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olde skool
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| Thanks glutamodo, with your advice I reset my '68 speedometer back to zero miles and replaced the gels looks awesome!!! |
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wcfvw69 
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Location: Arizona
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| Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 10:41 pm Post subject: |
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Your the man Andy!
My needle was bouncing at lower speed. I lubed the speedo cable (which appeared to be ok). I then took the speedo apart and found the grease under the magnet and drive assy to be pretty old and thick! The magnet didn't spin very easily. I sprayed out all the old grease with carb cleaner, relubed it up and it spins very easily now.
I reinstalled the speedo after setting the mileage to what my new engine has on it and no more bounce!
Great pictures Andy and you DO ADD LOTS of value to this site.
Good job!
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orbitron
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My speedo is intermittant. The odometer seems to work fine, but in just sub-zero temps, it wails like nobody's business and then quits indicating entirely. Initially I thought it was the speedo cable but the odometer still works so it must be inside.
any insight?
I'm trying to decide if I should fix the old one or convert to metric...
http://www.cip1.ca/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=VWC%2D113%2D957%2D055%2DD  |
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wcfvw69
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Take it apart and see if you had the same problem as me. Sray some WD40 in the speedometer cable to free it up and relube the gears inside. Mine works like new know.
Its not a hard project, just take your time.
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orbitron
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| Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Bought a used metric one on Friday. I'm not sure if I'll gut it or not though. Not sure about the Canadian laws when it comes to resetting speedo's though |
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jkyes
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| Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 8:15 am Post subject: |
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just got mine apart this am, and i have a cracked gear just like the one in the pict. speedo works, odometer turns by hand, it appears to just be the bad gear, is there a fix? are there replacement parts?
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glutamodo
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Fowvay
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My 70 came with a 100mph late model Speedo so I bought a well used and dirty 3/70 speedo out of the classifieds.
Thanks for this post! I got it all cleaned up but I didn't bother to roll back the miles since the miles fit the look of my bug nicely. 
I also found it very easy to calibrate the preload using the factory alignment notch. Just be gentle lifting the needle up and over. For the gears I used a moly blend water proof marine grease meant for lubing up gauge shafts on ships. I keep it around for lubing cables etc. Worked the charm. The needle is super smooth and no jumps. 
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mnussbau
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| Fowvay wrote: |
For the gears I used a moly blend water proof marine grease meant for lubing up gauge shafts on ships. I keep it around for lubing cables etc. Worked the charm. The needle is super smooth and no jumps.
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I assume plain old wheel bearing grease would be just as good for the gears? And the brass replacement gear--it just presses on without any adhesive?
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jmsmilin
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looking to rebuild a speedo-where does one get needle-chrome ring-gels-lens etc?
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jmsmilin
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I got my gels today, I cant see which side faces the driver, the shiny side of the gels, or the hazy "textured" side of the gels?
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Fowvay
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jmsmilin
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| My gels are stock and have the shiny side facing in with the texture facing out. |
sweet, so when you say facing out-you mean facing toward the driver right?
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1969
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| Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 2:44 pm Post subject: |
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| wow i tried to reset my speedo by air drill, and it takes over 30 seconds to move one digit! its at 80 320 right now, still have quite a ways to go! i may just take it apart like shown in this forum. would save some time! |
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fonz15
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| does anyone know where to get the speedometer gear? i went to the link thats on top and they have super beetle ones that are metal, just wondering if they are the same or where i can get the plastic ones. |
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mnussbau
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| Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 6:24 pm Post subject: |
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Same gear for beetle or super, and as far as I know you can only buy new brass gears.
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fonz15
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| Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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| cool... hope it works. |
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GatorJZ
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| Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:15 pm Post subject: |
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| does anyone know where to get the speedometer gear? i went to the link thats on top and they have super beetle ones that are metal, just wondering if they are the same or where i can get the plastic ones. |
Plastic gears:
http://www.odometergears.com/ |
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mnussbau
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| Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 12:47 pm Post subject: |
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| does anyone know where to get the speedometer gear? i went to the link thats on top and they have super beetle ones that are metal, just wondering if they are the same or where i can get the plastic ones. |
Plastic gears:
http://www.odometergears.com/ |
That's $29 shipped. The one from http://www.speedometerplus.com/ is brass and is $25 shipped... Just confirm it fits your car first.
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70bugken
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| Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 9:36 am Post subject: |
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Wow...what a fantastic thread this is! I bought a used '70 speedometer on ebay (sorry Samba sellers  ) and cleaned the glass, replaced the turn signal gel with a file folder tab, and reset the odometer!
Check it out:
Those 3/10 of a mile are "finger miles". It is in my "Beetle Projects" box for things to do when the weather warms up! Needless to say, the box is getting fuller and fuller, while my wallet is getting emptier and emptier... |
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