Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:26:04 -0400
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From: Tom Stone <tstone8359@AOL.COM>
Subject: Re: Odometer/Speedometer OoC
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I just installed a new gear in my '82 Pickup's odometer that I ordered from?odometergear.com.? So far, so good.? Not cheap, but it works.? Running without an odo and a fuel gauge is taking on more risk than my wife is willing to take.? I would guess they have one to fit a Vanagon as well.? Anyone have a fuel gauge sender for a VW pickup?
Tom
Illinois
-----Original Message-----
From: The Westy man <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 9:58 am
Subject: Re: [VANAGON] Odometer/Speedometer OoC
Larry, I think too. Resetting while driving or standing can be the same?
hard. I just don't press it harder than one should. If it does not reset?
easy, I leave it and try later. If I knew why it is hard, I would either?
fix it or just be happy knowing.?
Zoltan?
----- Original Message -----?
From: "Larry Alofs" <lalofs@GMAIL.COM>?
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>?
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 4:51 AM?
Subject: Re: Odometer/Speedometer OoC?
?
>I don't resent mine ever, but the thing about resetting is a myth. :-)?
>?
> Larry A.?
>?
>?
> On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 4:59 AM, John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote:?
>?
>> Buried in the archives somewhere are the names and websites of some?
>> companies who repair these things. I fought mine for quite a while, then?
>> bit the bullet and bought a new one from Camelback VW in Phoenix. Best?
>> move I could have made. Of course I resolved NEVER to resent the thing?
>> while the van is in motion.?
>>?
>> John Rodgers?
>> 88 GL Driver?
>>?
>>?
>> Neil2 wrote:?
>>?
>>> Hey volks,?
>>>?
>>> A couple of weeks back the odometer failed. I've read in the archives?
>>> that?
>>> resetting the trip meter while in motion can cause odometer failure.?
>>> Anyone?
>>> know which models are affected and which are not??
>>>?
>>> Now for the feature presentation . . .?
>>>?
>>> A post in the archives contains a clue I've been looking for to resolve?
>>> one?
>>> of three new problems (odometer, speedometer, trip meter): "Then there's?
>>> the?
>>> matter of getting the speedometer needle back in the right?
>>> position......"?
>>>?
>>> My odometer and trip meter weren't working and speedo was working when I?
>>> purchased the van. I removed the assy from the housing and reinstalled?
>>> it?
>>> and suddenly it was working. Months later (summertime) while in warmer?
>>> climates it stopped again. I opened her up and found the black gear?
>>> that?
>>> sits on the outer edge of the shaft and meshes with a worm gear, was?
>>> rattling around inside the case. I didn't know it's tendency to crack?
>>> or?
>>> slip in warmer months so didn't inspect it before reinstalling. I guess?
>>> it's the gear to which most of the archive posts refer. While monkeying?
>>> with it I managed to break the speedo needle, the cable mounting clip?
>>> and?
>>> one of the housing corners. To make matters worse, the trip?
>>> meter/odometer/speedo still don't work AND the needle sits at 60 mph!?
>>>?
>>> Anyone have an idea how one goes about getting the speedo needle back in?
>>> the?
>>> correct position??
>>>?
>>>?
>>> --?
>>> Neil2?
>>> '82 Diesel Westy (Duckie)?
>>>?
>>>?
>>>?
>>>?
>?
>?
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