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and I can assure you there is no difference in how the
two pointers are removed, since I swapped one in from
an '89 after I screwed up the speedo in my '85, and
ended up disassembling the '89 one to "roll the
mileage up" to match my old odometer (is it a crime to
increase the mileage?, I wonder). The speedo from the
'89 was out of a gas jetta, BTW. Its identical, except
that the dynamic low oil pressure warning circuit
board has to be swapped out from your old diesel
speedo when the gas one is put into your diesel
cluster.

1. Gently lift up on the END of the pointer and move
it over and to the left of its stop peg.

2.  Mark w/ a pencile on the dial face where the
pointer rests while the speedometer is level (face
horizontal w/ table). This is to set the needle
correctly when putting back together.

Gently pull directly "UP" while grasping the pointer
w/ thumb and first two fingers (its brittle, I broke
the first one)

Re-assembly is opposite of removal.

Then the return spring has to come off the needle
(pointer) shaft. I think I used needle nose pliers to
slip it off w/ out bending.

About that gear: Slip it off its steel shaft and knurl
the shaft by bitting it a few times w/ cross cutters
where the gear fits. Slip the gear back on. I think I
had to remove ALL the numbered gear wheels to get to
it, but you'll get the hang of it. That may be the
only fix you need! Othertimes the gear splits, and you
now have a spare odometer to get parts from.

Hope this helps.

--Nate
--- Jeff Rakus <turbobrick at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi ,
> I need some one to tell me how to get the speedo
> pointer off my '89 speedo on my A2 Jetta. I have
> been using a speedo from a '86 that I had to fix the
> odo on. On the Odo's I have the silver gear slips on
> the right end of the main odo shaft. This in turn
> causes the both the trip odo and main odo not to
> work. The pointer on the '86 came right off and I
> don't want to damage the odo /speedo on the '89
> since the speedo is accurate. The speedo from the
> '86 I'm using seems to be ten or so fast.
>
> I also agree with Harmon about loud bikes. If I
> drove around w/o a muffler I'd be ticketed in a
> second. We have a noise ordinance for loud music if
> it can be heard from 75 feet or further away. The
> sad thing thing is that if a Harley can be heard
> from a 1/4 mile away nothing is done. The police
> here say that the noise ordinance only applies to
> music from cars. I have a neighbor that comes home
> at 2 am on a Harley w/o a muffler and leaves again
> at 6:50 am. Believe me after a hard day at work the
> last thing you want is to be woken out of a sound
> sleep by a blasting bike. It's just that like the
> helmet law issue, the bike folks have  a good lobby
> and vote against things effecting them. We as
> Dieselers should take a cue from that and stick up
> for ourselves ~~ voting and making our voices heard.
> Sorry about the rant and thanks in advance for the
> help.
> Jeff
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