RE: [T3] Broken Odometer and insurance gripes

[James MacNaughton <JMac@uglyduckling.com>]

Dunno what to tell you.  Internal car temps in Phx hit 160¼ (ruining cd's,
cassettes, rented movies and anything else you leave in the car when you run
in to the grocery store - including dogs and at least once a summer some
newcomer leaves their kid in the car) during the summer; couple that with
bopping onto the hiway and shooting along at 65?  The passenger compartment
cools off to a more reasonable 110¼ or so once you're moving.  I only have
the one guy's testimony to go by, but he was recommended by my VWFLAPS.

It's much hotter in the trunk where the gauges are, I can't say for sure.
For a relatively low price he made my speedo work again; and I didn't have
to diddle with the gears.

	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Erkson, Toby [SMTP:toby.erkson@intel.com]
	Sent:	Thursday, 22 October 1998 10:48
	To:	"'type3@vwtype3.org'" 
	Subject:	RE: [T3] Broken Odometer and insurance gripes

	The speedo in my baby is the stock unit and the only work done to it
was
	replacing one of the odometer moving gears so I don't know what
other make
	of
	speedo your repair-dude was talking about.  My speedo has seen the
plus side
	of
	100mph on several occasions and +75mph for *hours* on end so "all
the time"
	sounds...

	I hear ya on the insurance stuff.  Legalized (wallet) rape.
Bastards.
	   Toby Erkson
	   air_cooled_nut@pobox.com  <-- Please use this address for email
	   '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L, Berg five-speed
	   '75 Porsche 914 1.8L, ORPCA member
	   Portland, Oregon, http://www.pobox.com/~toby_erkson/

	>-----Original Message-----
	  The guy at the speedo 
	>shop said that
	>the bearings in the speedos overheat and sieze all the time.  

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