Date:         Wed, 28 May 2003 11:40:03 -0400
Reply-To:     Edmund Shotwell <edshotwell@NSDSL.COM>
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From:         Edmund Shotwell <edshotwell@NSDSL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Speedometer Part
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I got a Instrument cluster from a Jetta at a junk yard and dissected it.  I
found that the main odometer wheels do not have  a nut that holds them in,
only the pressure from the other end of the rod.  I do now have a second
little brass nut that goes on the tripometer rod.

Also I have the indicator lights if anybody needs them, including the blue
highbeam light and cover.

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Edmund Shotwell
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 4:43 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Speedometer Part


I have a 86 GL with an odometer problem.  When I got the van the odometer
did not work at all and I noticed that the numbers seemed to be falling back
into the face a little.  I took it apart and the dial of numbers for the
miles had in fact slipped out of a little hole in the side of the unit.  I
was able to slide them back in place and the odometer worked fine for 3
weeks. Then it slipped back out.  So I took it apart a second time and this
time I noticed a small brass nut on the tripometer dial that was not on the
odometer dials.  I have not been able to find any vanagons in my local
junkyards and was wondering if anyone knew a substitute donor for the little
brass piece.
Thanks in advance.  Ed Shotwell