Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 13:54:30 -0700
Reply-To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Tire Size for 84 Westy
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Mine is excellent too, as measured against the 10 Mile tests on the
freeways.
I don't have any truck with those new-fangled electric maps..........
On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 9:58 AM, Tom Buese <tombuese@comcast.net> wrote:
> On May 19, 2008, at 5:39 PM, Mike Elliott wrote:
>
> You're right -- these 84 speedos are just silly.
>>
>> Mine reads 12% high (as confirmed with GPS and roadside radar sign
>> telling me my speed). I asked about this a couple years ago and
>> someone
>> suggested that I "bend" the pointer, which is nuts. I don't think
>> that's
>> what you meant when you wrote, "the Speedometer can be re-
>> calibrated by
>> removing the and resetting the needle."
>>
>> At 40 mph my speedo reads 45 mph. If the needle is "bent" (or
>> rotated on
>> its shaft, same thing) to read 5 mph lower then it will be accurate
>> when
>> I'm going 40, but only when I'm going 40. It will claim I'm going 0
>> mph
>> when I'm going 5 mph, and when I'm driving 70 mph it will read 65.
>>
>> Stupid speedometer.
>>
>
> My 84 speedo is right on, or I am a complete idiot which is a
> possibility.
>
> YMMV,
>
> Mr. BZ
>
>
>>
>> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
>> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
>> KG6RCR
>>
>> On 5/19/2008 1:35 PM Dennis Haynes wrote:
>>
>> Most '84s had speedometers that are down right silly. Your tire
>>> size is
>>> really the same as the original 185/82-R14 the van came with. The
>>> odometer
>>> is probably also off by 4-5%.
>>>
>>> The Speedometer can be re-calibrated by removing the and resetting
>>> the
>>> needle. A speedometer shop can also adjust the spring. The
>>> odometer is
>>> direct geard so just live with the error. VW and many Hondas have
>>> those
>>> over
>>> enthusiastic speedo's. A cheap GPS is also a good option to see
>>> how fast
>>> you
>>> are really going.
>>>
>>> Dennis
>>>
>>> From: Jamie Fitterer <fittdog8848@HOTMAIL.COM>
>>>> Reply-To: Jamie Fitterer <fittdog8848@HOTMAIL.COM>
>>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>>> Subject: Tire Size for 84 Westy
>>>> Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 17:31:12 +0000
>>>>
>>>> I am currently driving on LT 195 75 R14 tires. My speedometer is
>>>> off
>>>> by A
>>>> long shot. I am cruising along thinking I am doing around 70 and
>>>> really I
>>>> am traveling 50 MPH. ANy suggestions on a good size 14 inch to
>>>> run or
>>>> any
>>>> suggestions on how to adjust speedometer? I like the LT tires
>>>> because
>>>> they
>>>> last longer with the extra weight on them.
>>>>
>>>> Not sure deciding to go with LT tires was a mistake.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advacne for your replies. "Prohibition will work great
>>>> injury to
>>>> the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within
>>>> itself, for
>>>> it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a
>>>> man's
>>>> appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are
>>>> not
>>>> crimes. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon
>>>> which
>>>> our government was founded."
>>>>
>>>
>>>
--
Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
Crescent Beach, BC
www.crescentbeachguitar.com
http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
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