Date:         Thu, 2 Dec 2004 13:51:52 -0600
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: Odometer starts and stops
Comments: To: "Matthew C. Huntley" <matthew.huntley@STRATHBOGIE.NET>
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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
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>Any opinions stated here are my own, otherwise someone else would have
>said them.
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