[Vwdiesel] odometer stopped working

[Erik Lane]

I had the same experience, and a few months later I was working on it
again, for pretty much the same reason.

That time I super-glued it to the shaft. Though I don't push the trip reset
while moving anymore, even if it's going to throw off my MPG because I
don't want to pull over! (Yes, I could just try to remember what the
difference would be, but it's usually long enough between fill ups that I
forget. Not really a big deal, just annoys me.)




On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 8:44 PM, <lbaird119 at aol.com> wrote:

>
>   You may not be so glad about that connector when it gets brittle and
> breaks, certainly not pleasant when it's a 4KQ and replacements are
> expensive, if you can find them.
>    Loren
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mikitka <mikitka at embarqmail.com>
> To: vwdiesel <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> Sent: Mon, Apr 15, 2013 12:26 pm
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] odometer stopped working
>
>
> Well, I got the cluster out and looked it over to find that the red gear
> hich runs off the shaft gear that runs off the main worm drive gear was
> hifted over and not touching the shaft gear.  It had some friction to it
> hen I pushed it back over so it isn't like it is really loose. Maybe just
> ne of those things with all the miles on it that it moved over to the point
> hat it no longer made contact.  I was able to function check it with a
> rill to make sure it worked before I put it in. As we would say in the Air
> orce  NDN, (no defects noted)
> All in all it took me 45 minutes total from start to finish.  Not as bad as
>  was scared it would be. The link that Ken1 posted was informative.  Just
> lad that the speed cable was just a snap connection to the back of the
> luster and not threaded. My big hands had a rough time as it was getting
> ff and on, even with slacking the cable from the transmission.
> Thanks for all the help. I don't post much, more of a lurker since I don't
> ave to many issues and experience like most of you.
> Nick
>
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