Re: Urgent questions

[mannix@privateI.com (I.Mannix)]

>On Sat, 23 Nov 1996, Benton Yoshida wrote:
>
>> 1.  The car's speedometer is way off.  On the freeway, it indicated 85mph
>> when I was actually going an estimated 60.  It was similarly showing about
>> 65 to 70 when I was keeping up with traffic on a road which usually flows
>> at 45-50.  He's changed from 13" rims to 14" teardrops with 60 series tires
>> which he claims are larger in diameter than the stock units.  He says he
>> thinks that this accounts for the speedometer differential even though I
>> know that a larger outer diameter should lead to a lower indicated speed.
>> Any idea what's going on here?  I forgot to check if the speedometer needle
>> was just displaced by 20mph but I don't think so.  I wasn't thinking so I
>> didn't check the tach too carefully but I think it was indicating around
>> 2500 in 5th on the freeway which is in the ballpark for the stock tranny.
>>
>I have no idea about that one; larger wheel radii should indeed lead to
>a lower indicated speed (although if the tires are 185-60/14 the radius
>should be nearly the same as the stock 175s).  Does the needle jump around
>at all?

Badly slipping clutch?  Only thing I can think of - the diameter difference
should not make that large an error - I often use some *really* short tires
on my car, and while there is a difference with those (speedo reading
high), it is roughly 5mph or so..........nothing like you're talking about.
Maybe there is an incompatible tranny??  Never heard of that, but I think
it can happen(in non-VWs) - if the transmission were to have a "cable
ratio" of X, your speedometer having a CR(new mannix term) of
Y..........well, I'd done guess you've caught my drift.  I'm tired.  I'ts
5:55am.  And I have to go outside.

 I thought the cold
>> start valve was just a fancier injector--I can't believe this is a $400
>> part, even with labor.
>>
>If it just needs to be replaced, I know that a friend picked on up at a
>yard for $40 or so - not hard to replace.

Right.  Not $400..........



 I've replaced it with a $400 1.8l JH (almost
>finished with that, story to follow soon).

Yeah, lucky you, in bed at 6am, because your car's not ready.
Grrrrrrrr.............  Heh, anyway, if everything else is ok, that sounds
reasonable, but it sounds to me like the seller is an idiot, never know
what the idiots do when you're not looking..........


Mannix

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