On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, Jay L Snyder wrote:

> Anyone heard of a trip odometer that runs slower than the regular odometer?
> A friend has one that he claims runs about 60% slower than his actual
> mileage.  Can the trip odometer slip?

The odometer on my Scirocco went slower .. and slower .. and slower .. until
it no longer moved at all.  The way those cogs are put together on the
shafts is kinda dumb; it wouldn't surprise me in the least if the one
driving one or the other started slipping.  When I took mine out (speedo
failed about the same time) I could spin the cogs freely back and forth...
knocked a few hundred miles off the clock before throwing it away. :)

Also, my requisite comment about resetting the trip: a friend of mine bought
an '86 Audi and lo, the PO said "Yeah, the odometer worked until I reset the
trip on the freeway last fall.."  Myself, I just take the advice for what
it's worth and only reset it when stopped.  I haven't priced Vanagon
speedos, but it was $180 to replace the Scirocco's.

The speedometer/odometer in my Vanagon have never worked.  Repairing the
speedometer output on the front differential seems to be a mystery of the
ages, an ancient, cursed Indian secret..

ian Butler / ian@bluemoon.hplx.net
'88 Scirocco 16v, '87 Syncro GL