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Date:         Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:09:41 -0500
Reply-To:     Doug Alcock <doug.alcock@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Doug Alcock <doug.alcock@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: '84 speedometer failure
Comments: To: Matthew Snook <matt@snooksband.com>
In-Reply-To:  <00de01c8288e$717f14c0$ab01a8c0@Bohemian>
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Me too --- My speedo also reads way high --- and I just had my speedo cable replaced. The speedo reads 160 kph when my GPS tells me 100 kph --- and yes that's kilometeres folks.

Cheers, Doug

On 11/16/07, Matthew Snook <matt@snooksband.com> wrote: > > Thanks for the responses, folks. But now I have to admit that I can't > even > report my own dilemma properly. I don't know what I was thinking. > > The speedometer part _does_ work, but not correctly. It reports that I'm > doing eighty when the speed is really about 57 mph. The odometer, > however, > is stuck @ 243,483 miles - and the trip meter doesn't move, either. > > That's the straight scoop, I've got it right this time. Sorry for the > brain-lapse. I'll bet that changes the diagnosis... > > Matt > > On Nov 14, 2007, at 6:51 PM, Matthew Snook wrote: > > > My '84 speedometer doesn't turn at all or register a speed. What > > is the > > most common failure? Is it likely to be the speedo, the cable, or > > some > > connection? > > > > Thanks, > > Matt >

-- http://www.dougalcock.com


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