Any reason why the speedo still works while the odometer & trip doesn't?

 

On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 16:51:43 GMT, AMR <arodino@att.net> wrote:

>Any reason why the speedo still works while the odometer & trip doesn't?

Yes: the gears for the odometer have slid out of position in the VDO
gauge. Very normal for such an old car. You could replace the entire
VDO gauge, or look in the yellow pages under Speedometer Repair. I
did the latter for my (RIP) 1985 4KS with good results.

 

Yes, my 1987 5000S had the same problem. A tiny cog slides sideways out of
enmeshment.
My garage pushed it back and tried to secure it with locktite - it failed a
month later the same way.
Good luck
Plamen, Toronto
"AMR" <arodino@att.net> wrote in message
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> Any reason why the speedo still works while the odometer & trip doesn't?
>

 

As the others have noted, it's probably due to a gear in the odometer
sliding out of contact with a drive gear. Often happens when you reset the
trip meter with the car moving - make sure you're completely stopped before
pushing in the reset button.
Cheers!
Steve Sears
1987 Audi 5kTQ
1980 Audi 5k
1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
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> Any reason why the speedo still works while the odometer & trip doesn't?
>