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Ev Archive for December 1999
1245 messages, last added Wed Aug 08 18:47:09 2001

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Re: VW Rabbit "wisdom of experiance" lesson



My Jetta is an '89 and the cable attaches with a plastic snap.

Apparently they changed it sometime in the '80's.

Joe Smalley
Rural Kitsap County WA
Fiesta 48 volts
NEDRA 48 volt street conversion record holder
joes@worldfront.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Paul G <neong@gte.net>
To: ev@listproc.sjsu.edu <ev@listproc.sjsu.edu>
Date: Thursday, December 30, 1999 12:58 PM
Subject: Re: VW Rabbit "wisdom of experiance" lesson
>[snip]
>Press the dot? Are you refering to the cable housing being held in with a
>lock button? I see no dot, and don't read of one either. My speedo cable
>housing is threaded into the back of the speedo, like an old Beetle.
>[snip]
>Perhaps being an '81, or being US built, affects the parts I have. I found
>2 speedo cables listed for '81 Rabbits with MT and without a "recorder"
>box. One is 38.4 inches, the other 43.3 inches, the longer one is about 1/2
>the price and listed to replace the shorter one. I could have used the
>extra 4.9 inches last evening!
>[snip]