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• Re: Life after speedometer, why do they break? -PLASTIC ROT
  Historical mailing list - Leon
  Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:22:06 -0800
  ...But, I have seen > exactly the > same failures, broken odometer reset and split pinion, in VDO > speedometers > even on cars where the speedometer and...
• Re: '84 speedometer failure
  Historical mailing list - Chad Lyles
  Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:37:22 -0800
  ...I don't know what I was thinking. > > The speedometer part _does_ work, but not correctly. It reports that I'm > doing eighty when...
• Re: speedometer probs
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Thu, 20 Dec 2001 08:58:01 -0800
  ...Dana- > Hello all, my wife informed me last night that the speedometer quit > working on her. ... Then later she tells me, oh the odometer...
• Re: OSX Counter
  Historical mailing list - Scott Foss - Shazam
  Wed, 21 May 2008 17:31:10 -0700
  ...Is the button supposed to stay in after resetting, or does it return to it's previous position within the speedometer counter housing under...
• Re: Speedometer
  Historical mailing list - Klun John
  Wed, 28 Apr 2004 20:40:55 -0600
  ...Speedometer > Volks, > > Last week, on the way back from a trip to the mountains, my speedometer > needle started jerking and progressively began to read...
• Re: speedometer reads fast----what size tires are supposed to go on?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 7 Feb 2004 21:23:15 -0600
  ...I had to replace my speedo and I opted to buy a brand new speedometer. The new one was a little closer, and then...
• Re: Great device for lubing cables
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 5 Jul 2019 10:03:42 -0700
  If you're referring to the Vanagon speedometer cable...... I recently quelled a noisy speedo with fluctuating needle by applying motorcycle chain lube to...
• Re: Looking for Power Window Motors and Oil Pressure Board and I need a speedometer.
  Historical mailing list - Tim
  Thu, 18 Dec 2014 17:21:10 -0500
  ...I am also looking for what they call the "L" board that is behind the speedometer in the later Vanagons (86-91). If you...
• canada to us switchouts
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Mon, 29 Jan 2001 16:04:10 -0800
  ...that says "brake" (emergency brake, i believe) and a us mph speedometer. forgive my ignorance, but besides pulling the items from a dead vanagon...
• Re: Odometer Broken
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Darilek
  Tue, 21 Aug 2001 14:44:41 -0500
  ...Odometer Broken Donald, I had mine fixed by Rick Borth at Speedometer.com here in Austin, Texas. He was very reasonable...I think it...
• 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 calibration
  Historical mailing list - T Berk
  Fri, 10 Aug 2001 17:10:28 -0700
  DOH! mea culpa, TBerk
• Re: RESULTS - Tire Survey
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Mar 1997 20:01:05 -0500 (EST)
  ...2%. > > So, with 27X8.50 14 tires, I would expect the speedometer > is reading 2% slower than with 185R14. At an indicated 65 > MPH...
• 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: Speedometer wheel clip 3/16" works
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 30 Jul 2006 06:42:31 -0700
  ...do I need for a clip or whatever to hold the speedometer cable >>in the wheel dust cap? > >It's just a simple circlip...
• Replacing/Upgrading the Speedometer
  Historical mailing list - Chris Reichow
  Fri, 14 Dec 2001 15:40:21 -0800
  Starting a few years back, the speedometer on my 1984 Vanagon GL started to become inaccurate. It eventually deteriorated to the point where I...
• Re: speedometer no move
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 12 Nov 2003 09:26:19 -0700
  ...So I have the speedometer out. I used a drill to spin it and the needle moves fine. Therefore my problem must be one...
• Re: Intermittant Speedo?
  Historical mailing list - Jason Weisberger
  Fri, 18 Oct 2002 06:35:52 -0700
  ...On Thu, 17 Oct 2002, Stan Wilder wrote: > No doubt this is a Vanagon Speedometer. > I've had four in my Westy in eight...
• Re: Speedometer light bulb
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 5 May 2015 10:32:52 -0700
  ...2015 10:11 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Speedometer light bulb grab the square end and turn it.. it will come...
• Re: FS: speedometer $35
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Mon, 9 Jul 2001 09:24:01 -0700
  ...On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, NA NA wrote: > for sale vanagon speedometer, MPH, from 80-83 > aircooled van. no tripmeter. $35 works great obo...
• Re: Odo/Trip Counter
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:16:09 -0800
  ...I like to keep things as > accurate as > possible.) Is it a costly repair? Is the speedometer likely to > konk out > soon, too? > Thanks...
• Re: do diesel vanagons use the same speedometer as wbx vans??
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:25:25 -0800
  ...does the US models '81-'82 diesel vanagon use the same speedometer as the > waterboxer vanagon? > My guess is yes. I installed a WBX...
• Re: Syncro speedometer/cluster
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 1 Mar 2000 06:43:04 -0500
  > Anyone have a Syncro Speedometer/cluster for sale? > Prefer the whole cluster. I have complete new clusters for sale, with tach and all. On...
• Re: Odometer not working. Will 1984 unit work in 1990?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 1 Aug 2006 14:57:29 -0700
  ...I removed the > instrument cluster, removed the speedometer/odometer from the cluster, > and noted the shaft had just fallen out of the end of...
• Speedometer - Help
  Historical mailing list - Lash Briggs
  Tue, 15 Jul 1997 17:55:17 -0400
  ...Problem is, now my speedometer isn't working at all, nor is the odometer. Did they just fail to reattach something? If so, can...
• Re: Life after speedometer, why do they break?
  Historical mailing list - Bill H.
  Tue, 15 Mar 2005 14:20:04 -0800
  ...wrote: > > >I had trouble with my speedometer (88GL) for years and even disconnected > the > >trip tick by removing the connecting gear but I finally...
• Re: odometer problem
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Mon, 24 May 2004 16:26:27 -0400
  Pull the speedometer and replace it with a calendar. TEMiller ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Seifert" <ubervanagon@HOTMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent...
• Re: Late Vanagon Speedometer needed
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:41:25 -0400
  You could use the earlier speedometer in your later van by changing the upper speedometer cable. Mike Greg Potts wrote: > Hi Volks, > > OK, I...
• Re: Quivering speedometer needle started to quiver on 85 Westy.
  Historical mailing list - Alfred Bagdan
  Tue, 13 Jul 2021 18:32:19 -0600
  Just noticed that my speedometer needle quivers. Any ideas what may be causing it. Replaced broken cable about a year ago and it worked...
• Re: Quivering speedometer needle started to quiver on 85 Westy.
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 13 Jul 2021 18:57:13 -0700
  ...PM Alfred Bagdan <abagdan@shaw.ca> wrote: > Just noticed that my speedometer needle quivers. Any ideas what may be > causing it. Replaced broken cable...
• Re: Speedo Gremlins
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 10 Jun 1997 21:56:03 EDT
  Todd, you wrote: << I was driving at lunch and noticed that the speedometer had stopped working. Speed was stuck at 0...when I was...
• 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: Hall Effect Sender? Speedo question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Foss - Shazam
  Thu, 29 May 2008 14:17:14 -0700
  ...for general info about electronic speedometers - many cars...............say 740 volvo's starting in the mid-80's...........went to an electronic speedometer from...
• Re: Speedometer Source
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 12 Apr 2009 11:39:04 EDT
  ...YAHOO.COM writes: > Does anyone know of a source for rebuilt speedometers other than > GoWesty? Bus Depot informed me they are NLA. My odometer...
• Re: Speedo noise zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:54:25 +0000
  Make sure the cable is pushed all the way into the speedometer, If noit the buzzing you hear may be the cable end spinning...
• speedometer repair shop in Boulder or Denver? WA? OR?
  Historical mailing list - William Manley
  Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:30:13 -0600
  Can anyone recommend a shop in Boulder or Denver for repair of a 91 syncro speedometer? Actually, it's the odometer that stopped working...
• Re: Speedometer is off
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 3 Jul 2016 14:55:56 -0700
  ...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: Wacky speedo...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Walker
  Tue, 20 Apr 2004 16:44:22 -0400
  It has been my experience that pushing the odo reset while moving will cause the odometer to fail while the speedometer continues to work...
• Re: Late Vanagon Speedometer needed
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:20:30 -0500
  ...which, i know, is kinda dangerous at my age. ;) but not trying to be funny or anything, and since it is about vanagon speedometers...
• Re: 1984 Speedos
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Gilbert
  Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:37:49 -0400
  My Garmin indicates a highway speed about several mph different than the speedometer. Do you all think GPS units are accurate? kgg On Apr...
• 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...
• Inside a 1985 2WD Speedometer PICS
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 27 Sep 2013 15:25:01 -0700
  ...It's raining, I'm bored, needed a reliable spare speedometer, had a camera handy as usual..... Hopefully the PO's well intended repair...
• Re: 1984 Speedos
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:20:20 -0400
  ...wrote: >No way! My cluster is out of an '84 Wolfsburg full Westy and the >speedometer has always been way, way off. I just...
• RE: WTB: clock for breadloaf
  Historical mailing list - Sami Dakhlia
  Wed, 1 Nov 1995 12:25:44 -0600 (CST)
  ...Whitney's Speedometer Shop, Santa Ana, Calif. (714) 541-6277. -- Sami ('75 Westf.) dakhlia@wuecona.wustl.edu http://wuecon.wustl.edu/~samid/
• speedometer light
  Historical mailing list - John Hurley
  Wed, 17 Nov 1999 13:47:44 -0500
  ...pm (Wednesday) From: John Hurley To: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com Subject: speedometer light This was brought up the other day and i never saw...
• Re: Speedometer question
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Wed, 1 Jun 2016 22:19:00 -0300
  ...I have an old MkI speedometer/odometer and wanted to know if I > can raid it for parts (speedometer needle is broken or I...
• Re: Alternative Rims
  Historical mailing list - Scarlett Semko
  Wed, 16 Jun 1999 21:47:53 -0400
  ...What do they do about the > Speedometer mechanism. Because I am thinking of getting some rims for my > Vanagon but was wondering about the...
• Re: 85' speedometer problems :-(
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 25 Feb 2003 08:43:41 -0600
  ...Hope it is this simple but speedometers fail all of a sudden and a good spray cleaning with electronics parts cleaner and a few...
• Re: Speedometer Ok -Odometer and trip meter dead!?
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Sat, 20 May 2006 01:01:46 -0400
  ...robertmstewart <robertmstewart@MAC.COM> >> Hello Everyone, >> >> Here�s a new one for me.... >> >> Speedometer Ok -Odometer and trip meter dead!? >> >> I was driving the...
• Re: '84 Westy Speedometer Accuracy
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Tue, 24 Dec 2002 09:40:05 -0800
  ...faceplate of the speedo? --- Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM> wrote: > Any speedometer shop can calibrate them, and they're easy to get out. > ===== TJ...
• Re: bouncing speedo
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 7 Mar 2007 15:11:39 -0500
  Andrew, Though the plastic, at the speedometer end of the cable, is cracked, you might be able to remove the instrument pod cover and...
• Re: Strange Static Buzzing Noise Coming From The Dash?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 20 Feb 2011 08:08:25 -0800
  ...Could they be burning out? > > Could it be the speedometer cable whining at high speed and just > making a noise? Could I somehow spray...
• Re: tire circumference
  Historical mailing list - John Jensen
  Sun, 16 Oct 2011 20:19:19 -0400
  That's closer to the speedometer indication. How did you get that? John Jensen johnjensen@johnjensenartist.com http://www.johnjensenartist.com bluesbug@verizon.net...
• Re: Speedometer house repair suggestions ?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Shawley
  Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:03:15 +0000
  ...Mar 2010 09:42:07 -0700 > From: mailinglist@FASTFORWARD.CA > Subject: Speedometer house repair suggestions ? > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > I have an instument...
• Instrument cluster speedometer needle break. #%@#%@#$%@!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Luke Sponholz
  Tue, 28 Mar 2006 20:11:50 -0500
  ...I had cleaned it up nicely and I was putting it back together when I broke the needle on the speedometer!! grrr!!! It's...
• Re: Vanagon total drag and mechanical losses
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Mon, 30 Nov 1998 23:44:57 -0800
  Blue Eyes wrote: > <snip>My second concern is known as speedometer lag. One of my long time pals > has > worked for the automotive press...
• warning, check your driver!!! (was:Re: Warning!!! Check Your Speedometer (f)
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 11 May 2002 09:45:07 EDT
  ...My spirits were lifted when we returned to pick up the Vanagon > because there is nothing wrong with the speedometer mechanism. :) It is > only...
• Re: Replacing/Upgrading the Speedometer
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Fri, 14 Dec 2001 15:41:58 -0800
  ...I took it to palo alto speedometer (i lived down the street from them). they have a web page. You could probably just send...
• Re: odometer related questions
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Thu, 1 Nov 2007 10:03:45 -0800
  I just had the odo/speedo repaired by Overseas Speedometer in Texas. They will set the mileage to anything you specify. Took them about...
• Re: Speedometer question
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 1 Jun 2016 12:26:48 -0700
  ...I have an old MkI speedometer/odometer and wanted to know if I > can raid it for parts (speedometer needle is broken or I...