<x-flowed>----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2008 6:34 AM Subject: Re: [T3] trip meter
On 17 May 2008 at 10:15, Adriel Huntington Rowley wrote:From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>> Okay, that would be the stem or shaft. Depending on how bad it is > bent, I may be able to straighten it. I can't promise perfection. >I am not looking for perfection, but that it works. When the meter worked,it was hard to use due to it twisting in an arc. I did not want to mess with it fear I would damage something. Since you know how they work and what it attaches to, you are way less likely to damage something.Since this is an early one, it must have the chrome metal knob on that shaft. Those knobs are sometimes impossible to get off, so I usually have to leave them in place and work around them and the parts they hold in place. I THINK I could still straighten it somewhat, but it's going to be much more difficult with all the other parts in the way.
The knob and shaft are chrome. The knob attemps to come off with no hesitation. Did not continue for fear of messing something up and it was turning the miles.
That is nice. This is one reason you are the person that I trust and use when ever I can.>> It is a plastic body clock from about August 1970. So, then you are >> able>> to fix it? > > Probably.There is no charge unless I'm able to fix it, but you should understand that these clocks never kept good time, even when they were new.
I thought that there was an adjustment, like on standard wind-ups. I am not worried about it being dead on, just enough to get me about on time. It seems silly to have something that does not have a purpose. Oh, and a friend of mine has a working one, and it is rightous, man! Took me a bit to figure out what the clicking was! L.O.L. Plus, it is an engineering wonder: a gadget.
Thank you, Adriel H. Rowley, A.I.A.S.1971 Sunroof Squareback F.I.
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