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• Re: OXS sensor on 85 watercooled vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 25 Jul 2002 20:55:22 -0500
  ...the sensor itself. It is connected to a box that is inline in the speedometer cable system between the left front wheel (the cable...
• Speedo Saga
  Historical mailing list - Denys Mueller
  Mon, 24 Nov 1997 21:06:29 -0800
  ...So why was the speedo still not working?!?! I then checked to make sure the lower cable was engaging with the wheel properly. Yes...
• Re: Oxy Sensor Reset Button
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Sun, 30 Apr 2000 16:32:18 EDT
  ...The speedo cable from that front wheel leads to the box which has a little round recessed button that can be pushed with the...
• speedometer cable
  Historical mailing list - Marlan Blair
  Sat, 24 Sep 2005 19:47:30 -0400
  ...of the speedometer cable that runs from the driverside front wheel? I can find the portion that runs from the sensor to the dash...
• Re: turn o2 sensor off
  Historical mailing list - Hotch
  Thu, 24 Oct 1996 13:11:06 -0400
  ...Follow the speedo cable from the wheel and you'll find the box. Switch can be seen from the front end. -- Hotch 86GL 121K...
• Re: Ordering Parts Online ADD: A GOOD MECHANIC VERSE A PROFESSIOAL TECHNICAN, OR Prevent a fire, Not put one out!
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 24 Jun 2013 16:29:24 -0500
  ...I asked him if he knew which wheel speed sensor. "No, but if one is bad, they probably all are, and need to be...
• anyone parting out a van?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 20:48:04 -0700
  If so, I'm looking for the speedometer cable from the wheel to the oxygen sensor box. I've got an '84; I believe...
• Vanagon ABS
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:14:46 -0800
  This requires all new hubs w/wheel speed sensors, right? http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=563462 -- Casey '87 300TD '94...
• Re: I4 conversion speed sensor
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 23 Sep 2002 22:09:10 -0700
  Just get the electrical connector for the cruise control unit that goes on the back of the speedometer - why reinvent the wheel? You can...
• OXY SENSOR LITE ON
  Historical mailing list - Mike Plickys
  13 Jan 95 17:52:54 EST
  >After my recent rebuild, now my red Oxy sensor lite is on. >How do I turn it off? Look under the drivers side wheel...
• Re: Better Speedo Cable Analysis
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Dec 2001 08:04:04 EST
  ...of your speedo head all the way to the wheel. This replaces both cables at once and eliminates the pesky Oxygen sensor light box...
• Re: Vanagon total drag and mechanical losses
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Wed, 2 Dec 1998 21:03:33 -0600
  ...These >> >speedos can be programmed to fit the circumference of the wheel, by the >>exact >> >millimeter. The only drawback is that you would have...
• Re: Speedo Cable Broken 87GL: What's the Drill?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Jan 1999 19:57:41 EST
  ...the speedo to the oxygen sensor box and the lower goes from the box to the center of the driver's side wheel. Take...
• Re: Where is the speedometer cable?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 11 Nov 2002 16:03:36 -0500
  ...Goes to the OXS-sensor switch box if present (inside L-F wheel) then through the L-F wheel hub, protruding through grease cap...
• re Eurovan brake vibration
  Historical mailing list - Rick Sherrod (hopeless VW nut)
  Wed, 15 Oct 1997 10:22:50 -0500
  ...If too much ferrous material is present the sensor will not read the serrations on the wheel or CV joint and will tell The...
• Re: Syncro tire dia. ad nauseam(F)
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Fri, 16 Apr 1999 20:55:37 -0400
  > > Or lets fit electronic speed sensors on all four wheels and adjust the > air pressures so that the speeds match. I'm sure that...
• Re: How do I reset the O2 sensor light?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 15 Aug 1999 14:20:09 -0400
  ...reset the O2 sensor light? > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Steve, 84 Vanagon Find the box that interrupts the speedo cable under the left front wheel; find the hooded...
• Re: Alu. Carat wheels for sale.
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Thu, 25 Feb 1999 19:06:10 -0600
  ...Another interesting observation is the truck has no oxygen sensor gear box. The speedo cable goes from the left front wheel to the dash...
• Re: Where is the O2 sensor LED reset button?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 22 Mar 2002 16:37:21 -0500
  ...If you look under the Van - follow the speed cable from the left front wheel and where it travel's up toward the cab...
• Re: Speedometer weird
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 17 Jun 2012 08:44:40 -0500
  ...cable from the wheel to the box - which is an odometer - then a longer cable from the box to the speedometer. The purpose of...
• Re: speedometer cable
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 24 Sep 2005 19:54:52 -0500
  ...of the > speedometer > cable that runs from the driverside front wheel? I can find the portion > that runs from > the sensor to the dash...
• Re: Toasted my engine or transmission?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:27:02 -0700
  Continuous new cable, bypassing the O2 sensor counter and no kinks (Bus Depot). It's noisy at low speeds, I think the magnetic wheel...
• Re: re- Oxygen Sensor Reset
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Wed, 3 Sep 1997 15:49:41 -0600
  ...Joel Walker ?? start at the left front wheel, and follow the speedo cable upwards toward the dash pod ... the little box has got to...
• Re: Wagon-R power steering
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 7 May 2002 19:06:08 +1200
  ...And, 2-steering >spacer/speed sensor /Vanagon factory speedometor sensor. >Assembly indicate steering shaft, motor, universal joint, computer. >And, steerling shaft, motor, universal joint...
• Re: OXS sensor on 85 watercooled vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 25 Jul 2002 10:40:09 -0400
  ...peter- It's not the sensor, it's the switch by the LF wheel, inline in the speedo cable. Find the raised protected button...
• Re: Alternative Instrumentation
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 18 Apr 1996 18:00:58 -0800
  ...Wheel revs was just something I was thinking about for determining ground speed. Bren =================================================== Bren Smith | bren@dantz.com Dantz Development | bren@ccnet.com...
• Speedo cable/wheel bearing question
  Historical mailing list - Steve Elfelt
  Fri, 24 Sep 1999 03:17:03 -0400
  84 vanagon Speedo cable from bearing to box with my oxygen sensor reset switch seems to be broken at or inside the bearhing housing...
• Re: speedometer cable
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sat, 24 Sep 2005 18:38:31 -0600
  ...of the > speedometer > cable that runs from the driverside front wheel? I can find the portion > that runs from > the sensor to the dash...
• Front wheel squeak
  Historical mailing list - Bob Whitby
  Thu, 11 Apr 2002 14:43:22 -0700
  Both of my front wheels have a rythmic "squeak squeak squeak" that increases in direct proportion to my speed. Anybody had a similiar problem...
• Re: Speedometer cable
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 18 Apr 97 18:01:05 CDT
  ...ground strap - disconntect speedometer cable <from the speedometer, i guess> - remove spare tire - disconnect speedometer cable from EGR/O2 sensor mileage counter. - remove nut...
• Re: o2 sensor light
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:34:21 -0500
  ...There is a speedometer cable that goes from the > driver's side front wheel to the black box and another cable goes from > the...
• Re: O2 Red Warning Light?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 4 Jun 1999 17:32:41 -0400
  ...sensor, it comes on every x thousand miles regardless. To reset it, look under the left front wheel for a squarish box with speedometer...
• Re: EGR/oxygen sensor..
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 18 Aug 2002 09:58:36 -0500
  ...This second cable drives the speedometer. There is a wire that goes from the black box to the EGR/OX sensor light on the...
• Speedo calibration
  Historical mailing list - Larry Carter
  Tue, 11 Aug 1998 12:15:25 -0000
  ...In my GL the speedo cable (inner) plugs into a square hole punched in the left front outer wheel bearing dust cover, from there...
• Re: OXS light reset location?
  Historical mailing list - Peter Zendzian
  Sun, 6 Dec 1998 08:27:19 -1000
  Near the left wheel well. find the speedometer cable and follow it from the left wheel back up and you will find a box...
• Re: need help w/oxygen sensor & leak
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 25 Jun 2001 02:54:28 -0400
  ...The light is turned on by a switchbox in the speedo cable, inboard of the left front wheel. Find the box, find a raised...
• Re: What does the oil pressure warning buzzer sound like?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:09:59 -0800
  ...The easy way to check if it's RPM related (oil sensor) or wheel speed related (speedo cable) is to get up to the...
• Re: How to reset Oxy Sensor light on 84??
  Historical mailing list - gerry rafferty
  Thu, 10 Dec 1998 20:00:37 -0800
  Follow your speedometer cable from your left wheel towards the instrument dash. About 1/2 way there is a "box"-this is the counter...
• Re: Speedo calibration
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Tue, 11 Aug 1998 17:32:23 -0400
  ...We have LT 195/75/R14 Yokohama Y370 tires and the speedometer reads about 5% too high. In Canada, the is no oxygen sensor...
• Re: OXS light on dash
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Tue, 21 Jul 1998 20:26:48 PDT
  ...directions are for 2WD) and find the speedometer cable coming out of the left front wheel. Follow it up to the spare tire carrier...
• Re: forgive me tom c
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sat, 25 Oct 2003 20:58:34 -0700
  ...side front wheel is a black box with a cable in from the wheel and one out up to the speedo. On that black...
• Re: Okay READ the subject bar...Hall Effect SPEEDO question.
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Thu, 29 May 2008 15:51:14 -0700
  ...A Hall Effect sensor is just a coil, such as a coil of a solenoid. Make a small disk driven by the speedometer cable...
• Re: Some brake tech/ideas (long)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:04:34 -0700
  ...When the wheel speed sensors detect one wheel is turning at lesser speeds than the rest of them, it sends less brake pressure to...
• Re: o2 sensor light
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:33:42 -0500
  ...There is a speedometer cable that goes from the driver's side front wheel to the black box and another cable goes from the...
• Re: Use Oxy Sensor light to re-set odometer?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 20 May 2006 22:50:39 -0500
  ...The cable from the left wheel feeds into the box, and from there a second cable goes to the speedometer. The little box is...
• Re: Oxygen Sensor Reset
  Historical mailing list - John Hung
  Fri, 29 Aug 1997 10:50:03 -0500
  ...same cable that drives the speedo (cable goes from front wheel to clock, and then from clock to speedo). The clock box has a...
• Re: O2 Sensor '85 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - K & K
  Mon, 16 Sep 1996 18:28:14 -0400
  ...speedo cable runs to and from,somewere near the front of the vehicle. Trace or follow the cable from the drivers side wheel . Sorry...
• speedometer probs
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Bailey
  Thu, 20 Dec 2001 10:03:55 -0600
  ...I checked the cables from the wheel to the sensor box and then on to the speedometer. They were all attached and looked good...
• Re: 85 water-cooled Vanagon and OXS
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Thu, 9 May 2002 12:32:24 -0400
  ...After replacing the $30 O2 sensor, follow the speedo cable from the left front wheel upwards toward the deck plate under your left foot...
• Re: How do I reset the O2 sensor light?
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Sun, 15 Aug 1999 14:08:51 -0400
  ...the O2 sensor light? If you follow the speedo cable from it's source, which is the front driver's wheel. It will travel...
• Re: 90 Vanagon temp light flashing, needle ok- HELP
  Historical mailing list - Danny Fuller
  Sun, 31 Aug 1997 21:49:07 -0800
  ...My van, for instance, doesn't have an O2 sensor light, speedo cable is one piece wheel to speedo. Dan Fuller '90 Carat
• Re: 1980 speedo cable disconnect???
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 11 Apr 2001 20:57:48 EDT
  ...This is the box that turns on the oxygen sensor light every so many thousand miles. A speedo cable ran from the wheel on...
• Re: How do I reset the O2 sensor light?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Walker
  Sun, 15 Aug 1999 19:28:33 -0400
  ...the O2 sensor light? > > If you follow the speedo cable from it's source, which is the front >driver's wheel. It will travel...
• re Eurovan brake vibration
  Historical mailing list - jim catterson
  Wed, 15 Oct 1997 09:07:31 -0700
  ...If too much ferrous material is present the sensor will > not read the serrations on the wheel or CV joint and will tell The...
• Re: 1986GL update
  Historical mailing list - Dieter Knittel
  Mon, 7 May 2001 10:17:04 -0400
  ...needs Idel speed control repl. ) 02/24/99 major inspection on Brakes replace all brakes, overhaul cylinders,replace front wheel bearings etc. Total $ 774...
• Re: speedometer cable installation question
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Mon, 5 Feb 2007 18:05:28 -0900
  ...the speedo goes into the front > differential, i think. has nothing to do with the front wheels at all > (cause the front wheels of...
• Re: OXS light
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 23 Mar 2001 20:26:41 -0600
  The drive cable for the speedo comes off the left front wheel. It goes to a black box just above the spare tire under...
• Re: OXS light on
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 10 Jul 2006 10:55:52 -0400
  ...It is in no way connected to the oxygen sensor circuitry. You have 2 speedometer cables. One from the left front wheel to a...
• Re: Speedometer cable replacement question.
  Historical mailing list - cesar quiros
  Thu, 2 Dec 2010 10:45:39 -0800
  just make sure you can turn the wheel in both direction when you tighten the cable on the body again. > Date: Tue, 30 Nov...
• Re: Vanagon Subaru engine rough at speed
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 2 Feb 2023 10:24:08 -0700
  ...as Mine is the In Speedo type but 4mm of Clearence seems like A Lot for a Hall Sensor to actually be able to...