> I was cruising down the Trans Canada Highway from Falcon Lake at 120km/h
> last week when all of a sudden my speedo needle starts bouncing around for a
> minute, finally settling at 0.  Odometer is not working either.
>
> If my speedo cable were to break clean, would that happen?  Or is it more
> likely that it got disconnected somewhere (hopefully at the speedometer
> itself?)
>

I'll bet you the little square nubbin at the left front hub is stripped.  At
least that is where I would start.  Take off your left front
hub cap and have a look.  There should be a small circlip holding the end off
the speedo cable in the square hole.

John McLean   87  Vanagon  GL