My km/h speedometer has "1000" on the bottom.

I find that with the slightly larger tires the speedometer reads correctly,
but the odometer is out by about 5%!

On Rabbits and Golfs there are three or four different coloured plastic
parts that go on the end of the speedometer cable.  One colour is for 3.67
final drive, one is for 3.94 final drive etc etc...

At 10:05 8/12/98 -0700, Malcolm Holser wrote:
>The speedometers are only "calibrated" in a loose sense.  As others have
>said, the
>number on the speedo face is the number of turns of the cable to register 1
>unit
>on the _odometer_.  Interestingly, VDO uses only two different parts for
>metric
>and mile speedometers -- the odometer drive gears, with either ten or sixteen
>teeth.  Close enough, I guess.  The Syncro speedos have two different parts
>too,
>making a total of four speedos.  There are other numbers on the speedo faces
>as well -- like "805", "810", "800", but I suspect that they are all really
>"800"s.
>
>If you want to really be accurate, VDO sells a $100 electronic speedometer
>that
>reads pulses off the speed sensor (Vanagons don't have one, but VDO sells a
>$40
>sender too).  You push a button, drive one "unit" and push it again.  If you
>change tire sizes, or move to Canada, you simply recalibrate it.
>
>Malcolm
>
>

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