Red needle speedo FS

[jadney@vwtype3.org (Melissa & Jim)]

>     I bought and restored a 63 red needle MPH speedo for my 65 Notch
>because the dial has a crack in mine.  Got it all done and (smack DOH!)
>it only goes to 90 not 100 (wrong one for me)!!!
>     Anywho, its all restored, ODO set to 0, and is the correct MPH
>speedo for the 63's (4/63) and possibly the 61 and 2's as well.
>
>Offers??

Do you plan on spending much time above 90, or are you just concerned that 
it won't read out right?  The ratio will only depend on the tire size; I 
don't know what size early T3s ran, so that might be a small problem.  A 
good speedometer shop, however, can recalibrate it for you if it needs it; 
the odometer still won't read right, though.

Late VDO gauges stamp the ratio on the back of the speedo case (eg: W 0.82) 
so you can always compare ratios between the two that you have to see how 
far off it will be.  Do early ones have this number also?

Jim
   ---------------------------------------------------------------------
       Melissa Kepner                                    Jim Adney
       jadney@vwtype3.org              jadney@vwtype3.org
                             Laura Kepner-Adney
                             Madison, Wisconsin
   ---------------------------------------------------------------------