On Oct 29, 2009, at 11:27 AM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:

> Hi Don,
>
> I get a similar noise speedo on my 71 bay window. The needle bounced
> around like you are describing, also. Turned out to be that the speedo
> cable needed lubing. I don't recall if I replaced it or squirted
> some lube
> down it, but the solution was pretty easy.

The cable will bounce around like that if the cable has too tight of a
bend from the left front wheel to the speedo, & will break if left
that way.  Ask moi how I know?

YMMV,

Mr. BZ-cable #3 for the 65 westy coming up

>
> Can't help you with the no-snap-in thing.
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
> Bend, OR
> KG6RCR
>
>
>
> On 10/29/2009 9:19 AM Don Hanson wrote:
>
>> I recently replaced my speedo with one from Ebay with a working
>> Odo.  84
>> van..later model speedo now.  At first (for about 600 miles) it
>> worked
>> really great, smooth quiet accurate to 1-2%   even though I
>> couldn't get the
>> cable connection at the rear of the housing to "click-on" all the
>> way.  Has
>> a white plastic lever (on the cable fitting) that is supposed to
>> click over
>> a groove in the speedo and 'anchor' the cable in.. On the old
>> speedo you
>> needed to squeeze that lever to release a little hook so you could
>> pull out
>> that cable.
>>  The new one I installed, no matter how hard I push the cable and
>> it's
>> housing onto the instrument, it won't click on...but that didn't
>> seem to be
>> important to how the speedo and Odo worked until it got a bit cold
>> (27f)
>> recently..It began making the noise in the Subject line of this
>> post and the
>> needle of the speedo is now oscillating a little.  I've removed that
>> connection and put a little lube on the cable end and tried to re-
>> insert it
>> with a little help from some long-handled needle nose
>> pliers...still can't
>> get it to click on.  When I had the two speedos on the bench side by
>> side...I could detect no difference in the configuration of the
>> female (on
>> the speedo itself) half of the connections..
>>  So should I just 'push harder'...?  Get a bigger "Pliers"?  Is
>> there more
>> than one type of 'push-on' speedo cable or instrument?  Is there a
>> 'trick'
>> to getting the connection correct...?
>>  Anybody hints?
>>  Don Hanson
>>