At 04:34 PM 10/14/97 PDT, IR Student wrote:
>Stephen,
>I had a similar noise coming form my speedo area.  At first I thought
>that it was the cable but I was wrong.  When I disconnected it from the
>speedometer unit it was silent.  I found that the speedo gauge was making
>the noise.  Not having the money to buy a new unit I went to work on
>pulling the old one apart to fix it.  I found the noise went away when I
>sprayed a little WD40 on the magnet that is rotated by the cable in the
>gauge unit.  As you look at the back of the gauge you'll see where the
>speedometer connects.  A little off-center from that you'll see another
>area were you might be able to spray some lube through.  I say "might"
>because I pulled the whole speedometer out of the console and then went
>to work on it.  You may have to do this also.  The only negative affect
>this had was now the needle on the gauge shakes a little bit at lower
>speeds.  Other than that it makes no noise and I who knows how much money
>I saved.  I'll pray for you on your adventure.
>
>Blake Heinlein   http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~bhein/
>'83.5 Westy  "Toaster"
>California State University, Chico
>Mechanical Engineering Student
>
I have the ALLDATA CD for the Vanagon, and there is a service advisory on
the speedo cable noise. Seems that they made a change to the speedo itself
at some point by adding a graphite impregnated ring (where the cable plugs
in?) Anyway the old speedos have a white ring and the corrected ones have a
grey one. There was also a change made in the cable itself at some point.
I have the CD at work so I can't look it up verbatum at this moment.