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Speedometer Repair: VW Vanagon 1986 2WD Auto
Stuart · Thu, 22 Sep 2016 17:34:39 +0000 · Mailing-list archive
...http://www.odometergears.com/products/Volkswagen/Mechanical+Speedometer/19 Information on speedometer head repair: ref: VOLKSWAGEN VANAGON SPEEDOMETER REPAIR | | | | | | | | | | | VOLKSWAGEN VANAGON SPEEDOMETER REPAIR This...
Clicking speedometer fixed
Steve Macaulay · Mon, 18 Jan 1999 12:51:15 -0800 · Mailing-list archive
...My local VW dealer wanted over $300 parts (cable, speedometer head) and labor to stop the annoying and fairly loud clicking. After trying a...
Re: another speedometer cable question
Mike Collum · Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:48:52 -0400 · Mailing-list archive
First, one way to repair the mounts for the speedometer is to epoxy studs (screws with the heads cut off maybe) into the housing...
Re: Intermittent speedometer failure
James · Tue, 18 Aug 2015 08:17:18 -0400 · Mailing-list archive
...speedometer doesn't, then it is not the speedometer cable - the speedometer cable drives both of them! I'd look inside the speedometer head...
Re: speedometer cable
Stan Wilder · Sat, 24 Sep 2005 19:54:52 -0500 · Mailing-list archive
...Does your speedometer head take the threaded type or the push on type. Stan Wilder Engine Ceramics 214-352-4931 www.engineceramics.com ----- Original...
Re: Speedo calibration
Todd Last · Fri, 21 Aug 1998 00:45:21 -0700 · Mailing-list archive
FYI - TODD From Bentley manual page 90.30 (Spedometer Calibration) Speedometer Head As of May 1983 the existing regulations (FMVSS127) concerning vehicle speed regulations...
Re: Speedometer Noise
Mike Collum · Thu, 21 Oct 2004 21:28:50 -0400 · Mailing-list archive
...I got underway with the instrument cover off and reached down to the speedometer cable where it plugs into the speedometer head and repositioned...
Re: 3 Questions
David Beierl · Mon, 7 Dec 1998 05:38:44 EST · Mailing-list archive
...Poor grounds may weaken speedometer needle return spring by allowing battery current to flow through speedometer cable." IOW, you probably need to chase and...