In a message dated 10/20/98 11:24:42 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
dmc@CYBURBAN.COM writes:

<<
 My speedo 'jiggers' at around 40mph, ie. it wavers up and down, from say
 37 to 43 rapidly and makes a clicking sound.
 This goes away at lower and higher speeds.
 Is this just something lose at the back or something more serious. >>

I had the same problem with my 81 L.  I checked the cable, which was ok. After
about 2 or 3k miles, the speedometer died. I got one at a junkyard after
recovering from my FLD's price quote for a new one. Saved some serious bucks
*and* bought a nice hunk of false sense of security, looking down at the
replacement's odometer, which hadn't yet turned 60,000 miles. Alas, all the
other parts in the Vanagon were about 100,000 miles closer to the last
roundup...

Michael
87 GL (Vernon)