[T3] made it around the world

[Greg Merritt <gregm@vwtype3.org>]

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	So, I found that if you take apart a speedometer, you can 
carefully remove the geared shaft that's part of the 
reduction/transfer mechanism between the speedo cable input and the 
odometer.  (You have to separate or remove the rear [front is 
rear...] portion of the assembly by bending a couple of tabs.)  You 
can then turn the odometer's main shaft at a rate of one rotation per 
mile.

	I found that I could loosely attach my drill motor to the 
stub of odometer shaft opposite the regular input gear -- that is, at 
the "ones" of miles end.

	Turning it at ten miles per second seemed to be about right. :)

	I popped LOTR into Ye Olde PowerBook and veged out while I 
ran the drill motor.  It seems that at the turn of the thousands it 
was happier to be rolled over by hand, so I would stop the drill at 
XX,995 and just walk it a couple of miles by hand for the big 
rollovers.

	So, I've got the red-needle 90mph speedo's odometer showing 
71,892, ready to pop into my '69 and show the correct mileage.  Well, 
I've got to put on a shinier bezel and chrome ring, and swap in a 12V 
bulb, but I'm otherwise good to go.  Hurrah!

	Looks like I've finally managed to get three old gauges 
configured to work appropriately in my late car.  A friendly :P to 
all of the "just paint the needles!" crew. :)

-Greg

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