That's correct. 

It has zero function other than just counting miles and turning on the
light.  

Not hooked to the ECU in any way or anything like that. 

 

Don't' know if you know how 'modern cars' are....

But in a modern car it would definitely be tied into the computer somehow,
like the computer would set a code for not 'seeing' the counter box, but
modern cars don't have speedo cables either. 

They don't even monitor miles, they monitor oxygen sensor and cat function,
and set the Check Engine Light accordingly. 

Scott

turbovans

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Peter Young
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 8:42 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Speedo Cable question

 

So, I have an 81' and I am doing an instrument panel swap so that I have a
Tachometer. I have the instructions for that from Old Volks Home, but what I
want to know about is the speedo cable. The one in the van now screws into
the back of the speedo, but the new cluster has a push-in type of connector.
I want to know if I should buy the long replacement cable that bypasses the
EGR box, or if I should just buy the 86-91 EGR to speedo upper cable. At
BusDepot.com it would be cheaper just to buy the bypass cable than to buy
the upper. What would happen if I bypassed the box? Bus Depot says it just
means that the EGR light won't come on at the scheduled intervals, nothing
else.

 

 

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