Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 13:30:43 -0700
Reply-To: Leon <korkwood@WSHOST.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Leon <korkwood@WSHOST.NET>
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Chris,
While you were sleeping your Vanagon decided... it's space shuttle
replacement!
It went to Space Station and back overnight hence the mileage
Check for tiles that may have fallen off...
Leon
85 Subwagen Westy
On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 14:40:35 EDT, Chris Wright <ChrisW8502@AOL.COM> wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> I have a real mystery involving my 1987 Vanagon Syncro's odometer going
> from
> 100,000 some odd miles to 200,000 some odd miles in less then 24 hours. I
> sat
> there and watched as the far left numeral "1" slowly turned to "2" as I
> drove.
> Before I knew it my Syncro had exactly 100,000 miles more than it had the
> day
> before?!? Very strange... This happened a few years ago and during that
> time
> while getting it serviced at a VW shop I explained the problem and the VW
> tech
> said he could fix it for $300 and me leaving it there for the day.
> However as
> the tradition with my past 4 years I was too busy to deal... Now however
> I
> have a buddy who works for a local private VW shop who is helping me iron
> out
> all the problems my Syncro is having while we are both taking a few days
> off
> from work, but then we both have to go back to work and I work states
> away from
> him... So if it doesn't get done now it might never get done (I have
> until
> around the middle of next week).... We took the instrument cluster out
> and took a
> look at the odometer. There doesn't seem to be ANYTHING wrong with it.
> All
> the gears seem totally intact, all the "groves" seem intact, no scratch
> marks or
> cracks, and the odometer itself works fine (no symptoms of the odometer
> freeze caused by setting the tripometer while the car is moving...). We
> were both
> shocked as we were expecting to see something clearly wrong, especially
> since
> the VW tech a couple of years back had made it seem like this was a
> common
> problem that can be solved through VW "easily" ( well easily for $300...)
> . This is
> something that I really want to fix and I don't have the cash to take it
> to a
> VW shop. Right now I have a fairly knowledgeable VW mechanic/friend who
> can
> help me with this but we really need the help of the more experienced on
> the
> Vanagon list. Any and all efforts would be most appreciated!
>
> Thank you for reading this.
> Chris
> 1987 Vanagon Syncro 132,000 / 232,000.....
>
> PS: This list is invaluable to Vanagon owners. Thank you all so much!!! I
> haven't participated for years simply because I am not that knowledgeable
> with
> cars but I listen well and have been very grateful for the time each
> person has
> put into this list allowing myself and others to search the archives
> whenever
> a question comes up (of which I have found no answers to this problem
> with my
> odometer hence my current posting...)
>
>
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