Not an old wives tale, you just haven't broken yours yet. Mine busted while
I still had my thumb on the button, rolling out of the gas station, just as
advertised.
Pushing the button forces the gears backwards against the rotation that the
speedo connection puts on them- I saw that when I repaired mine. Next time
you have one in your hand check it and see. There's enough slop in there
that you'll get away with it for a while, but eventually something's got to
give.

Cya,
Robert

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Jake de Villiers
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 10:37 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Odo/Trip Counter

Old wives tale, that.  I've been pushing my reset button on the move for
~145,000 miles on the one van and  ~15,000 miles on the other and my
odometers are both still working.

Of course, now that I've said that publicly they'll both die next week!  =)

On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 6:09 PM, Geo & Kathleen Hahn <
ahwahnee@cybertrails.com> wrote:

> Perhaps worth mentioning as an ounce of prevention (unless this is an
urban
> legend) that one should never push the reset button whilst the van is
> moving.  Easy to do as you pull away from the pump and realize you didn't
> zero the trip odo... but I believe it can break the works.
>
> Doesn't break it every time (I can attest to that) but it's risky
behavior.
>
> Geo
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Tuovinen" <mst@AK.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 12:16 PM
> Subject: Re: Odo/Trip Counter
>
>
>
>> There is information in the archives and on various websites on how to
>> repair it yourself...
>>
>

--
Beverley Anne de Villiers   April 20, 1930 - July 4, 2009

Jake

1984 Vanagon GL
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