[urq] Re: Speedo cable lube?

[Browning David]

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On an additional note:

For the '85 and greater speedos where the odometer quits:  Rip out the O2
gear (on the hundreds digit.)  This was causing my problem with the little
worm gear backing out (which I tried fixing with a "stop" epoxied onto the
speedo case, then the metal gear on the other end started slipping!)  I
ripped out the O2 gear (on my car and my mom's 4ks) and the odometer's been
working ever since.  About 4000 miles so far on mine since I fixed it.

dB
'83 urq
'86 4ks

-----Original Message-----
From: Huw Powell [mailto:human747 at attbi.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 11:02 PM
To: DGraber460 at aol.com
Cc: quattro at audifans.com; urq at audifans.com
Subject: [urq] Re: Speedo cable lube?



> What should one use, or even should one use anything, to lube an Audi
speedo
> cable? I had my speedometer rebuilt, and it works fine, but the cable from
> the fire wall box to the gauge howls like a bad bearing when the weather
gets
> cold (which it _really_ is right now).

I've lubed mine with "whatever" I had handy - but never heard a peep
from them.  If yours is really rough, I'd pull it out and make sure it
spins smoothly.

I lost a couple of lower cables to a gummed up OXS timer box which
answers:

> BTW, what is that box at the firewall?

Every 30k it tries to get you to pay someone to press it's little white
button.

here's a bunch of words about them, and a photo of the one I took out of
my coupe:

http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi/oxstimer.htm

I got rid of it, and, strangely enough, managed to find a one piece
speedo cable that fit the threaded speedo (later one piece cables
usually have a twist lock type connection at the speedo).

--
Huw Powell

http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi/

http://www.humanthoughts.org/
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