Stopped Odometer

[Max Hoepli]

For 1986 type 44 quattro, turbo
The speedometer housing was changed out for a speedometer that functions.
This morning the tachometer did not function, at 12:30 tachometer started
working again. Can't figure this.

Any ideas?

Max

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "SpotatAshleys" <spotatashleys at hotmail.com>
To: "Max Hoepli" <mhoepli at vif.com>; <:urq at audifans.com>
Sent: 15, May 2007 13:43
Subject: Re: [urq] Stopped Odometer


> It probably means your're not going fast enough. Cure it by pressing down
> hard with your right foot until you start to hear pace notes being read by
> your imaginary co-driver, you slot in to the groove with arms full of
> opposite lock, using a snow bank to keep you on the racing line as you
> hurtle through the forest, and cross the line having posted fastest time
on
> the stage. Wonderful.... you can be Hannu Mikkola!
>
> Anyway - back to the speedo - probably just sticking inside against the
> outer cable. Take it off (both ends) hang it vertically and allow
> penetrating oil to run down inside over night - and as it says in all good
> manuals : replacement is the reverse of removal!  (except it usually takes
> twice as long). Good rule of thumb - Two beers to remove and four to
refit.
> All the best
>
> Keith
>
> '87 WR
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Max Hoepli" <mhoepli at vif.com>
> To: "Ben Swann" <benswann at comcast.net>
> Cc: <urq at audifans.com>; <quattro at audifans.com>;
> <w-t_audifans at yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 2:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [urq] Stopped Odometer
>
>
> > If the car is driving at 60 km/hour and the speedo needle is bouncing
> freely between 60 km and 20km. What does this mean?
> >
> >
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> >   From: Ben Swann
> >   To: mhoepli at vif.com
> >   Cc: quattro at audifans.com ; urq at audifans.com ; 'Ben Swann'
> >   Sent: 10, May 2007 08:54
> >   Subject: [urq] Stopped Odometer
> >
> >
> >   Totally coincidence - you will find the problem inside the speedo unit
> which will require you to pull the Instrument cluster.   Likely the
> secondary (odometer) drive gear is split.  You need to replace this gear
or
> the entire speedometer.
> >
> >
> >
> >   Speedo operation has nothing to do with the brakes.  The only thing
that
> could have been affected is the ABS operation or the brake pad wear
> indicator sensor that reports to the autocheck system.
> >
> >
> >
> >   Ben
> >
> >
> >
> >   http://www.gtquattro.com
> >
> >
> >
> >   [Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 20:31:25 -0400
> >
> >   From: "Max Hoepli" <mhoepli at vif.com>
> >
> >   Subject: [urq] Stopped Odometer
> >
> >   To: "Urq List" <urq at audifans.com>
> >
> >   Message-ID: <011a01c7929a$8fb26300$f841efd8 at max>
> >
> >   Content-Type: text/plain;     charset="Windows-1252"
> >
> >
> >
> >   Hi all,
> >
> >
> >
> >   Have a 1986 Audi Turbo Quattro 5000, built February 1986. The front
> brake pads and vented rotors were changed out, the sensor cable cut off
from
> the pads. Sensor connection on car no longer available. Odometer was
working
> before work was done to change brakes. Speedometer, tachometer function,
the
> ododmeter does not work. Electrical sender to the speedometer unit.
> >
> >   Any answers?
> >
> >
> >
> >   Could be co-incidence that odometer no longer works after brake work.
> Told by mechanic that there were different diameters of rotors for the
same
> year, earlier years did not have vented rotors, Quattros had different
> rotors than non-Quattros. 11" diameter rotors.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >   Max]
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