

| Subject: | RE: '81 Westfalia odometer |
| Date: | Mon, 21 Nov 94 12:35:32 PST |
>specifically re: sticking odometer. If the speedometer is going ok, it is
>not likely that the speedo drive is disconnected. You will probably find
>a little white gear in the odo drive is broken or loose on its shaft. Espec-
>ially in the loose on its shaft case, you may have luck fixing it. Get some
>coarse sandpaper and scrape the shaft to make scratches along it (not around
>it). Put a pinpoint of superglue on the shaft and reassemble. You may also
>want to consider leaving a piece out so the odo drive only turns the full odo,
>not the trip.
>
>Noone I've talked to has had much luck in buying the little gear alone.
>B.
>PS for non-mind-readers: all above assumes that you have taken the instrument
>pod out, taken the speedometer of it, and disassembled the speedometer on the
>kitchen table. Make notes as you go unless this is your >3rd time doing it.
The speedometer does seem fine. I think we will take your advice and try
to fix the thing ourselves. If we can't do it we will try and scrounge a
new odometer from salvage and stick that one in there. Hey! we can reduce
the milage on our vehicle overnight!
Thanks a lot for the advice!
Alice C. Gibb
Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Univ. of California, Irvine
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