Date:         Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:32:29 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: speedo/odo off
Comments: To: Richard A Jones <jones@COLORADO.EDU>
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At 02:42 PM 9/28/2008, Richard A Jones wrote:
>The speedo in my '87 Syncro reads 4 mph too high
>over the whole range.  So could I not just re-position
>the needle to fix this?

Yes.

>  Suggestions on how to do this?

Carefully, those old needles are likely quite brittle.


>The odo reads about 5% high, too.  That is, 10 real
>miles gets 10.5 on the odo.  Why is that?  Isn't it
>geared correctly?

Exactly.

>   Could Palo Alto Speedo have changed
>this when they overhauled it a while back?

No, they couldn't (I think).  Certainly not without knowing about
it.  But they can probably sell you a correcting capsule to go in the
input cable that would fix it.  It would also change the rate on the
speedometer though, so your constant +4 would become -1 at full
scale.  Suggest talk to them.

David

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David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage," '85 GL "Poor Relation"