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Subject:Re: Intermittent speedometer failure
From:Dake Collins
Date:Tue, 18 Aug 2015 17:51:37 -0300

Eric,
Yesterday my ’86 Westy exhibited the same odd symptom for a short time. Driving along I looked at the speedometer , it registered 0 mph and a few minutes later it was working just fine. If you come up with an answer - please let me know.
Dake ‘Ian'
> On Aug 17, 2015, at 11:19 PM, Eric Caron <ecaron1@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
>        I’d love some tips concerning a new strange problem with my speedometer.  this troubling behavior just started on our recent weekend trip.
> 
> During the trip the speedometer needle indicating speed which sometimes not move.  the other indicators like miles on the trip counter and mileage would keep working.  then for no apparent reason the needle would start to work again and according to my GPS it was correct.  Every now and then it would just stop working, often after the van had been at a stop.
> 
> Can anyone tell me what might be going wrong and if there is something I can do to make the speedometer healthy again.
> 
> 
> Eric Caron 
> 85 GL auto Westfalia