Don't forget the magnet set operating the speedometer needle.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Roy Nicholl
Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2016 9:19 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Speedometer question

Dennis:

That makes complete sense, but it should only require the drive gear in the
odometer to be a different size, the rest could be common components.   Of
course, it is most probable that the drive gear which has come free and/or
failed.

> On 01-Jun-2016, at 22:12, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> The biggest difference is the speed the cable operates at. On the
> Vanagon the cable is driven directly off the tire so the cable is
> turned at the speed of the tire. On all the front drive VW's and
> vanagon Syncros the cable is driven off a gear set driven by the final
> drive. Usually it is some great ratio greater than actual wheel speed.
> On the Syncro is almost double. I don't recall the ratios for the
> other VW. There is a number at the bottom of the speedometer face
indicates the revolutions per mile or kilometer.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> Behalf Of Roy Nicholl
> Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2016 3:08 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Speedometer question
>
> Last evening as I was hurrying the Hyena along (125kph) to a dinner
> appointment (we were late) the odometer decided it was tired (at only
> 218,799 kms) and it now sounds like theres a gear slipping internally.
The
> trip meter is still running fine.   The three rightmost digits have
recessed
> back into the odometer body, so I suspect the shaft has slid out of
> the gear.
>
> I dislike taking that brittle plastic apart, but it is time to fix the
> odometer.
>
> In the event I get in there and it is more serious than just the shaft
> sliding out of place, what are the differences between the Jetta/Golf MKI
or
> MKII odometer and the one from the T25?    From the front, they look
> identical.  I have an old MkI speedometer/odometer and wanted to know
> if I can raid it for parts (speedometer needle is broken or I would
> try swapping it in).
>
> Roy