Re: all sorts of probs

[Brett Van Sprewenburg <brett@netacc.net>]

>I heard of the problems related to the speedo. my odometer stopped 
>working. so i start dismantling everything and take it apart. and 
>found out that the red gear is busted. The only thing i could do was 
>try expoxying it. So i expoxied it and put everything  back in. i 
>made sure the shaft was still moving. making sure the epoxy didn't 
>glue the shaft from turning. now my odometer still doesn't work, and 
>my speedometer is way off. it looks like i'm doing about 60, but my 
>speedo says 75 or so...

I would shop around for a replacement speedo (cluster).   Which unit and
manufacturer do you have? (120, 140, VDO / Motometer, etc)  There's a
small speedo needle calibration / needle rest mark down on the face.  Did
you use it to realign the needle when you reassembled the unit?  There's
some info on how to do this on my gauge faces page at
http://www.freeyellow.com/members2/da-studios

>
>The oil sender unit is weird. the light is fine in the morning but 
>once it's warmed up, it'll start flashing in idle. when i step on 
>the clutch a little, the light would go away. this is a brand new 
>sender unit from bow wow. and they said that they won't take returns 
>on open units. hrmm...
>
>anybody have any ideas or suggestions?

My knee-jerk advice reaction would be to suggest a switch to 20w/50 and
see what happens.  This should boost your oil pressure to a tolerable
level.

>Thanks
>Wing


==Brett

 \/  '84 Scirocco (ITB racer 2B) | "Hot VW's, take two home. They're small"
\/\/ '88 Scirocco 16v (Show), '85 Scirocco (Winter) | - brett@netacc.net

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