Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2016 22:25:42 -0300
Reply-To: Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA>
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From: Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA>
Subject: Re: Speedometer question
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Speedometer still works (a little bouncy in the 30 - 50K range). Provided I do not break the needle during surgery on the odometer, it should be fine.
> On 01-Jun-2016, at 22:21, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Don't forget the magnet set operating the speedometer needle.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Roy Nicholl
> Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2016 9:19 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Speedometer question
>
> Dennis:
>
> That makes complete sense, but it should only require the drive gear in the
> odometer to be a different size, the rest could be common components. Of
> course, it is most probable that the drive gear which has come free and/or
> failed.
>
>> On 01-Jun-2016, at 22:12, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> The biggest difference is the speed the cable operates at. On the
>> Vanagon the cable is driven directly off the tire so the cable is
>> turned at the speed of the tire. On all the front drive VW's and
>> vanagon Syncros the cable is driven off a gear set driven by the final
>> drive. Usually it is some great ratio greater than actual wheel speed.
>> On the Syncro is almost double. I don't recall the ratios for the
>> other VW. There is a number at the bottom of the speedometer face
> indicates the revolutions per mile or kilometer.
>>
>> Dennis
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
>> Behalf Of Roy Nicholl
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2016 3:08 PM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Speedometer question
>>
>> Last evening as I was hurrying the Hyena along (125kph) to a dinner
>> appointment (we were late) the odometer decided it was tired (at only
>> 218,799 kms) and it now sounds like theres a gear slipping internally.
> The
>> trip meter is still running fine. The three rightmost digits have
> recessed
>> back into the odometer body, so I suspect the shaft has slid out of
>> the gear.
>>
>> I dislike taking that brittle plastic apart, but it is time to fix the
>> odometer.
>>
>> In the event I get in there and it is more serious than just the shaft
>> sliding out of place, what are the differences between the Jetta/Golf MKI
> or
>> MKII odometer and the one from the T25? From the front, they look
>> identical. I have an old MkI speedometer/odometer and wanted to know
>> if I can raid it for parts (speedometer needle is broken or I would
>> try swapping it in).
>>
>> Roy
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