actually the same almost identical system was used for many years by
many different makers.  on the newer systems the da..d thing throughs a
hard code that has to be reset at the computer.
jimt

On Monday, Oct 14, 2002, at 09:08 America/Denver, Fitz-Randolph,
Douglas wrote:

> Thanks Gary, Steve and Tom for your replies! Yep - that's it. So VW
> added a
> whole box, and all those wires and connectors, and the extra section of
> speedo cable, just to turn on a light every 60,000 miles? Way to go!
>
> - Doug
>
>> I believe it is the counter for the oxygen sensor indicator light.
>> check out:
>> http://www.vanagon.com/problems/oxs-light.html
>