There is a root to the evil of the speedo that works, and an odometer that
does not. CEASE resetting your trip odo while the vehicle is in motion.
Again: NEVER press the trip reset when the vehicle is moving. Pushing the
reset causes the gears in the odo to de-mesh for a moment, but the worm
gear (which drives the odometer) is still spinning. Something has to give
way, and the little gear you speak of is the 'something' that gives.

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

At 11:36 PM 11/26/99 -0500, Aaron Waxman wrote:
>Hi all,
>    Sorry Kate, your question made me remember a question of my own, so
>unfortunately I don't have the answer.  (=
>    Anyways, on my '80 westy the speedo works, but the odometer doesn't.
>The speedo works without a twitch, so I'm guessing that the odometer is
>mechanically broken and irreparable.  Is there anyway to find out if the
>odometer works?
>    Just to add a twist, in my glove box (where I found it when I bought
>Sunshine) is the original speedo and odometer.  I don't know if the speedo
>on the original went (that's why I think it was replaced).  Is there any
way
>to test the original to see if the speedo and odometer both work?
 (without
>installing it)
>    Basically I'm trying to get a working speedo and odometer at the same
>time as I like to know how fast I'm going and because I'm swapping engines
>right now and I'll need to know my mileage especially in the first
thousand
>miles. Thanks all.
>
>Peace, Love, and a Plethora of Good Grooves,
>Aaron (=
>
>P.S.  Not all of us are in our 50's....I'm 20 (=
>
>P.P.S.  Someone want to go to the package store for me?
>