> There's no trick to getting it off. However, before you take it off,
> you might want to lift it over the stop pin and mark where it sits
> without tension so that you will be able to put it on back again in
> the same spot later.

Or you could use the little white line VDO put on the edge of the
gauge face for that purpose at the factory...

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John Bange
'90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"