I just helped a friend with the same problem--the cable had fallen out of
the speedometer. Pop off the top of the instrument cluster. You should see
the speedometer cable go straight into the back of the speedo. My friend's
had fallen out, so we put it back in with a little jiggling and rigged up a
zip-tie thing to keep it from falling out again. I think some glue had given
up or some plastic flange had broken, allowing the cable to come free. Hope
that's the case with you...

Daniel Snow
PhD Student
UC Berkeley

'82 Vanagon Diesel
'78 Puch Maxi Luxe Moped
'72 Motobecane Mobylette Moped
'01 Xootr Scooter

>From: Joseph McNiff <Joseph_P._McNiff@FFIC.COM>
>Reply-To: Joseph_P._McNiff@FFIC.COM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Odometer stopped
>Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 15:56:44 -0700
>
>Hi all,
>My Odometer stopped working, also trip counter at the same time. My
>mechanic says its $200. He says they take it out of the dash and take it to
>someone esle to fix one of the gears that is broke inside. My question is
>how hard is it to take out the instrument cluster from the dash. And has
>anyone been able to fix this themselves.
>
>Thanks in advance
>Peace and love
>joseph
>86 Westy

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