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• Re: Thanks All (odometer)
  Historical mailing list - T.
  Tue, 13 Aug 2002 07:04:13 -0700
  ...My odometer quit recently, but thanks >to the endless input of the list I was able to repair it, without even >accessing the archives...
• Re: Installing 87 instrument cluster in 82
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 14:00:38 -0700
  ...trip odometer :( without changing out the cable itself. > Does anyone know the best way to reset >the mileage to match my old odometer (can...
• Re: Intermittent speedometer failure
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Tue, 18 Aug 2015 22:47:22 -1000
  ...this troubling behavior just started on our recent weekend trip. >>> >>> During the trip the speedometer needle indicating speed which sometimes not move. the other...
• Re: Gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Tue, 26 Aug 2003 17:42:21 -0700
  ...Mike On 8/26/03 4:02 PM, "David Brodbeck" <gull@gull.us> wrote: > On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, Mike Miller wrote: > >> First trip...
• Re: Dash Cluster Needed, '86+
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:41:14 -0400
  Hi Craig, You never mentioned the need for an odometer... That's a tricky one. Although I believe that there are trip computers in...
• Re: *&^%@ gas gauge!!!
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Wed, 05 Oct 94 22:07:26 CDT
  ...i have gone 380 on a trip once ... but it was almost bone-dry at the pump. the odometer trick does, however, work. those...
• Re: Odo/Trip Counter
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:36:31 -0700
  ...Easy to do as you pull away from the pump and realize you didn't > zero the trip odo... but I believe it can...
• Re: Speedo cable interchange
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Tue, 1 May 2001 08:18:28 -0700
  ...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: Stop the presses! +2 MPG (longish trip report)
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:24:30 -0500
  ...the > odometer worked for one whole tank, I made a pleasant > discovery last week during a trip to the Smokies. > With the odometer mysteriously...
• Re: dont pusy our trip meter while driving!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 19:56:42 -0700
  ...trip meter (which drives > the rest of them) it is necessary to disengage it from the drive gear > coming from the main odometer (which...
• Re: Speedo repair question
  Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
  Tue, 1 Oct 2013 22:16:46 -0400
  ...on list that fixes the stupid speedos? I have no Odometer, no trip >> meter (no gas gauge!--separate issue but will fix that soon...
• Re: odometer stopped
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 21 Jul 2003 12:14:46 -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...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Leon
  Fri, 15 Aug 2003 13:30:43 -0700
  ...or > cracks, and the odometer itself works fine (no symptoms of the odometer > freeze caused by setting the tripometer while the car is moving...
• Re: gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
  Tue, 1 Jun 1999 08:05:09 -0700
  ...Sacramento/Denver round trip. Averages: 18.5 at 75 mph/4000+ rpm: tail winds, 4000 feet, 60 degrees, out 22.5 at 55 mph...
• Re: Question on failing speedo but odmeter still works
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Mon, 27 Oct 2003 19:16:06 -0800
  ...wolfie speedo is intermittently not working, but he odometer woks >just fine as well as trip meter. >Is there an easy fix for this...
• Re: Syncro "reserve" fuel capacity
  Historical mailing list - Ron Bloomquist
  Mon, 17 Apr 2000 08:37:46 -0700
  Hi Volks, I have taken to resetting the "trip odometer" after I fill the gas tank and then driving until somewhere just short of...
• Re: new owner of 82 diesel Westy, with a few questions
  Historical mailing list - freeholder
  Sun, 21 Jul 2002 21:36:38 -0700
  ...This usually happens when someone tries to reset the trip odometer while the vehicle is moving. Some people have glued it successfully. I fixed...
• Re: Recommendations, anyone?
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Mon, 9 Jul 2012 19:31:05 -0400
  ...235000km'ish (odometer axel that holds the digit wheels in place > keeps sliding out of place so that the odometer gear (in the dasboard...
• speedo/odo error confusion
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Wed, 24 Oct 2001 16:47:37 -0600
  I just returned from a 3100 miles trip in El Jefe. Well, 3100 according to its speedo, or rather its "odo".... I've know...
• Vanagon Speedometers - Random Thoughts
  Historical mailing list - H Steven Dolan
  Thu, 10 Jul 1997 00:08:30 -0400 (EDT)
  ...modification) a vanagon speedo in his breadloaf bus to get a trip odometer. Two thoughts occur to me as a result: o first, that...
• Re: Manual window regulator replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 11 May 2025 17:04:52 -0700
  ...Maybe someone on the list has bookmarked > something? > > No big trips planned this year other than Fathers Day at Hecla Island on > Lake Winnipeg...
• Odo broke.....
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sanner
  Sat, 02 Dec 1995 23:21:32 -0800
  ...To be breif, My Odometer has stopped turning. I know that this is not as critical as the speedo ( I will never part with...
• Re: Old Volks Home Cluster Retrofit Question
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sun, 25 Apr 2010 04:36:06 -0400
  ...hello all. > > > > I have a 1984 GL Wasserboxer w/Speedo, w/Trip Odometer, > &w/Analog > > Clock, w/Coolant Temp gauge. > > > > The instructions from Old...
• ERG Light, stall outs and another road trip
  Historical mailing list - Kendra Calhoun
  Wed, 2 May 2012 18:20:43 -0500
  ...I'm feeling pretty good after my 15,000 mile winter road trip, I want to get up to northeastern Maine as soon as...
• Re: Weekend Trip...A Success
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Mon, 18 Sep 1995 13:21:15 -0700 (PDT)
  ...the milage to greensboro was better, i filled up > the tank and only used a 3/4 of it on the trip...with alot...
• Re: 300k!
  Historical mailing list - Marius Strom
  Tue, 6 Jul 2010 22:58:09 +0000
  ...300k! > After a trip to Kroger today I returned home and the odometer read > 299,999 miles. Tomorrow the odometer will pass 300,000...
• Re: '84 speedometer failure
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Snook
  Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:22:43 -0800
  ...The odometer, however, is stuck @ 243,483 miles - and the trip meter doesn't move, either. That's the straight scoop, I've got...
• Re: odometer stopped
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Mon, 21 Jul 2003 09:43:46 -0700
  ...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: Unreliable Vanagon engines! I mean trannies!
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Lubin
  Sat, 16 Feb 2008 06:10:10 -0500
  ...another NY to Florida run. >> > 254,455 > >> miles on the odometer. Will that engine make one more trip? >> >> Wave if you see me. >> >> Dennis >> >> >> >> > >
• Re: dont pusy our trip meter while driving!
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 21:19:03 +1200
  >just a reminder - dont push your speedo trip meter while your van is >rolling/driving..it will break the plastic gearing inside.. (most common...
• Re: trip odometer
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 Nov 1994 14:47:36 -0800
  Joel writes: > then i > figured out how long it was going to take to go 15,000 miles at 70mph, even > at 70 mph...
• Re: OXS light on dash
  Historical mailing list - Yi-Ruey Wei
  Wed, 22 Jul 1998 18:06:15 -0500
  ...Like you reset the trip odometer to 0. The same box used to turn on the EGR light for the older VW's. Yi...
• Re: Help With Instrument Lighting Please
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Mar 1997 11:04:38 +1100
  At 11:43 AM 3/21/97 -0600, Dave wrote: >> ( My digital clock between the speedometer and odometer is no longer >> backlit when I...
• '85 Westy - Major power loss at altitude
  Historical mailing list - Phaedra Savage
  Wed, 17 Dec 2003 12:23:14 -0800
  ...we made our first round-trip to mainland Mex from N CA. And by the way, Rosie's odometer flipped over to 250,000k...
• Re: Speedometer -- the straight scoop
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 19 Jun 2005 22:02:57 -0400
  ...I used the GPS in my '85 Westy, during the trip to BusFusion, and (Boy was I surprised) the GPS consistantly showed 66 whe...
• Chick Magnets & that pesky OXS light
  Historical mailing list - Ellen
  Fri, 6 Mar 2009 10:37:38 -0800
  ...When the odometer turned over 60,000, the OXS light came on. I know I have read there is a specific procedure to reset...
• Re: Need speedometer for '88
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 22 Dec 2004 16:00:11 -0600
  ...When I got the van (for free - thanks Chamilka!) the odometer > and trip meter did not work, but the speedometer did - with no noise...
• Re: trip odometer
  Historical mailing list - Joachim Beek
  Mon, 21 Nov 94 15:45:19 CST
  If it is indeed the little white gear that is broken (usually it breaks so that it forms a 'c' instead of an 'o...
• Re: Fwd: Fuel and Temp read too high.
  Historical mailing list - Earl Smith
  Tue, 20 Oct 1998 11:58:56 -0700
  ...Solution is to drive on the trip odometer. I can go 300 miles on a full tank so always fill up after 250 or...
• Re: Unreliable Vanagon engines! I mean trannies!
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:48:22 -0800
  ...to Florida run. > 254,455 > > miles on the odometer. Will that engine make one more trip? > > > > Wave if you see me. > > > > Dennis > > > > > > > -- Neil Nicholson...
• Re: better gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 15 May 2008 21:14:36 -0700
  ...Based on careful watching of the odometer on 'Measured Five Mile' stretches on the highway my odometer (and speedometer) read about 4% high or...
• Ball Joints Replacement Question
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Thu, 17 Sep 1998 10:44:17 -0700
  ...I'll post a trip and mechanical incidents report later in the week. Tom Hanlon Palm Springs, CA 84 Westy @ 176,000 on odometer
• Re: MPG measurement issues
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Sat, 1 Apr 2006 11:14:06 -0500
  ...I do this for every vehicle I own and use > for long trips. Every Vanagon I have owned was optimistic, some by more > than...
• Re: Looking for instrument cluster or tachometer
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Wed, 8 Dec 2021 19:23:50 -0600
  My speedometer was clicking earlier in the year, and along with that the trip odometer wasn't working at all. The speed needle had...
• Re: Speedo repair question
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Wed, 2 Oct 2013 12:05:04 -0700
  ...on list that fixes the stupid speedos?� I have no Odometer, no trip > meter (no gas gauge!--separate issue but will fix that soon...
• Re: turned 200,000 on the odometer!
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:09:00 -0700
  ...I mean isn't it mandatory for the odometer to stop working after 200K Km's?? (all said in jest or course. Congrats!) Neil...
• Another Vanagon encounter story
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 22 Jul 2012 20:01:08 -0500
  ...I arrived in it." That VW camper turned over 330000 miles on the odometer on this trip. Home now. Jim
• Re: Tire size question
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Mon, 5 Dec 94 19:58:03 PST
  ...what effect > does running a larger tire have on the odometer, speedometer and trip > meter? If for example there are 195s instead of 185s...
• FS: 2.1L engine from 1987 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - MilosKitchen
  Mon, 2 May 2005 13:04:42 -0400
  ...Vehicle odometer currently reads 132K and small change, I'd add about 5K to that since odometer was inop on the trip home (now...
• Re: Unreliable Vanagon engines! I mean trannies!
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Sun, 17 Feb 2008 20:30:42 -0800
  ...254,455 > miles on the odometer. Will that engine make one more trip? > > Wave if you see me. > > Dennis > > > --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make...
• Re: mileage revisited
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Nov 1996 11:15:28 -0800
  ...MD, which turned out to be a round trip of 175 miles (I love trip odometers!) and I filled the tank immediately before getting...
• Re: oil usage
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:07:58 -0400
  ...The odometer appears to be dead on. My '84, on the other hand, indicates 60 mph and the GPS says 57. BTW, that oil...
• Re: mileage revisited
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Nov 1996 17:50:41 -0500
  ...MD, which turned out >to be a round trip of 175 miles (I love trip odometers!) and I filled >the tank immediately before getting...
• should I get a new transmission?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Brideau
  Wed, 25 Aug 2004 11:41:50 -0400
  Hi, I'm going to take a 3 week road trip in September. My '85 is running well, and I'm confident it will...
• Re: What I'd like to see in a Vanagon...
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Sat, 5 Feb 2005 10:37:24 -0800
  ...both > making frequent glances at the gas gauge (dropping) > and trip odometer > (climbing)... Found a gas station with fumes to > spare, and didn't...
• Re: trip meter
  Historical mailing list - forum email
  Sun, 31 Mar 2013 10:23:13 -0400
  ...Friday, March 29, 2013, 3:55 PM > > My trip meter quit working but odometer still works. any ideas? >
• Unexpected Speedo fix
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 19 Jun 2023 16:45:31 -0400
  ...But, then we left for a 700 mile trip, and by the end I realized my wife had not smacked the instrument panel lid...
• Re: Fuel Guage callibration
  Historical mailing list - Ellen in Oregon
  Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:53:33 -0700
  ...I always reset the trip meter at every fill-up. Me, too. Trust the odometer, wonder whether VW did a lousy job with the...
• Re: dont pusy our trip meter while driving!
  Historical mailing list - Jere & Beth Hawn
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 16:36:53 -0800
  Hi All, I understand the logic behind this issue however, I have been pushing my trip meter while the van has been moving *not...
• Re: Phrydae Question: Who drives a TDI?
  Historical mailing list - turbowesty
  Fri, 2 Nov 2012 12:52:55 -0400
  ...Only problem we had was the turbo failing on a trip, taken care of under warranty. We get close to 1000 KM to a...