Yep, 8/84. That's a revelation, the Bentley is full of little nuggets. So much for German engineering. So I should be looking for a newer speedo? It's crap anyway, needle flips all over the place. Let's see, it's been awhile, but last time I checked 100 times 1/100 equals 1. Mine says 804 on the face, or 804 x 100 x 1/100 = 804 turns/mile. Simplified, that's 804 x 1. Idiots. And don't get me started on those useless wiring diagrams. Stuart -----Original Message----- From: David Beierl [mailto:dbeierl@gmail.com] On Behalf Of David Beierl Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 1:11 PM To: Stuart MacMillan Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Toasted my engine or transmission? At 03:26 PM 9/24/2012, Stuart MacMillan wrote: >in second as well? Oh wait, it's the speedo! I use my GPS for speed, >my speedo reads over 10% high, and so does yours. It must be a VW >false advertising trick since the odo is right on. My '84 did the same >thing. I'm going to guess that your (incomplete vehicle) production date was before December '84? See 90.30...customers must have screamed. Interesting wording in the note at the end of 90.30. Number printed on speedo is 100 times number of turns of the shaft in 1/100 mile...did someone quoting from VDO test procedures have a problem with abstraction? Yrs, d |
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