Maybe the ribbon cable on the instrument pod got moved around when the new
speedo cable was connected. Try reaching up under the dash and carefully
disconnecting and then reconnecting that cable.

-Mark

On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 8:26 PM Mike Miller <mwmiller6@att.net> wrote:

> Vannuts,
> 2021 seems to be a continuation of 2020, which, if you've been paying
> attention, was not the best year of all time.
> I was coming home with the van [87 syncro westfakia, TDI} after having the
> speedo cable replaced. Cable quiet...Hooray. Gas gauge quit...not hooray.
> Next day gauge worked fine.
>
> I understand that a bad tank sensor can do this. I don't want to
> contemplate that unless I have to. In which case it's not getting replaced.
> Pulling the engine, tranny, and tank to replace the sensor means $1000 + to
> replace a $100 +/- part.
> So is there anything else I can look for that would be intermittent?
> Mike, damn van tired of continuing repairs and not being able to go
> anywhere!
>