Re: The infamous odometer problem

[David Ian Utley <diutley@telepath.com>]

At 12:58 AM 9/30/96 -0500, you wrote:
>
>In my 85 Scirocco, I have the well known problem of intermittent 
>operation of the odometer. Actually, the last 4 months the odometer has 
>not registered a single mile. Normally it began to operate 100% when the 
>temperature dropped below 70-75, but not this time. 
>
>I took it apart, and looked at the rec.autos.vw FAQ, where I thought 
>there was a detailed description, but all I found was: "the gear that 
>drives the 1/10 mile is split; glue it with epoxy". Very vague. Which 
>gear? The gear directly linked to the 1/10 mile, or one of the gears that 
>connects the speedo cable receptor to the odometer? 
>
>The rec.autos.vw.watercooled would probably be the best place to ask 
>this, but for some strange reason I can't post there. So I am hoping that 
>someone from this list has dealt with or knows about this problem and can 
>give me some more details on what to look at. I can see no split gears in 
>my speedometer (I took the face plate off, too). I am beginning to think 
>it is simply a case of the speedo cable not engaging properly inside the 
>speedo receptor in the back. 
>
My speedo went out, and it was this gear.  It is fairly flat, roughly the
thickness of a quarter (It hasa been a while since I did this though).  I
believe it was on the end of a metal shaft, fairly easy to pop off and
replace.  This too may be a little vague, sorry. 
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>Ilias
>
>ps: another question, related to the heater control unit operation, for 
>85 and 86 8V owners: when you place the selector lever to "HEAT", is 
>there any air at all coming out of the center vent, or is it completely 
>channeled to the foot area? Mine lets most air towards the foot area, but 
>also some towards the center vent (which means some of it goes to the 
>center vent, and some of it to the defrost holes towards the windshield), 
>and I am wondering if that is ok (my friend's Jetta --identical heater 
>controls-- completely shuts off air flow from the center vent). 
>--
I believe that your vent valve may be partially stuck.  My center vent
closes completely when you have it to HEAT, most flow coming from the floor
while a trickle of heat goes to the windshieild.  DEFROST is just the
opposite of this (floor has a trickle while the window gets most of the heat).

David
                   

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