Re: Extra interesting junk yard find.

[John Erk <johnny.erk@sympatico.ca>]

Why do you assume it's US spec and why didn't you grab that Thule rack(just
change the clamps to fit the scirocco) ? They're $$$ retail.
John
Nate Mellom wrote:

> Seeing as how I didn't work yesterday, and the house was being shown to
> prospective sellers, I spent the afternoon in the local junkyard.  No
> 'roccos, but a decent array of other VW's.  I got the cool door-open
> relay thats in newer VWs (you know, the really annoying 3 tone one), and
> some gauges out of a 4000, and while I was in the area, I just decided
> to look for cool stuff.  And boy did I find something cool!!  There was
> a green mid-late 90's Golf 4 door with a Thule roof rack on top, so I
> thought I'd take a gander inside.  Nothing to exceptional, except the
> instrument cluster.  I saw really big numbers on the speedo (260 max, to
> be exact), and I had to say to myself 'Huh!' and do a double take.  The
> speedo is in km/h!!  No mp/h at all, it's all kp/h.  The odo has 202,760
> km on it.  Is this normal?  It looks completely stock, but how could a
> metric cluster end up in a US-spec (I assume) Golf? It has MFA, but I
> didn't get the goodies, I didn't have time to track them down.  I did
> pull the cluster, though, just for shits and giggles.  Maybe someday
> I'll get the gumption and get all the proper sensors and stuff and put
> the thing in my car.
> Thought ya all should know!
> Nate
> '84 8v (soon to be ALL metric????)
>
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