Date:         Mon, 21 Nov 94 12:35:32 PST
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From:         agibb@darwin.bio.uci.edu (Alice C. Gibb)
Subject:      RE: '81 Westfalia odometer

>specifically re: sticking odometer.  If the speedometer is going ok, it is
>not likely that the speedo drive is disconnected.  You will probably find
>a little white gear in the odo drive is broken or loose on its shaft.  Espec-
>ially in the loose on its shaft case, you may have luck fixing it.  Get some
>coarse sandpaper and scrape the shaft to make scratches along it (not around
>it).  Put a pinpoint of superglue on the shaft and reassemble.  You may also
>want to consider leaving a piece out so the odo drive only turns the full odo,
>not the trip.
>
>Noone I've talked to has had much luck in buying the little gear alone.
>B.
>PS for non-mind-readers: all above assumes that you have taken the instrument
>pod out, taken the speedometer of it, and disassembled the speedometer on the
>kitchen table.  Make notes as you go unless this is your >3rd time doing it.

The speedometer does seem fine.  I think we will take your advice and try
to fix the thing ourselves.  If we can't do it we will try and scrounge a
new odometer from salvage and stick that one in there.  Hey! we can reduce
the milage on our vehicle overnight!

Thanks a lot for the advice!

Alice C. Gibb
Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Univ. of California, Irvine

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