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On Thu, 2003-05-08 at 14:56, Greg Merritt wrote: > > > can run em back, (anyone know that either?) > > I opened up a speedo, temporarily removed the internal reduction > gear/shaft, and mounted my drill motor chuck right on the little end of > the shaft on which the numerals are mounted. It took the better part of a > couple of hours to run about, um, 20-30,000 miles, as I recall. I was not > winding to zero, but rather winding it to match the mileage of the car > whose speedo I was replacing. > > It was either a silly waste of time, or the most productive time > I've ever spent while sitting in front of a DVD. Or something. > Good way to 'deep cycle" the batteries on your cordless drill. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org