[Vwdiesel] 85 Jetta TD speedometer failure

[Doyt W. Echelberger]

My 85 Jetta TD speedometer is failing. It won't show any speed above 20 
mph, and sometimes the needle bobs around. My mechanic says he thinks the 
speedometer head is kaput.

I have on a shelf in my garage the dash and speedo/tachometer module from 
my departed 84 Jetta na diesel, but no experience swapping such elements.

Anybody know about OTHER ways to display speed that get around such a 
problem?     "engle31 at comcast.net"  and Hayden have been posting about 
dash-swapping. Maybe they will read this and chime in.

How do people who build modified cars/hot rods display speedometer 
information? Could I mount a generic speedometer head on my dash and run a 
speedometer cable to it? Anybody done that? I'd like to get some 
speedometer information working before I end up with another speeding citation.

Doyt Echelberger