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 Purple Martin
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 posted on June 4th, 2005 at 02:25 PM |
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Squeaky Speedo
My bug's speedo squeaks in cold weather! It's a rythmical squeak that gets faster as the car goes faster, and I can see the needle wobbling
slightly in time with the squeak. What is the best way to fix the squeak?
1959 red & white Beetle
1975 Kombi camper
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 helbus
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| posted on June 4th, 2005 at 10:46 PM |
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Unscrew the cable from the back of the speedo and put some light oil like sewing machine oil down there.
Lubrication should help the cable to loosen up.
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| posted on June 4th, 2005 at 11:28 PM |
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this should help
http://www.100megsfree4.com/ezcamper/vwspeedo.html
[Edited on 4-6-2005 by silver]
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Purple Martin
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| posted on June 5th, 2005 at 09:35 AM |
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silver - thanks, that's great!
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Purple Martin
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| posted on June 6th, 2005 at 01:19 PM |
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Well today it stopped working completely... moving it up on the list of things to overhaul 
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pete wood
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| posted on June 6th, 2005 at 06:33 PM |
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don worry, you don need no speedo 
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| posted on June 6th, 2005 at 06:58 PM |
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does it work when you give it a tap?
don't worry, it'll come back in a few days. mine did
speeding is bad!
relax - god's in charge
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| posted on June 6th, 2005 at 10:13 PM |
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Probably the cable broken, not the speedo...
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Purple Martin
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| posted on June 7th, 2005 at 08:36 AM |
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posted by Lams
does it work when you give it a tap?
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Nope!
I'll have a proper look at it over the weekend (if I can find the time)
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| posted on June 7th, 2005 at 08:43 AM |
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is it still connected at the wheel hub??
Futue te ipsum!!!
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