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• Re: trip odometer myth
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Wed, 16 Apr 2003 11:21:24 -0700
  ...Pushing the trip odometer can force the wheel out of alignment. William > Anyone heard of a trip odometer that runs slower than the regular...
• FS: new Vanagon speedo with trip odometer
  Historical mailing list - Douglas Martin
  Sun, 16 Jun 1996 21:47:18 -0700
  ...trip odometer for all years, part# 251 957 057 BF, never installed, still in original VAG box. $100. ($260 at VW dealer!). --Doug
• Broken Odometer and Trip Odometer
  Historical mailing list - Toma Keller
  Thu, 9 May 2002 21:20:07 -0700
  My brother called me this morning and told me that his Odometer and trip odometer stopped working this morning on his '91 Vanagon. I...
• Re: trip odometer myth
  Historical mailing list - ian Butler
  Thu, 17 Apr 2003 13:13:41 -0400
  On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, Jay L Snyder wrote: > Anyone heard of a trip odometer that runs slower than the regular odometer? > A friend...
• Trip Odometer Myth(?)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
  Wed, 16 Apr 2003 10:35:04 -0700
  Bill, Thank you for the trip-odometer rant, though I'm not sure I enjoyed it. >> "The first thing that happens when you push...
• Re: Speedo repair question
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 4 Oct 2013 21:24:39 -0700
  I was wrong! The trip odometer can be reset wherever the numbers on the main odometer happen to be. For various reasons, while the...
• odometer quirkiness
  Historical mailing list - Linda Bartnik
  Mon, 7 Jul 1997 21:40:03 -0400
  ...At a rest stop, I push the reset button on the trip odometer. The trip and regular odometers now work fine. Sometime on the...
• Odometer/speedometer repair
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 30 Oct 96 12:34:30 CST
  ...Odometer and tripmeter both dead. Sent to Rick Borth - Overseas Speedometer - and now speedometer steady and odometer and tripmeter working fine. He also revised...
• Re: trip odometer
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 Nov 94 13:09:32 PST
  ...It is actually the trip odometer that is (proximally, at least) getting stuck - it gets stuck on 9/10 readings. Do you think we...
• Re: trip odometer myth
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 16 Apr 2003 09:02:56 -0600
  ...If you push in the trip odometer button while moving, you will reset the odometer. That's it. Because it is a myth. So...
• Re: odometer and trip-odometer stopped
  Historical mailing list - James Bowen
  Tue, 10 Jul 2001 14:44:00 EDT
  ...I think it cost me about $70 to have him fix the odometer/trip meter and clean/re-lube and calibrate the speedometer. Check...
• trip odometer myth
  Historical mailing list - John Bates
  Thu, 17 Apr 2003 00:02:07 -0400
  ...Never had a problem with the trip odometer. Used it many times over the years, mostly while moving. John Bates Fairfield County, OH
• Re: Odometer and trip counter ceased to function today
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 3 Jul 2011 12:01:45 -0700
  ...Odometer and trip counter ceased to function today >I heard a strange noise from my instrument panel today and I noticed my >odometer and...
• Re: 130mph V'gon
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 6 Dec 2004 18:12:14 -0500
  Our TRIP odometers do show tenth's (note that Eric's don't show the trip odometer.) On Dec 6, 2004, at 5:32...
• Re: trip odometer myth
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 17 Apr 2003 04:16:58 EDT
  In a message dated 4/17/03 12:07:07 AM Eastern Daylight Time, jwb1938@EARTHLINK.NET writes: > the trip odometer. Used it many...
• Speedometer Ok -Odometer and trip meter dead!?
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Thu, 18 May 2006 21:14:32 -0400
  ...Speedometer Ok -Odometer and trip meter dead!? I was driving the van about a week ago and pressed the trip meter a stop light...
• Not the usual trip odometer problem
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sun, 15 Aug 2004 17:36:32 -0500
  ...Last time I reset it the button stayed in but the trip odometer kept rolling. Now my mechanic was fooling around with it after...
• Re: Not the usual trip odometer problem
  Historical mailing list - Michael Vickey
  Sun, 15 Aug 2004 18:59:00 -0400
  ...Most likely the fact that the speedometer is not tight with the cluster housing resulted in the reset button for your trip odometer to...
• Need a speedometer
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Sep 1995 16:23:01 -0400
  ...The speedo works, but the odometer/tripometer is dead. Sure would like to have an odometer/tripometer again, especially since my gas gauge is...
• odometer
  Historical mailing list - Shaggy
  Thu, 12 Feb 2004 18:30:03 -0800
  my odometer just stopped working, the tripometer is dead also, the speedo works thou. any ideas? Shaggy ps did not reset odometer with van...
• odometer and trip-odometer stopped
  Historical mailing list - Dave Martin
  Tue, 10 Jul 2001 09:18:56 -0700
  ...This weekend the trip meter stopped rolling up miles. After watching it for a while I came to realize that the odometer stopped also...
• Re: Odometer starts and stops
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Mon, 6 Dec 2004 08:24:38 -0800
  Where do you buy this rebuild kit and what's in it? My trip meter works now. My main odometer doesn't work. Also...
• Re: Speedometer Calibration
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Mon, 29 Jul 2002 16:15:52 -0700
  ...I pushed the trip odometer reset (while moving) and felt an odd click. That was it. The odometer never recorded another mile. Obviously, resetting...
• Odometer/Speedometer OoC
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:49:44 -0700
  Hey volks, A couple of weeks back the odometer failed. I've read in the archives that resetting the trip meter while in motion...
• 82 odometer/tripmeter
  Historical mailing list - David Kjeldgaard
  Sun, 10 Jun 2001 00:48:49 EDT
  My odometer and trip meter quit working recently. The speedometer works fine. Are these possible to repair? Has anyone on list been able to...
• Re: odometer question
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Sat, 12 May 2007 21:59:07 -0700
  ...This is just like what you see on your odometer. I drilled a small hole on the odometer chassis near the trip counter shaft...
• Re: Broken Odometer and Trip Odometer
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 10 May 2002 08:12:05 -0400
  ...Broken Odometer and Trip Odometer This is super common. Probably not really broken, but instead a gear typically slides out of the way a...
• Stuck odometer
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Carlen
  Tue, 16 Sep 1997 22:48:31 -0400
  Need some advice fellow listees, My odometer and trip counter stopped the other day. The speedometer cable is still turning because it registers the...
• Need a speedo and SORRY
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Sep 95 15:51 CDT
  ...The speedo >works, but the odometer/tripometer is dead. Sure would like to >have an odometer/tripometer again, especially since my gas gauge >is...
• Odometer/ tripometer broken
  Historical mailing list - Ry L Blaisdell
  Wed, 12 Jun 2002 19:12:34 -0500
  Does anyone else have problems with the gears in the vanagon odometer sliping out of alignment? If so has someone got a good solution...
• Re: Speedometer Ok -Odometer and trip meter dead!?
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Thu, 18 May 2006 18:46:26 -0700
  This is unfortunately not a new or rare problem for Vanagon odometers. Any time the trip reset is pressed, and the van is even...
• Fw: Odometer/ tripometer broken
  Historical mailing list - mike ingle
  Wed, 12 Jun 2002 18:44:30 -0700
  ...Odometer/ tripometer broken > > > > Does anyone else have problems with the gears in the vanagon odometer > > sliping out of alignment? > > If so has someone got...
• Re: Trip Odometer
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Mon, 23 Jun 2003 16:21:28 -0700
  Sounds like you need to take out the speedometer and push the trip odometer gear onto the screw gear. Repaired mine. Easy to do...
• odometer related questions /use a GPS
  Historical mailing list - Michael Hart
  Thu, 1 Nov 2007 21:08:01 -0700
  ...This has allowed me to check the calibration of my Garmin GPS unit (model C330). - this model has both a speedometer & trip odometer (hidden...
• Re: trip odometer myth
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 16 Apr 2003 12:15:43 -0400
  Anyone heard of a trip odometer that runs slower than the regular odometer? A friend has one that he claims runs about 60% slower...
• Repairing odometer
  Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
  Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:38:04 -0400
  ...My speedometer works but both the odometer and the trip odometer only occasionally work and when they do it's usually for 10 miles...
• trip meter
  Historical mailing list - Michael Kimball
  Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:55:37 -0700
  My trip meter quit working but odometer still works. any ideas?
• Re: Odometer and trip counter ceased to function today
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Johnson
  Sun, 3 Jul 2011 07:33:21 -0600
  ...noise from my instrument panel today and I noticed my > odometer and trip counter have ceased to move. > It sounds like a bee is...
• vdo odometer
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 21 Nov 94 14:41:42 CST
  ...of course, if your speedometer doesn't have a trip odometer, this does not apply. :) joel
• Re: trip odometer myth
  Historical mailing list - populuxe
  Wed, 16 Apr 2003 20:01:45 -0500
  wow stew, my odometer on my 90 only goes to 999 miles. yours 145,000+ i bet you've got a 200 m.p...
• Speedometer Repair: VW Vanagon 1986 2WD Auto
  Historical mailing list - Stuart
  Thu, 22 Sep 2016 17:34:39 +0000
  ...speed, but the odometer section is not moving (both the total accumulated distance and the trip distance).  Resetting the trip distance cleared the accumulation...
• Re: do diesel vanagons use the same speedometer as wbx vans??
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:35:21 -0500
  ...trip odometer, > just the main odo with 10ths added, I believe. > > Scott > www.turbuvans.com > no, at least mine has a trip odometer -- Karl...
• Dead Odometer
  Historical mailing list - Anderson,Chuck
  Mon, 30 Aug 1999 17:51:25 -0600
  Both the odometer and the trip meter have stopped working. All of the other gauges are fine. The van has about 105,000 miles...
• Re: Speedometer Ok -Odometer and trip meter dead!?
  Historical mailing list - Russ Ottey
  Fri, 19 May 2006 12:33:01 +0000
  ...robertmstewart <robertmstewart@MAC.COM> > Hello Everyone, > > Here�s a new one for me.... > > Speedometer Ok -Odometer and trip meter dead!? > > I was driving the...
• Trip Odometer
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 23 Jun 2003 12:32:14 -0400
  I friend of mine has an '87 Vanagon that has a problem with the trip odometer. The speedo is accurate, as is the odometer...
• Re: Odometer/Speedometer OoC
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:59:50 -0500
  ...I've read in the archives that > resetting the trip meter while in motion can cause odometer failure. Anyone > know which models are affected...
• Odometer and trip counter ceased to function today
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Sun, 3 Jul 2011 00:21:03 -0700
  I heard a strange noise from my instrument panel today and I noticed my odometer and trip counter have ceased to move. It sounds...
• Re: Odometer starts and stops
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Thu, 2 Dec 2004 21:13:41 -0800
  ...My tripmeter now works, but my odometer does not work. >> >>If a new speedo with odometer and tripmeter cost about a $100, I might...
• Re: 82 odometer/tripmeter
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Sat, 9 Jun 2001 23:28:26 -0600
  In <75.16022a32.28545631@aol.com>, on 06/09/01 at 11:28 PM, David Kjeldgaard <DAVEKJELD@AOL.COM> said: >My odometer and trip...
• Re: Speedometer Ok -Odometer and trip meter dead!?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 19 May 2006 20:38:14 -0700
  ...As it happens I have a disassembled odometer right here (mine quit working this week, 20 miles after pressing the trip reset while STOPPED...
• Life after speedometer
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sun, 13 Mar 2005 21:31:49 -0600
  When I parked my 85 Westfalia last fall the trip odometer had just bit the dust, never mind the four broken screws that attach...
• Re: Odometer starts and stops
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Thu, 2 Dec 2004 17:03:22 -0800
  ...My tripmeter now works, but my odometer does not work. If a new speedo with odometer and tripmeter cost about a $100, I might...
• Re: New Engine Gas Mileage Report
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:30:05 -0400
  ...I checked an on-line computer for odometer error and got a trivial difference. Therefore, I use the trip odometer and gallons added at...
• Re: Broken Odometer and Trip Odometer
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Thu, 9 May 2002 18:40:40 -0700
  ...matthew Toma Keller wrote: > > My brother called me this morning and told me that his Odometer and trip odometer stopped working this morning on...
• Odometer Repair in Toronto?
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Mon, 14 Apr 2003 21:04:58 -0400
  Any Toronto listees know of a local place that fixes odometers? I had mine fixed once after someone pressed the trip meter while moving...
• Re: Odometer clicking/ not working?
  Historical mailing list - Eckie Prater
  Sun, 7 Feb 1999 14:04:15 -0600
  ...up though.... >My Odometer is ticking? Speedometer is tracking fine (I think) But trip >miles are not being logged/ODOMETER DOESN'T WORK.... >Any...
• Re: Wacky speedo...
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 20 Apr 2004 17:45:41 -0400
  ...I had exactly the same failure mode on my '75 bus, and it didn't *have* a trip odometer. David Brodbeck, N8SRE '86 Volvo...
• Re: WTB: odometer/instrument cluster for 86-91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Fri, 10 Jul 1998 22:41:59 -0700
  ...The tach, clock and trip odometer are "deluxe" things. My poor kombi got none of these -- just a plain-jane speedo, temp and fuel...
• Re: Speedo spare parts source?
  Historical mailing list - Bill H.
  Sun, 4 Apr 2004 21:28:54 -0700
  When I was having trouble with my tripometer, I took out the little gear between the odometer and the trip. Later the odometer gave...
• Re: Speedometer Ok -Odometer and trip meter dead!?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 19 May 2006 23:53:32 -0400
  ...As it happens I have a disassembled > odometer right here (mine quit working this week, 20 miles after pressing > the trip reset while STOPPED...