When this happened to me I inquired about repair.  The nearest repair
facility was 250 miles away and rebuilding it would have cost $100.  I went
to a junk yard and got one for $20 even though it had many more miles on it
than my old one.  Beggars can't be choosers.

Charles
'85 Westy

At 02:50 PM 6/19/01 -0500, John Rodgers wrote:
>Most likely within the Speedo. Does your speedometer still clock the
>speeds?
>
>The odometer failure is a chronic problem with out beloved vans. It is
>usually caused by slippage of a gear on a shaft in the speedometer
>housing. It requires disassembly, locking the gear to the shaft somehow,
>and re-assembly. It is a major PITA!!!! I cannot begin to tell you how
>many speedo needle I have seen broken off when owners try to fix this. I
>don't know about all models, but on my own van, the needle has to be
>removed to be able to remove the speedo dial face to get into the gear
>area. Without a watchmakers puller, it is at this point that most
>needles are broken. And they are difficult to fix and impossible to find
>new ones.
>
>If you are able to fix the gear to the shaft, it's usually only
>temporary. Because of this, I have set about to develop a permanent fix.
>I've a watchmaker friend who hase all the tools, and together I hope we
>will be able to find a permanent solution to the problem. Development
>has been slow due to some diviations along the way, but we are working
>on it.
>
>Adam Puzerewski of this list  graciously supplied an early model vanagon
>speedo for us to work with. We need a late model speedo to cover the
>newer machines, because the internal works of the two are very different
>in the way they are constructed. If you or anyone else has one
>available, would appreciate hearing from you off list.
>
>For the moment I can't offer a simple fix, other than what I have told
>you. Some of the other list members have had to deal with this so maybe
>they can provide you with some more input.
>
>Good luck.
>
>John Rodgers
>88 GL Driver
>
>Charles Duvall wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > My odometer seems to have stopped working. Just
> > noticed it this morning.
> > '90 GL Westy
> >
> > Any ideas on where to start looking?
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > chuck
> >
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> > denver, co
> > '90 Westy "Corky St. Clair"
> > '00 V40 "duvolvo"
> >
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