Date:         Fri, 19 May 2006 23:53:32 -0400
Reply-To:     Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
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From:         Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      Re: Speedometer Ok -Odometer and trip meter dead!?
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I've heard that warning, too ... but I've been resetting my odometer on
the '84 while moving ... since '91 and it hasn't failed yet.

I bought my '85 in 2002 and reset it every time I fill up with gas ...
sometimes after getting underway and it's still working, too.

Mike


John Bange wrote:
>>
>> dont press the ODO reset button while the vehicle is moving.. this is a
>> common no-no with all VAG products.   others may balk at this, but ive
>> had
>> it
>> happen a few times.
>
>
>
> I've heard this one before, but must admit I am at a loss to understand
> exactly what this theory is based on. As it happens I have a disassembled
> odometer right here (mine quit working this week, 20 miles after pressing
> the trip reset while STOPPED at the gas station). The only connection I see
> the trip reset button has to the main odometer is a small synchronizing
> pinion gear (three gears removed from the main shaft) on the spring loaded
> arm the button moves, and the first thing thing that happens when you press
> is that gear is pulled away. By spinning the main drive gear with one hand
> and operating the reset button with the other, I am completely unable to
> induce any sort of malfunction. I'm not saying that people's odometers
> don't
> go south after a "moving reset", I'm just saying I can't see how it would
> have any connection.
>