Stop fretting with this thing and get a new one. I jumped through all kinds of hoops with mine. Did a coulple of fixes inside. Dinally gave up. Bought a new one. I've been real happy ever since. The one thing that causes the odometer to fail is a drive wheel that begines to slip on the shaft. This is cause by resetting the Odometer to zero while the vehicle is in motion. A real weakness, and the cause of failures in untold numbers of Vanagons. Avoid that and a new one will last a long time. I got mine from Camelback VW in Tucson. If you live out of state they will give you a break on price, especially if you tell them you belong to this list and got your referral to them from the list. Parts Dept. is 800-279-8149 Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Matthew C. Huntley wrote: >My speedometer works fine, but my odometer does not. Sometimes it works a >little, but not for very long. I took a loot inside, and foudn the gear >the engages the worm gear has been drilled and a wire threaded through to >keep it on the shaft. I am not sure that this is the way that it is >designed... >Does anyone have any ideas? I would love to get it working, and right now >the speedo show says $100 - $120. > >Thanks, >Matt > > >-- >Any opinions stated here are my own, otherwise someone else would have >said them. > > > > |
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