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Subject:Re: Intermittent speedometer failure
From:Larry Alofs
Date:Tue, 18 Aug 2015 17:33:54 -0400

But did your odometer continue to work??

On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 4:51 PM, Dake Collins <wuwe423@yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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
>