Date:         Thu, 1 Nov 2007 11:07:19 -0700
Reply-To:     Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: odometer related questions
Comments: To: craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <d1ea9acf0711011015y1a4a5688p3394858b031b1aff@mail.gmail.com>
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I have had odometer problems also and have attempted a
fix once or twice.  The needle pulls straight off (DO
be careful, however).  I could not remove the contact
ribbon that connects the odometer to the rest of the
cluster so that limited the effectiveness of my work.

To add miles you might be able to rotate the
appropriate number drum when the odo is being worked
on, or you could rely on the old electric drill trick
to advance the miles.  I know that on my own odo after
one of my "fixes" it rolled over the 0 in my 0xxxxx to
a 7 and now it looks like I have 7xxxxx on the van.
Van looks great for that mileage!

Stephen

--- craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> With the topic of running out of gas being
> discussed, i would like to
> inquire about odometer fixes. I too seem to have a
> debateable fuel guage,
> and a non working odometer/trip counter. I also need
> to have more miles on
> the car than i had last year in order to pass PA
> inspection this year, quite
> a problem when the Odometer never worked. Luckily i
> have a spare
> odometer/speedometer face that works! However, i
> need to add at least 30K
> miles to my spare before i can put it in my bus and
> be legal. My question
> therefore is, is there a good way to ADD miles to an
> odometer? I've seen one
> guide online but i have had no luck with removing
> the speedometer needle and
> feel it will be destroyed if i attempt. Furthermore,
> how much work is it to
> switch out the speedometers? I would assume it's
> just the removal of the
> dash cluster and a simple replacement, but i'm not
> sure.
> What have you guys done to fix your odometers?
>
> Thanks again
> -Craig
> '85GL
>


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