That's "anti-tamper" paint. If it was still solid and unbroken, the
cluster had never been pulled. If broken, the cluster had been pulled. VW
has used it for years. My 1968 Squareback had it...

G. Matthew Bulley
Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
www.bulley-hewlett.com
Cary, NC USA
888.468.4880 tollfree

-----Original Message-----
From:   Mark Mages [SMTP:wasserbox@YAHOO.COM]
Sent:   Tuesday, April 27, 1999 11:14 PM
To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject:        Shoddy German Workmanship?

<<<SNIP>>>

Oh, and I inadvertently fixed my intermittant speedo
problems... seems some mysterious red paint was coated
around where the speedo clips in, and was preventing
it from seating tight all the time.

So the vanagon saga continues...

===
Mark

87 Westfalia Gl
84 Scirocco 8v

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