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karfer67
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 Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 10:35 pm Post subject: do all late squarebacks hafe trip speedos? |
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mine does although it does not work and i am looking to have it rebuilt. is this rare or is this how they all are?
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Both my '72s have them and they work. I know my baby is still the original working unit...250,000+ miles! 
Try taking it to a speedometer repair shop.
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neither of my 70' squares does. Would make it easier to figure milage but that is what a pen and pad are for.
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IIRC, the trop odometer started as a standard feature in '71 .. I *think* it was an option before that, but I could just be blowing smoke out of my ass.  |
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I think it was standard for the USA after some point. Maybe '71 as mentioned.
The earliest I have seen it in that I believe was correct was a '69 Fastback I just sold. It was bought from the original owner and was sort of low mileage so I think it was original.
I did not remove it to check the date.
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karfer67
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i thought they were standard on the late ones. well my next question is does anyone have a late speedo that works that they want to sell? the odometer in mine does not work.
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The speedo and odometer/trip did not work when I got my car. When I did the brakes, I found a broken speedo cable. I replaced the cable, but it still did not work. I took apart the speedo and found that the grease had became hardren (age/dirty) and was not allowing the the gears to turn. I also found that a gear ( for the reset function) for the trip had sled out a little. I cleaned, reset the gear, and relube...works great now.
FYI...the display needle breaks easily...don't ask how I know.
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| EverettB wrote: |
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My 71 didn't come with a trip, and my dad's 71 that he had didn't come with a trip, so it must be a 72 thing.  My 71 has the correct date coded speedo with the 10ths in it, and my wife's 70 still has it's OE speedo in it too. That being said, I had Jim Adney rebuilt the early 72 unit that I've got in my 65 Notch. It works great too, so if you need one done, I'd contact him.
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| EverettB wrote: |
| I think it was standard for the USA after some point. Maybe '71 as mentioned. |
My 71 didn't come with a trip, and my dad's 71 that he had didn't come with a trip, so it must be a 72 thing. My 71 has the correct date coded speedo with the 10ths in it, and my wife's 70 still has it's OE speedo in it too. That being said, I had Jim Adney rebuilt the early 72 unit that I've got in my 65 Notch. It works great too, so if you need one done, I'd contact him. |
Ok. I have seen A LOT of CA '71s with trip speedos. Maybe we need them more here
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Russ Wolfe
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My '71 FB had a trip Odometer from the factory.
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karfer67
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i love having a type 3 and talking to you guys. no one has slammed me for my mispelling of have lol. anyways what is that guy's name here on samba so i can contact him? other wise i am having to guess how many miles to go between oil changes and valve adjustments so obviously being a little over the top i will be doing them closer together than they probably need to be not that is really a bad thing. hey bob if you see this i got into an argument over the use of full flow filter pumps and whether or not they were good. the real argument started when i mentioned that you change your oil more often and you have a lot of miles on your engines. i feel this is a safe way to go on a mild or stock engine. just thought i would pass this along.
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karfer67
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thanks again bob for all your help. hey that type 3 in your avatar is that yours?
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hey last time I looked there was one in a squareback at the area 51 yard by mather field. I was going to pull it but there was a kid and his baby pulling something out of a bug and the kid was screaming, I decided it wasnt worth it to me. It looked nice though, as did the car
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No, but it's similar.  Mine's a "late" model, has the rear cargo area closed in, and it's currently flat black with white scallops. Pics have been posted in the forums and in the gallery in the Squareback section, or even the link in my signature.
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'72 Square - bone stock
no trip odometer in the speedo...
what gives?
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karfer67
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wow bob that is very nice looking. makes fopr an interesting design. wonder what vw would have called that one. lets see we have the squareback, notchback, fastback what would they call it bareback? lol maybe thats why they never made one. sweet type 3 u got there.
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| My 71SB has the trip meter but doesn,t work now but I saw another post about old grease,etc needing to be cleaned out and will have to try |
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fastfred
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| Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 6:29 am Post subject: trip... |
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i have several trip-speedos... about four i think.
i think three of them are 1973.
i might sell two of them (they are working)
any takers ?
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| Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 6:39 am Post subject: Re: trip... |
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i have several trip-speedos... about four i think.
i think three of them are 1973.
i might sell two of them (they are working)
any takers ?
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thanks, but I have two working ones in a box... plus a full array of other gauges...
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