Re: Speedo cable chattering in cold (plus a couple added q's)

["Duffy Penski" <mpcd@mediaone.net>]

Wow, am I the only person that doesn't have this problem? My rocco works
100% in the cold. No problems with cold starts even though i'm using 15w-50
mobil 1, my speedo cable has never made a peep, although I did replace my
gauge cluster with the one from my 1987 Jetta GL (the speedo that came with
the rocco had the infamous bouncing needle, so i swapped it before I sold my
wreck). Hell, my idle doesn't even bounce or go below 925 in the cold. I
guess my restoration went better than expected eh?

Quick question though. I have disconnected my A/C clutch engagement wire for
the winter (as i always do) but when i use any of the climate functions
which would normally turn on the a/c (def, or any of the left 3), my
voltmeter still bobbs a bit lower...would this stop if i yanked the a/c
relay as well?

Also, if you've made it this far, when i switch between the heater contols,
the slider doesnt "click" into any of the functions, i just have to kinda
guess where they go. Is this "normal" or is there a quick fix. It gets
rather annoying.

Thanks,

Duffy Penski
mpcd@student.umass.edu
86 8v

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jan Folkson" <jfolkson@optonline.net>
To: "scirocco list" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2000 5:28 PM
Subject: FW: Speedo cable chattering in cold


> Hey All,
>
> Mine did the same thing from the day that I bought it (new).  Once the car
> warmed up the chatter stopped.  Just one of those quirks that makes these
> cars so loveable.
>
>  - Jan Folkson
>
>  '86 16V
>  '99 Passat 1.8T
>  '00 Beetle GLX 1.8T
>
>
> >> From: "Potterman" <virtualworld@earthlink.net>
> >> Organization: Virtual World Parts
> >> Reply-To: virtualworld@earthlink.net
> >> Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 11:49:50 +0800
> >> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> >> Subject: Re: Speedo cable chattering in cold
> >>
> >>
> >> Same thing happens to my MK1 in cold weather....Just smacking the
> >> top of the dash stops it & once I drive for a while it goes away...go
> >> figure?
> >>
> >> Potterman
> >>
> >>
> >>> This is happening on mine as well.
> >>> The speedo needle starts shaking a bit along with the noise doesnt
> >>> it? Only in very cold temps however, and its on and off.
> >>>
> >>> -ed
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, Tim Ebling wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Now that the temperatures are cold again, my speedo cable is once
again
> >>>> making its god-awful chattering noises at all speeds above 45 mph.  I
was
> >>>> wondering if this is a natural occurence in Sciroccos, just as
> >>>> teeth-chattering is in humans?  In any case, I really can't stand it
> >>>> anymore as it's so loud that it even drowns out the normally
> >>>> ear-shattering volume I keep my stereo set at.  Why does this happen?
> >>>> Does some kind of outer sleeve shrink due to the cold and rub against
the
> >>>> inner cable?
> >>>>
> >>>> If anybody knows how to solve this problem (new speedo cable???)
please
> >>>> let me know.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks!
> >>>>
> >>>> -tim
> >>>>
> >>>> ---------------------------
> >>>>
> >>>> "By the way, I would like to add that there is no cannibalism in the
> >>>> Royal Navy. And when I say none, I mean that there is a small
amount."
> >>>>
> >>>> -Monty Python
> >>>>
> >>>>
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> >>
> >>
> >> Mike Potter
> >> a.k.a. Potterman
> >> virtualworld@earthlink.net
> >> http://www.parts4vws.com
> >> (714)663-2434
> >>
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