Re: odometer problem

[Etop Udoh <s_druid@bellsouth.net>]

Paul Maione wrote:

> My car does the same thing and it pisses me off! I
> have absolutly no idea on what to do about it!
> Help us both!
>
> > Hey guys, I'm new to the list although I've owned scirocco's way
> back since
> > my first '75.  Recently the odometer on my 86 16V has started acting
> > strange.  When the car is cold the odometer works fine, but as the
> car heats
> > up it stops.  The spedo works fine always.  The dealer said that the
> whole
> > gauge set (spedo, odometer, etc.) needed to be replaced, but based
> on past
> > experience, the VDO 160mph gauge set will probably be very
> expensive.  Any
> > help would be appreciated.
> >

I have replaced both the speedo's in my '82 Rocco, and my newly acquired '88
Jetta GL....
 I just went to a junk yard and got one for $10 to $20....
had to yank the entire cluster out to do the transplants, and along the way
I fixed a few other
things that were defective.....
 Some places even sold me the entire instrument panel cluster for that price
so go figure....

 The only thing I had to be careful about was that the "Jetta" had the
little connect thing that the
cruise control device uses so I had to remember to hook that up....

 A used parts store wanted anyway from $50  to $85  just for the speedo
head....
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