Speedometer still works (a little bouncy in the 30 - 50K range).   Provided I do not break the needle during surgery on the odometer, it should be fine.

> On 01-Jun-2016, at 22:21, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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