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>>Only thing unique is that the speedo went too -- usually just the odo dies.
>>My experience -- and other posts -- indicate that only VDO speedo repair
>>places can get the parts, so it doesn't matter how easy or hard it is.

I saw lots of VW wabbit, jedda, golf, bug and old vans in you pick kind
of junkyards. There may be a chance these cars share some exactly same gears
inside their odometers. In you pick junkyards if you take a odometer
in bad shape (just the look, all gears are in good shape), it will probably
cost you less than $10.