At 03:44 PM 9/28/2008, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: >I am under the impression that the speedometer can be calibrated, by an >adjustment, and that a normal part of speedometer rebuilding is to calibrate >it in the speedo shop You can calibrate the speedo rate by moving the drag-cup assembly relative to the magnet, assuming there's provision to do so. But the odometer rate is fixed by the internal gear ratio (and doesn't change over the life of the unit), so changing it means replacing gears. Maybe the shop could do that? It would at least need to know how much change to make. David -- David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage," '85 GL "Poor Relation" |
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