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Re: Odometer Sticks in Hot Weather
I have experienced the same thing - wierd huh ?
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On Mon, 20 May 1996, Andrew Duane USG/PE wrote:
> Hairy green toads from Mars made Rob Roesler say:
>
> > My 84 4000SQ has an odometer that sticks, but only when the temperature
> > outside gets over 70 farenheit. I live in San Francisco and the odometer
> > stops working when I leave the city for warmer climates on the Penninsula,
> > but begins working again when I enter the fog and lower temps of SF.
> >
> > Has anyone encountered this problem? I have contacted a speedometer repair
> > shop in SF and they have quoted me a price of $225. My feeling is that it
> > just needs lubrication and they're gouging me.
>
> It's broken.
>
> This is the same old VDO odometer syndrome. My old VW Golf had it.
> There is a little plastic gear inside that fails and stops turning.
>
> There is a VDO repair shop somewhere (mentioned recently on list?)
> that can do the job for much less.
>
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> Only my cat shares my opinions, and she's too heavy to care.
>