In a message dated 95-07-11 00:21:09 EDT, royjm@ucsub.colorado.edu writes:

>I have an 82 Vanagon and when I bought it the odometer didnt work but
>the 
>speedometer does. Does anyone have any suggestions before I rip the
>dash 
>apart??

I don't know how similar the Vanagon's odometer is to the Rabbit but the same
thing happened to my Rabbit at about 150,000 miles.  A plastic gear in the
speedometer housing cracked in half and started to slip on its axle.  I
wrapped some wire around both sides of the gear and tightened it until it
didn't slip.  I haven't had trouble with it since.  BTW the Rabbit now has
270,000.