Had the same problem on our 84 Westy.  In our case it was the
speedometer that was at fault, replaced it with a used one and it has
behaved itself since then.

Howard

On 31 Jan 00, at 19:54, Gary McEachern wrote:

> The speedometer on both of my 87 vans continually flutter up and down
> (while the van is moving, of course). Is there a common part failure
> that causes this problem?
>
> I suspect either the upper or lower speedo cable.

hfleming@moosebird.com    Alexandria, VA   hfleming@moosebird.com
99 EuroVan MV - 97 Cabrio - 85 Vanagon - 84 Westy
84 Vanagon GL (spare parts that turned into a project)
1945 Cletrac AG