After how many miles should I get an oil change for a 1983 Scirocco? I’ve
heard some people say after 8,000 miles, but that seems like a long time.
Thanks!
Razz
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http://catalog.com/lionsden/hokus/
Ok, I’m not able to post from my own account for reasons I do not fully
understand, and my wife (Wombat’s) account missed the original post called
"speedo ok, odometer not" Soooo, without further ado, here is my original
post from way back when my odometer died and I was able to fix it………
From s…@wam.umd.eduThu Jan 18 14:24:16 1996
Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1995 10:51:37 -0500
From: Spence Spencer <s…@wam.umd.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.autos.makers.vw.watercooled
Subject: Odometer drive gear repair
Yesterday, I finally got around to fixing the stupid non working odometer
in my Jetta. Basically, the wisdom on the net has been that the
inoperative odometers are the fault of a drive gear in the speedometer
iself. This was the case in my car too. Disassembly of the speedo (BTW
this is a fiarly fiddly procedure) revealed that the metal drive wheel
(gear) on the right end of the 10/mile cross shaft had become loose on the
10/mile shaft. Ive seen several other posts on correcting the loose drive
gear here, and I guess that the most common recommendation has been to
use loctite or some type of adhesive to lock the drive gear to the shaft.
I have had poor luck using loctite around plastics in the past, problem
is. loctite will wick into any hairline cracks in plastic, and since it
expands when it sets up (that’s how it works) it will enlarge invisible
cracks, and can completely destroy a plastic part. Since the drive wheel
and the 10/mile shaft are both metal, I used a punch to stake the drive
wheel to the shaft. Worked fine although reassembly was a real pain and I
bent the 10/mile shaft while pressing the drive wheel onto the shaft. Had
to disassemble the whole mess and straighten the shaft. I also set the
odometer to what I believe is the approximate actual mileage on the car.
Dash disassembly / reassembly isn’t a terribly difficult procedure after
youve done it once, and the neat thing about a VW dash is that the
reassembly takes about 1/4 as long as the disassembly did. Goes to show
that these cars were designed to be easy to build, not necessarily easy
to maintain (altho VW is better than most on that score too). If anyone
else needs to do the odometer repair and needs advice / warnings/ don’t
do these’s drop me an email or a post on the NG.
Spence..
87 GLI with about 100k.
(writing from Wombat’s account.)
I am looking for suggestions on the best radar detector.
Is the Valentine one worth it?
Thanks in advance.
Nelson Donovan
96 GTI VR6 (two days old)
I am interested in a Vanagon or Vanagon pickup
Can any of you provide information on highway cruising speed, payload,
fuel consumption, or trailer towing?
Thanks
Andrew King, k…@charlie.iit.edu
IIT Physics, Chicago 312-567-3392
technology is the answer, what was the question?
Anyone have any info on wiring and vacuum line routing for an 84
carburated Rabbit? Put it in a deisel rabbit pickup and lost some tags.
Bently’s diagrams dont match colors I have in wiring harness/vacuum lines.
Thanks. malp…@market1.com or malp…@kktv.com
I have one that I am selling cheap beacause I recently ran into a curb
and there is now a small bit taken out of it at the very edge. It isn’t
bent at all I assure you that, it just has a big "scratch" on it. If you
want it email me,
Josh Clark
16v ’87 Scirocco with one hurt rim 15×7
88 Jetta with 110K on it and I believe the Lifters are making loud
"Clicking" type noises…Anyone know a way to get rid of the clicking
without replacing???
JasonTu…@aol.com
Does anybody here have first-hand experience trying to get a factory A2
seat to slide into the A3 rails?
I just had the seat out of my GTI VR6, and it seems to be mounted the
exact same way as my old 1988 GTI 16V’s seats. (I can’t measure the A2′s
rail widths any more, since I don’t have one.) I want to yank the ugly
greens out of the GTI and put in a lower (maybe even hard) bucket for
competition, as my helmet is in constant contact with the sunroof. Since
it takes all of 15 seconds and no tools to remove the seats from the
factory rails, I want to go down to the junk yard and get a cheap seat to
strip the mounts from. Being able to use a worn out A2′s seat hardware
would be a big plus in the cost department, as not too many A3′s are being
parted out yet locally…..
-Arthur (1995 GTI VR6, black, 295 miles [again!], ugly green heated seats)
The light on the LCD clock/milage indicator/elapsed time indicator/et
al no longer works. Is there a seperate bulb for illumination or is
the light source integral to the desplay unit? Meaning big bucks.
Thanks,
Michael
Have you or anyone you know ever had a vehicled replaced or money refunded
under the lemon law? If so, what was your experience going through it?
Thank you.
1996 Passat GLX – 4 major repairs to transmission (among other things) and
counting…
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mgmul…@macmentor.com
home.earthlink.net/~mgmullen/
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