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I haven't had on apart, but I have done it to a subaru speedo. I had to wind it up to 256K :-) It would take a LOOOOOOONG time :-) I instead loosend the shaft which held the numbers and slid the gears away from the drive gear. I then carefully separated the numbers I needed to turn. I moved the hundreds of thousands along a tad and clicked it over to 2, then set the tens of thousands to 5 and slid it onto the 2, then put each number in the right palce, put the all together and tightened in all back up :-) I'm not sure how difficult it would be on the VW unit. I certainly would not run it at high speed to do it - I'd be concerned about stressing the springs and things inside. Allan :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: <gregm@vwtype3.org> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 2:15 PM Subject: [T3] drive a type 3 around the world! O.k., the subject is misleading. ;) I have my red needle speedo (thanks, Jerry!), and I want to add some 20,000+ miles to the odometer to match my '69 Squareback's mileage. I went ahead and attached a speedo cable and plugged that into a drill. I wound it up and pegged the needle. Watched a mile go by... didn't time it exactly, but it was going at a rate of a couple of miles per minute; over 120mph, but under 200mph. A little conversion from this estimate shows me that it'll take a couple of days to almost a week -- running constantly -- to advance the odometer to where I'd like it. Heh. Don't know the drill's mtbf, or if the speedo minds running at double or triple its typical opertational maximum. Don't really want to leave it running unattended 24/7, either. Aside from patience, or driving around the world on this speedo, ;) does anyone have any suggestions? I recall that it's a risky business to take apart the odometer and try to get it back together nicely. Oh, this unit is January 1962, if that matters. -Greg ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/