Ben, I screwed around with my odometer for quite a while trying to get a fix. Never was happy with it. Also tryied the used speedo bit. That also was a pee-poor solution. Who knows how it had been abused. Finally I took a Sacred Oath..... "I will never again punch my odometer button again while the van is moving!!!!"......and I bought a brand new one!! I have been happy ever since. It's the way to go. As for the plastic that keeps breaking......I had lots of problems with that. My solution was to buy some plumbers epoxy and build up the places where the breakage had occured, then took a rasp and file, and cut it back to some sembalance ot the original and then drilled what holes I needed to. Worked, and beat the price of buying new. Good luck. John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Benjamin Edward Beasley wrote: >I'm still looking for a working guage cluster containing speedometer >and odometer for an '87 Vanagon GL. My odometer dosen't work and the >oil pressure warning relay has failed (also contained within the guts >of the speedo/odo). Ideally, I would like the entire gauge cluster, >since the screw holes have broken on mine where the cluster is secured >to the dash and the thing rattles quite a bit. If you've got a working >guage I would love to buy it off of you. > >Thanks, > >Ben > > > |
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