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Date:   Mon, 13 Jan 2014 15:00:08 -0800
Reply-To:   Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:   Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:   Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:   Re: Speedo needle sits still sometimes
Comments:   To: "SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
In-Reply-To:   <52D46C44.3000905@turbovans.com>
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For me, sending the speedo out if for no other reason than to get it to read more accurately (I have an '84 that reads stupidly high, by design*) would be worth it. Can't null that out by lubing nor, as someone is always happy to suggest, bending the pointer since the error is a fixed one + a percentage.

BTW, has anyone gotten Stuart's link to work? Neither <www.overseas-spedometer.com> [sic] nor <www.overseas-speedometer.com> connect up.

============= * See Bentley 90.30, mine is clearly the European calibration version of the 1984 vans, which reads high by 6.2 mph + 5%. When I'm going 50, the thing reads 59 mph. This determined by comparing speedo readings vs GPS readings. The odometer is always dead-on so it's not a tire size issue.

-- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, Bend, Ore.

On 01/13/2014 02:44 PM, SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss ) wrote: > Did anyone ever THINK of taking the speedo out and lubing something say ? > that's the first thing I'd do. > > I fix So Many vanagon issues JUST with cleaning, inspecting, lubing , > adjusting .. > like as many at 60 to 70 % of all the vanagon issuse I address, and fix, > ... > it's not 'a new part' ..it's not rebuilding something....it's just > inspecting, cleaning, resetting, adjusting etc. etc. > > why would someone start pricing rebuilds when they haven't even LOOKED > at the thing ????? > > > On 1/13/2014 10:04 AM, Stuart MacMillan wrote: >> This is due to "global gravity change," an increase in gravity here >> since the '80s holding down the needle. >> >> My guess anyway, and it's effecting my weight too! >> >> I have the same problem and I'm going to break the instrument cover >> banging on it if I don't get it fixed. This is the real fix: >> www.overseas-spedometer.com. About $85 plus shipping, and I'll get >> the 10% over speed error adjusted too. >> >> Stuart >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On >> Behalf Of dhanson928@gmail.com >> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2014 7:33 AM >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >> Subject: Speedo needle sits still sometimes >> >> >> I've got an 84 Vanagon with a fairly recent Speedo cable. I've had >> the Speedo needle not move till I knock the face of the pod a few >> times, more frequently lately. Is there a known fix for this "loose >> needle" syndrome? >> Sent from my HTC smartphone on the Now Network from Sprint! >>


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