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I *Think* I wound mine to Zero by disassembling and driving the odo directly... Keith Keith Park Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback 65 Notchback 65 Squareback 75 Opel 87 Golf 88 Rx7 10th Anniversary ----- Original Message ----- From: <gregm@vwtype3.org> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 8:15 PM Subject: [T3] drive a type 3 around the world! > > O.k., the subject is misleading. ;) > > I have my red needle speedo (thanks, Jerry!), and I want > to add some 20,000+ miles to the odometer to match my '69 > Squareback's mileage. I went ahead and attached a speedo > cable and plugged that into a drill. > > I wound it up and pegged the needle. Watched a mile go > by... didn't time it exactly, but it was going at a rate > of a couple of miles per minute; over 120mph, but under > 200mph. > > A little conversion from this estimate shows me that it'll > take a couple of days to almost a week -- running > constantly -- to advance the odometer to where I'd like > it. Heh. > > Don't know the drill's mtbf, or if the speedo minds > running at double or triple its typical opertational > maximum. Don't really want to leave it running unattended > 24/7, either. > > Aside from patience, or driving around the world on this > speedo, ;) does anyone have any suggestions? I recall > that it's a risky business to take apart the odometer and > try to get it back together nicely. Oh, this unit is > January 1962, if that matters. > > -Greg > > ------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> > For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ > ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/