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Date:         Tue, 8 Aug 2000 22:46:18 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
Subject:      Re: Can a whining speedometer be fixed?
Comments: To: David Marshall <vanagon@volkswagen.org>
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At 22:20 8/8/2000, David Marshall wrote: >This is the same problem mine is having... I haven't tried the graphite yet >- put a little lithium greese in there and it made things a little better...

You young'uns...I dunno <shakes head>. Lubing the speedo cable used to be a regular thing, back when I was a lad. Thin penetrating-oil type stuff, loaded with graphite. Worked, too.

david David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor Relation"


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