You can replace it, and you can even use a small screwdriver and roll the
mileage up to where it should be on the new one.  Mine did the same thing,
and I was told it was due to a "slipped magnet".  Now you know as much as I
do.

Karl Wolz
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter van Marwijk" <peter@MEDIAWEB.NL>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 9:05 AM
Subject: Speedometer problems

> Hi,
>
> I just bought a 1987 Transporter/Vanagon 1.6 Diesel last week and have
been
> lurking on the list since then. I bet the people on this list can help me
> with the only annoying thing on my Transporter:
> The speedometer seems to be pointing at a speed about 20 kilometres too
> high and it really wobbles when it does. So it's kinda hard to tell how
> fast I'm going... I know it's probably not running faster than 110
> kilometres an hour, but below that, I'm just guessing.
>
> Is there anything I can do about it? Hitting it (hard) didn't help, can I
> replace it? Someone told me you can't because you're not allowed to temper
> with the thingy that tells how many kilometres the engine has run (or
> something).
>
> Greetings,
>
> Peter.
> (1987 Transporter 1.6D)
>
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