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> No, there's nothing in the speedo that you can adjust, but a speedo shop can > adjust it for you if you can tell them what you need. You'll need to talk with > them first. > > It is POSSIBLE that they could also change the gearing so that the odometer > would also work right, but I doubt if you'll find anywhere that still has VDO > gears available for this anymore. Yeah, I had a suspicion that this may be it, but I am not too worried. >> I also wonder if I can figure out the percentage the diameter has changed >> and thus increase the speed (in my head) by that much more: > > If you can find a measured mile (or measured kilometer) and drive thru it > holding the speedo at an indicated 60 mi/hr (60 km/hr) while timing yourself. > If your speedo is accurate, this should take exactly 60 seconds. Compare your > time and the ratio will give you the % that your speedo is off. Yes, this sounds like a good test. But it will take me a while to do this because the nearest measured kilometer is about 60 KM from where I live and on a HWY that I rarely use and when I do use it is with our second car, not the notch. But thanks for the ideas :) -- Petri 71 notch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org