Date:         Sun, 4 Apr 2004 21:28:54 -0700
Reply-To:     "Bill H." <starfinder88@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         "Bill H." <starfinder88@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Speedo spare parts source?
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When I was having trouble with my tripometer, I took out the little gear
between the odometer and the trip. Later the odometer gave me trouble and
found a local shop that repaired speedometers and it turned out it only
needed cleaned and re-lubed ($50 or 60). The guy noticed that the little gear
was gone and reinstalled one and when I asked him where he found a
replacement, he said it's just a standard VDO (if I have that right)
instrument. I still had the little gear so I gave it to him to replace the
one he used but it sounds like any speedometer shop could help you.

Bill H.
Pittsburgh

--- Tom Young <tomyoung1@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
> Hi all:
>
> For some reason I thought that someone, on one or the other of the lists,
> had found a source for the small plastic gear that drives the odometer and
> tripometer in our Vanagon speedometers.  You know the one, the one that
> eventually splits, stopping the odometer and tripometer from functioning.
> I've mined the archives without success.
>
> Having tried all the usual "fixes" for this problem with no lasting results
> I need to find a new gear and start over.  *Is* there a source for this
> particular gear out there?
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> Tom Young                       '81 Vanagon
> Lafayette, CA 94549         '82 Westfalia
> ---------------------------------------------------------------


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