEDOMETER CABLE REMOVAL ADVICE
  Historical mailing list - Chris Almida
  Sat, 15 Nov 2003 22:08:00 -0800
  Any advice on how to remove and replace the upper speedometer cable? The one on my 84 westy is dead and neither pushing from...
• Bouncing Speedometer Needle
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Cebula
  Wed, 7 Apr 2010 15:41:49 -0700
  My speedometer needle bounces.� It seems to smoothe out at higher speeds.�I was thinking about spraying some WD40 in the cable or maybe...
• Re: Bouncy Speedo Needle
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 26 Feb 2006 17:04:29 -0800
  ...Bouncing Speedo Most likely the cable. I also encountered a problem at the wheel (assuming 2wd) where the square end of the cable comes...
• Re: Speedometer Questions
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 31 May 2006 18:13:24 -0700
  On 5/31/06, Craig Morton <rangermorton1972@yahoo.com> wrote: > > My speedometer bit the dust recently. I found the cable to be rounded off...
• Re: speedo vs. tach mounts..brittle housing plastic
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 16 Apr 2005 23:44:33 EDT
  ...speedo cable puts a little too much pressure on the > speedometer. > the cluster housing tach mounts break too, not as common as the speedo...
• Speedometer quit working...easy fix or new cable???
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Tue, 3 Aug 2004 09:08:28 -0700
  ...after leaving the shop noticed my speedometer wasn't working. I examined the spot where the cable sticks out of the hub...looks like...
• Re: Speedometer Clicking!
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Wed, 27 Sep 2000 10:18:48 -0700
  It is the cable that goes from your front left wheel to your speedo. I've only replaced them in Bugs in which case...
• Re: Speedometer ticking noise
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:33:12 -0700
  ...This morning I noticed a ticking noise that > comes > form the speedometer. Could be the cable too. My tripometer, odometer > AND > speedometer all work...
• Re: Speedometer clicking - any recommendations? (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Mon, 4 Jan 1999 12:21:57 -0500
  ...I > had a local VW dealer check it out and they said I need a new speedometer > head and cable. They want over $200...
• Re: Speedo cable/wheel bearing question
  Historical mailing list - Sean Birkner
  Fri, 24 Sep 1999 13:10:27 EDT
  in my 90 the speedo cable goes through the center of the front driver's side "stub axle". It's in a different chamber...
• Re: another speedometer cable question
  Historical mailing list - Troy Delnicki
  Thu, 26 Apr 2007 02:10:20 -0400
  ...I see absolutely no bends or kinks along the length of the cable. The speedometer itself is now securely attached to the instrument cluster...
• Re: 1980 AC model speedo
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 3 Dec 2004 17:50:09 -0800
  Actually, AFAIK 1981 was the last model year for the screw on speedo cable type. All later years have the push on version. Mark...
• Re: KMH / MPH speedometer face available?
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Tue, 23 Jul 2002 14:54:09 -0700
  ...All the speedos are essentially the same IIRC and the cable rotations per mile are adjusted by matching up a pair of gear wheels...
• Re: noisy speedo
  Historical mailing list - Higginbotham, David A.
  Fri, 13 Feb 2004 13:32:49 -0500
  ...noisy speedo When mine has gotten noisy, usually on a long trip, I have disconnected the cable from the back of the speedo and...
• Re: Bouncy Speedometer
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 22 Oct 2004 14:09:24 -0600
  ...The other cause is a worn speedo cable that is starting to fray. Best way I have see to spot that is that the...
• Speaking of 1982 Diesels...
  Historical mailing list - Paul Chubbuck
  Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:37:08 -0600
  ...The speedometer is working fine, so obviously, the cable inside the cable housing is turning properly. I removed the instrument and, using a drill...
• Wisdom on EGR box
  Historical mailing list - Jim Heissenbuttel
  Mon, 28 Jun 2004 14:06:09 -0700
  What is the conventional wisdom on the EGR/mileage counter box these days? I see vendors selling a one piece speedo cable that bypasses...
• Speedometer cable -- where does square start
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Pfrommer
  Sun, 4 Nov 2007 14:43:02 -0800
  Hi list, after reading a lot of threads regarding speedometer cables, it is still unclear to me where exactly the square part begins and...
• vdo 1540 speedometer
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Foust
  Tue, 8 Feb 2005 10:05:14 -0600
  ...cable connector. I don't know for a fact that this even the correct box for the speedometer. It's a great working speedometer...
• Re: All Fine, Durango, Co. to Asheville, North Carolina But Odometer Not Working
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Tue, 4 May 2010 22:22:59 -0600
  ...The speedo is fine but noisy....the >>> odometer still does not work. Could it be that the cable is the >>> problem? Does the cable...
• Re: speedometer cable installation question
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Mon, 5 Feb 2007 18:05:28 -0900
  ...Re: [VANAGON] speedometer cable installation question > suggestions on the best way to go about getting the old cable out of > there? I'm assuming...
• Speedo Gremlins
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 10 Jun 1997 13:50:12 -0400 (EDT)
  ...new cable on the list, I thought. I parked the Vanagon, and when I was driving home to work, surprize! The speedo was working...
• Re: All Fine, Durango, Co. to Asheville, North Carolina But Odometer Not Working
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 4 May 2010 18:55:32 -0700
  The cable spins a plate which magnetically couples to the speedometer cup causing a rotational force that is balanced by the return spring. The...
• Re: Whatever happened to speedo cable lube?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 3 Dec 2009 23:30:36 -0800
  ...On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 7:39 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote: > I went for some speedometer cable lube t'other...
• Re: '84 and up speedo cable
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 4 Oct 2004 11:34:05 -0600
  ...a nut attachment to the speedomter.( some , not all ) > usually 86 on up is a nylon clip style cable end. > > My 82 and 83...
• Re: '84 speedometer failure
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:30:38 -0800
  ...Re: '84 speedometer failure Me too --- My speedo also reads way high --- and I just had my speedo cable replaced. The speedo reads 160...
• Re: why so slow?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 4 Apr 95 10:07:04 MST
  ...Can't you just hook the Dremel to the speedo cable and do the same thing??? [grin] -- Todd R. Schroeder | Without vision, a people...
• Re: speedometer probs
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Thu, 20 Dec 2001 09:54:29 -0800
  Might be the cable needs a little graphite. -Dana- > What about if the speedometer is making a light grinding noise and looks a > little...
• speedo for Canadian 85?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:28:51 -0500
  Just wondering if speedometer cables are different for Canadian and US 85s? There's no EGR thingy in the Canadian model right, so it...
• Re: speedometer
  Historical mailing list - Tom Neal
  Tue, 15 Jul 2025 08:10:17 -0700
  ...all, >> >> Does anyone have experience with the GW electronic speedometer? Or with repairing broken speedometers? Cable seems OK but speedometer has quit working. >> >> -Mark
• Part nembers needed.
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Tue, 27 Jun 2006 21:16:58 -0700
  ...Sensor Catalytic Converter Oxy Sensor counter in the speedo cable Upper Speedo cable Lower Speedo cable Dash Pod with the OXY insignia in it...
• Re: Noisy speedo
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Mon, 28 Dec 2015 10:11:39 -0800
  ...Parts Division supply >only new version speedometers, which can be identified by the graphite >(dark gray) speedometer bushing. (Previously black) Replacing >speedometer cable: As...
• Re: Speedometer clicking - any recommendations?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 4 Jan 1999 16:08:22 -0500
  Dear Steve, I have the exact same noise and it is NOT the cable -- it is definitely the speedometer. Not sure what to do...
• Re: shaky speedo needle
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 Jul 2019 23:41:36 +0000
  Thanks Alistair.  POI, my 87 speedo cable goes to the left (drivers side) wheel.  On top of that, I have the alloy wheels with...
• Re: Speedo Issue..
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:42:38 -0600
  ...Think of the cable/odometer/speedometer >> as a drive train--the transmission or wheel (in the case of a Vanagon) >> drives the cable. The...
• junkyard adventure
  Historical mailing list - Linda Bartnik
  Mon, 14 Jul 1997 17:41:42 -0400
  ...What I can assume from this lesson is that the later speedometers, the ones with the plastic push-on cable rather than the metal...
• Re: Hall Effect Sender? Speedo question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Foss - Shazam
  Thu, 29 May 2008 14:17:14 -0700
  ...it sounds to me like it's an electronic speedometer perhaps and not a mechanicals cable driven one. Never heard of any speedo that...
• speedometer cable installation question
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Mon, 5 Feb 2007 15:32:12 -0900
  ...Ran into a problem replacing a speedometer cable in my 89 vanagon. I thought this would be a pretty simple, straightforward job, but that...
• Re: '84 speedometer failure
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Snook
  Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:25:00 -0800
  ...Re: '84 speedometer failure Me too --- My speedo also reads way high --- and I just had my speedo cable replaced. The speedo reads 160...
• Re: Speedometer Cable
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 12 Jul 2017 09:02:12 -0700
  ...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: '83 AIR-COOLED VANAGON; NEED AN ODOMETER GEAR
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:39:31 -0800
  ...Vanagonsus.com -Stacy On Jan 31, 2013, at 1:41 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote: > Does your speedometer cable Screw onto...
• Re: '84 speedometer failure
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:10:34 -0500
  ...What > > > is the > > > most common failure? Is it likely to be the speedo, the cable, or > > > some > > > connection? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Matt > > > > > > -- > http://www.dougalcock.com...
• Need speedometer for '88
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Tue, 21 Dec 2004 20:13:41 -0500
  Listee's, I need a speedometer for my 1988 GL. Tonight it started making a horrific noise. I have disconnected the cable for now...
• Re: Wacky speedo...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Walker
  Tue, 20 Apr 2004 16:44:22 -0400
  ...The situation with the speedometer not registering for the first few minutes can be a sign of the need for cable lubrication/replacement. I...
• Re: 88 West Speedo cable problem after brake job
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Wed, 7 Sep 2005 17:20:50 -0400
  ...88 West Speedo cable problem after brake job I had a local shop do a 'brake job' on my westy and the result are...
• Re: speedometer cable installation question
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 6 Feb 2007 11:13:05 -0800
  ...I know my buddy's 87 Canadian Panel Vanagon doesn't have one either and uses the long cable. BTW Troy - The replacement Speedo...
• Re: re- Oxygen Sensor Reset
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Wed, 3 Sep 1997 15:49:41 -0600
  ...The cable goes forward from the back of the speedo, out to behind the headlight, down past the drivers side of the radiator, and...
• Re: another speedometer cable question
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Mon, 23 Apr 2007 10:58:27 -0700
  ...another speedometer cable question > >Hi folks: > ><snip> > >There was mention of one person having problems with the tabs on the instrument cluster being broken...
• Re: Golf II instruments fit Vanagon cluster? White faces?Backlighting?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 20 Mar 2001 16:08:11 -0800
  The cable may plug right in but the speedo will be off by about double. The 2WD Vanagons need about 800 cable revs per...
• '89 Vanagon Westfalia Speedo Squeal
  Historical mailing list - Greg Clarke
  Sun, 6 May 2007 09:10:03 -0700
  ...There's an intermittent, LOUD squeal coming from the speedometer/cable connection. I've had a new cable installed but the sound still happens...
• Re: shaky speedo needle
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 3 Jul 2019 18:40:14 -0700
  ...Problem now is a shaky speedo needle. Any easy checks to see if it is one of the cables or the speedo? I brought...
• Re: Speedo 'jigger'
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 21 Oct 1998 06:04:04 -0700
  ...my gauge panel, in the process I had to > disconnected the speedo cable. Trying to put it back, I must have bent it so...
• Re: Speedometer question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 1 Jun 2016 21:12:07 -0400
  The biggest difference is the speed the cable operates at. On the Vanagon the cable is driven directly off the tire so the cable...
• Re: speedo cable lube-able?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 18:45:39 -0700
  ...My money's on the > speedo cable. Is that thing lube-able? > > -- __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Stay in touch with email, IM, photo sharing and more...
• speedometer probs
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Bailey
  Thu, 20 Dec 2001 10:03:55 -0600
  ...to work I checked the cables from the wheel to the sensor box and then on to the speedometer. They were all attached and...
• speedo cable
  Historical mailing list - Bob Mac
  Thu, 6 Oct 2005 05:08:48 -0400
  The small cable from the box to the wheel hub broke a few weeks ago on my 84 vanagon. I ordered a cable from...
• Re: speedometer no move
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 12 Nov 2003 09:26:19 -0700
  ...speedometer out. I used a drill to spin it and the needle moves fine. Therefore my problem must be one of the cables, or...
• Re: Speedometer Cable
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 10 May 2002 09:55:44 -0500
  ...AOL.COM> writes: > The speedometer on my 86 doesn't work. If I understand it correctly > there are 2 cables from the wheel to...
• Re: Clicking speedo - is there a cure?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Reynolds
  Sun, 3 Aug 2003 15:35:18 EDT
  ...instrument cluster cover and realigning the speedo cable (changing the angle at which it meets the speedo). Be careful when doing this at speeds...