It probably wasn't seating right b/c the shop that pulled it also had a
little jar of "anti-tamper" paint which they used to cover up the evidence.
I have seen unmolested anti-tamper paint and it should be just a small dab
over a seam.  IF it is globbed on and certainly if it is in the seam, it is
probably cover up.

My 2cents.
mike

> 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
>
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