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• 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...
• Re: Tire size question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 17 Nov 2024 22:20:07 -0500
  Hi David, I actually use my GPS to double check my odometer. My 85 odometer is also hooked to my scan gauge and that...
• Re: Slow Down And Save Some Gas
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Sat, 4 Feb 2012 20:51:39 -0330
  ...gmail.com> wrote: > I returned earlier this week from a long trip, odometer says 3,800+ miles. > Driving a '90 Westy with stock engine...
• Re: Propane and refrigerator success
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 27 Jun 2015 10:00:40 -0400
  And not resetting the trip odometer while the van is moving? On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 9:57 AM, Rocket J Squirrel < camping...
• how many and how much
  Historical mailing list - Kim G
  Mon, 9 Jul 2001 14:44:59 -0500
  How many miles? good question....The odometer was stuck at 78,000 when I bought my 85GL from auto import VW dealership in Brainerd...
• Re: Speedometer Ok -Odometer and trip meter dead!?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 20 May 2006 11:17:11 -0700
  ...If I slightly push and hold the rest button I can freely spin all the digit positions of the trip meter to whatever numbers...
• Re: Gas Mileage
  Historical mailing list - Ian Butler
  Sat, 22 May 2004 21:29:22 -0400
  ...My Audi has a broken odometer (could I expect less from genuine VDO instruments?) and its trip computer is thus doubly useful to guess...
• ** HEAD LEAK SURVEY: Please Respond **2ND POST
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Fri, 10 Apr 1998 02:07:59 -0700
  ...not know(1) PasVan(2) Wkendr(3) Westy(4) Sync(5) --------> Sync Wkedr(6) Sync Westy(7) Odometer Units Miles: (1) Kilometers (2) Current...
• Re: 84 Vanagon GL for SALE!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 12 Aug 1999 07:51:58 EDT
  ...it. Odometer reads 191,000. It has some rust nothing that bad though. It runs great and can go for long trips or just...
• Re: Sporadic Speedometer ('80 Westy) FIX
  Historical mailing list - Stan Harrison
  Tue, 29 Jul 2003 17:58:15 -0400
  ...Now my odometer (and trip meter) > are working perfectly (for now), but the speedometer works only > sporadically. About 50% of the time it seems...
• Re: Recommendations, anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 9 Jul 2012 10:19:35 -0500
  Gab, two things to do for certain before going on any trips: Replace all the coolant hoses, and all the fuel hoses. When you...
• [all who helped me] Re:A Vanagon mystery? Please Help
  Historical mailing list - Chris Wright
  Sat, 30 Aug 2003 13:26:13 EDT
  ...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: '84 speedometer failure
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:30:38 -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: Life after speedometer, why do they break?
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Mon, 21 Mar 2005 04:43:38 -0500
  ...http://www.paspeedo.com/vdo_odometer_gears.htm jonathan On Mon, 14 Mar 2005, Al and Sue Brase wrote: > Is there a retail source...
• Re: Fuel Economy on an Automatic 88
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 7 Jul 2007 11:46:12 -0700
  ...I've done several trips with an '87 Westy, automatic, running 16" wheels and tires (lower profile tire so almost stock circumference) and even...
• Re: Speedo repair question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Tue, 1 Oct 2013 22:59:17 -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: don't push our trip meter while driving!
  Historical mailing list - Cooper, Jonathan R.
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 10:34:05 -0500
  ...dont pusy our trip meter while driving! >just a reminder - dont push your speedo trip meter while your van is >rolling/driving..it will...
• Re: Odo/Trip Counter
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:19:29 -0230
  I've had my odometer conk out twice. First time a friend helped me replace it, we set it to roughly what the mileage...
• RE: '81 Westfalia camper questions
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Mon, 21 Nov 1994 10:43:11 EST
  ...sticking odometer. If the speedometer is going ok, it is not likely that the speedo drive is disconnected. You will probably find a little...
• Re: Ebay vin# switcharoo?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:54:37 -0700
  ...also i don't recall my 80 L model having a trip odometer ... didn't > think they came out til like 1982. > > i kinda...
• Re: dont pusy our trip meter while driving!
  Historical mailing list - John Fleming
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 20:34:33 -0500
  ...dont pusy our trip meter while driving! > Hi All, > > I understand the logic behind this issue however, I have been pushing my > trip meter...
• 1.9 Turbo Diesel and 2.0 Gas Fuel Economy Stats
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 19 Aug 2002 20:48:25 -0700
  ...Our 1986 Syncro Multivan and our 1988 Syncro DoKa here are the stats for the 1366km trip. We stopped at the same filling stations...
• Re: Speedometer -- the straight scoop
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 20 Jun 2005 13:55:44 -0400
  ...on the safe side). > > I used the GPS in my '85 Westy, during the trip to BusFusion, and (Boy > was I surprised) the GPS...
• McGee: Fuel leaking and Odometer retired
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Tue, 17 Sep 1996 16:59:40 -0500
  ...Hanlon * EMC.Ver #2.3 ] -- Me Gee writes about fuel leaking and inoperative odometer: I suggest that the two items are coincidental. I have...
• Re: turned 200,000 on the odometer!
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:06:15 -0500
  ...What a great trip that would have been. > Anyway. Thoughts? > a.) change the oil during the light of the next full moon? > b.) new...
• Re: Mileage report with 16" tires
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 14 Aug 2010 14:55:55 -0500
  ...mileage calculation based on a 2000km > trip with new BFG AT 215/70R16 tires. GPS shows odometer is now out by -8%, > whereas before...
• Re: MPG Question
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 31 Mar 2006 22:17:44 -0800
  ...Imagine my surprise when the 86 we bought last spring got 4-6 mpg less on our trip to Oregon. Of course it got...
• Re: *&^%@#!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 5 Oct 1994 18:13:01 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Until then I rely mainly on the trip odometer, I seem to get a consistent 360 miles to the tankfull. (also my fuel pump...
• Re: should I get a new transmission?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Thu, 26 Aug 2004 13:48:01 +1000
  ...I'm going to take a 3 week road trip in September. My '85 is running well, and I'm confident it will stay...
• Post-maiden-voyage voyage
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 22 Sep 2006 16:22:32 -0700
  ...Lovely trip and the van performed admirably. My bravest moment was a 15.15 gallon refill driven with a broken odometer, so I had...
• Living the Compleat Vanagon Experience.
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:36:51 -0400
  ...Yesterday the odometer/trip meter seized up. I think I have a spare available from a 1988 vanagon I parted out a couple years...
• Re: Poor Gas Mileage
  Historical mailing list - John Klun
  Fri, 9 Feb 2001 18:44:51 -0700
  ...This includes 1- 105 mile round trip (highway 65-70 mph) and the rest are short 14-20 mile round trippers into town (55...
• Re: Flaky fuel gauge
  Historical mailing list - Tobin T. Copley
  Thu, 4 Jan 1996 10:24:42 -0800 (PST)
  ...As for feeling worried about running out of gas on long trips, just use the odometer as a gauge (THAT works, right?), and be...
• Re: 1987 Wolfsburg Vanagons Question
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Tue, 27 Nov 2001 22:50:27 EST
  ...5- Full instrumentation w/ trip odometer, tach, and digital clock; illuminated glove box, maplight. 6- Deluxe seats in velour; two folding removable rear facing...
• Re: Trip Odometer Myth(?)
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Thu, 17 Apr 2003 10:12:46 EDT
  Jeffrey said: "Sure, but the first thing that happens when you RELEASE the button is that the gears ENgage, and I suspect that's...
• Re: Speedometer Ok -Odometer and trip meter dead!?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 20 May 2006 17:41:42 -0700
  ...dislodging force" applied by a gunked/stuck tenths wheel on the trip meter to the main odo gear will not be much between a...
• Re: Test Drive
  Historical mailing list - Bob McMain
  Mon, 20 Sep 1999 11:38:52 -0700
  ...I wanted new, good tires that would work on and off road and that would hopefully make my trip meter and odometer more accurate...
• Re: Now It's Down To 3K-Steal It Now!
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:51:08 -0400
  ...CLIMATE CONTROL BUCKET SEATS_CLOTH SEATS_POWER STEERING_POWER WINDOWS POWER STEERING CLOTH SEATS TRIP ODOMETER BUCKET SEATS I think it means it has...
• 1982 GL Automatic FS
  Historical mailing list - Paul Wies
  Sun, 26 Oct 2003 20:02:27 EST
  ...Would not hesitate to take on any road trip. Uses no oil, starts right up and idles, in wonderful shape for its age. Odometer...
• Re: Milestone approaching..300000..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 5 May 2009 14:15:31 -0700
  ...having the trip meter and the odometer > get > to show at one time: > 299,999 and 999.9 on the trip meter? If that...
• Re: flashing coolant light purpose
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 23 Sep 2011 20:54:32 -0700
  ...and requires a series of steps involving the buttons for > the trip odometers. Why not just a simple switch (or why have the damned...
• Mileage report with 16" tires
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sat, 14 Aug 2010 11:49:30 -0700
  ...mileage calculation based on a 2000km trip with new BFG AT 215/70R16 tires. GPS shows odometer is now out by -8%, whereas before...
• Re: 2.1L DJ-code WBX into '84 Westy - first 1900 mile trip impressions
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 6 Dec 2008 09:04:35 -0500
  ...The odometer reads low as well. With shorter Bridgestone RD603 tired it was dead accurate. This is the second Vanagon, the previous an '85...
• Re: Slow Down And Save Some Gas
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Sun, 5 Feb 2012 17:34:39 -0800
  ...gmail.com> wrote: > > > I returned earlier this week from a long trip, odometer says 3,800+ > miles. > > Driving a '90 Westy with stock engine...
• Re: MPG measurement issues
  Historical mailing list - monte merrick
  Sat, 1 Apr 2006 11:49:41 -0800
  ...most interstates in the united states have those five mile segments called odometer tests - surely we've all seen them and matched our own...
• Re: Propane and refrigerator success
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 27 Jun 2015 14:03:31 +0000
  ...Jim On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 9:00 AM Larry Alofs <lalofs@gmail.com> wrote: > And not resetting the trip odometer while the...
• Re: Vanagon favorite part.
  Historical mailing list - Peter Johnson
  Mon, 16 Jul 2001 16:14:42 -0700
  my favorite part is the broken trip odometer - the clicking every .05 miles or so keeps me awake... actually, I agree with a number...
• Re: odometer success!
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Wed, 6 Aug 1997 23:20:38 -0500
  ...Agreed. >2) Don't reset the trip odometer while the vehicle is in motion -- save >yourself all this aggravation. I called two speedo shops...
• Re: Speedometer Ok -Odometer and trip meter dead!?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 20 May 2006 22:25:27 -0700
  ...Speedometer Ok -Odometer and trip meter dead!? > > I can readily picture that these two gears got gunked or gummed up and > that > while it...
• 21.7 MPG on my 1.9 with 198,000 on the odometer
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Fri, 6 Apr 2012 16:44:26 -0700
  Just came back from an all day trip to LA and back.� Mostly freeway, about 10 events of stop-and-go lasting about 5...
• Re: Digifant 21. MV High Fuel Consumption
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 18 May 2009 22:18:13 -0700
  ...It was a hot trip. Here is what I got for the gas mileage for my 1.9 WBX rebuilt about 6000 miles ago...
• Re: Slow Down And Save Some Gas
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 4 Feb 2012 10:43:27 -0800
  ...Loren Busch wrote: > I returned earlier this week from a long trip, odometer says 3,800+ miles. > Driving a '90 Westy with stock engine...
• Re: Speedometer
  Historical mailing list - Klun John
  Wed, 28 Apr 2004 20:40:55 -0600
  ...Both the speedo and the odometer died at the same time. I thought the cable unhooked at the speedo end but it was on...
• Fuel Gauge inaccuracy
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Mon, 23 Jun 1997 14:31:48 -0700
  ...after dropping off the PO at his home) AND zeroing the trip odometer. Somehow, this required act when taking delivery of a new vehicle...
• Speedo info and EGR question
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 20 Dec 2004 06:20:26 -0700
  ...The odometer section is regulated to be -1 percent to +3.75 percent And another interesting note I am going to check out There...
• Re: MPG measurement issues
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Sat, 1 Apr 2006 21:24:24 +0200
  ...My figure of around 18 (and I'm not looking at my records when I give that figure) is based on what the odometer...
• Re: spedo/odo error confusion
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 24 Oct 2001 23:40:24 -0500
  ...My trip meter is very close to the odometer miles and the published distances from one small town to the next. City to city...
• Re: Speedo Accuracy Discussion
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 10 May 2000 15:44:19 -0400
  ...the odometer readings for both my famed reliable Toyota PU and the Vanagon are dead on for the entire length of the trip. In...
• Re: 1980 Vanagon L
  Historical mailing list - Chris Sullivan
  Wed, 26 May 2004 08:07:06 -0700
  ...It still can go on long trips such as > New York to Florida and back last February. Not over 200k, but I have 170k...
• Re: Fuel Guage callibration
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Fri, 16 Mar 2007 06:41:33 -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...