VDO Gauge Repair

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VDO Gauge Repair

March 19, 2011, 05:39:34 pm

Hello All;
For those of us that need to have our VDO gauges repaired or replaced try Lauderdale Speedometer and Compass
Also if you look at their catalog the back pages have a lot of information on how gauges work. They are also fast and reasonable.
Disclaimer, I have no interest or gain, just took a long time to find a good repair shop.
Attn.Steve; move this to a better place in the forum and I think Barry Beam has added this to his FT encyclopedia.

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Reply #1 – March 20, 2011, 09:10:36 am

Gary, Thank you for this post. My VDO tachometer quit working a while back and I expected I would just have to buy a new one. I may now send it off to be repaired.

I wonder if I am the only one who has a tach or speedometer quit?

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Reply #2 – March 20, 2011, 09:23:21 am

Nope. My fuel gauge went, too.
I rely on my VMS 240 CL for all I need to know.

best, paul

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I wonder if I am the only one who has a tach or speedometer quit?

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Reply #3 – March 20, 2011, 10:15:53 am

Quote from: familywitt – March 20, 2011, 09:10:36 am

Gary, Thank you for this post. My VDO tachometer quit working a while back and I expected I would just have to buy a new one. I may now send it off to be repaired.

I wonder if I am the only one who has a tach or speedometer quit?

I went thru two of them on my last two coaches. One on my 99 and then a new one on my 2000 so far my 2001 is running fine.

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Reply #4 – March 20, 2011, 10:49:16 am

I also replaced the tachometer in my 1999, U 320, twice!
Very happy to know that there is a repair facility, wonder if it is cheaper than replacement?

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Reply #5 – March 20, 2011, 10:59:04 am

I have used North Hollywood Speedometer & Clock at: North Hollywood Speedometer and Clock Company. Serving your gauge needs since with excellent results. They replaced the faces on all my gray market euro import speedometers in the 70's and 80's (sometime a dozen a month) and also an occasional gear change (for different rear axle ratio). They are the oldest VDO distributor in the U.S.

Pierce & Gaylie
93' U300/36

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Reply #6 – March 20, 2011, 02:14:59 pm

Gary - Do you mind providing a quote on your repairs and what you had performed?

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Reply #7 – March 20, 2011, 05:26:17 pm

Ron;
I have had intermittent odometer readings. The LCD display was dim or not on at all but had the correct readings as I monitored mileage with GPS and VMSPC. It finally quit on the way home after four months in the south and west. I am selling my coach and I wanted it to work AND show the CORRECT mileage.
I had called a lot of gauge people and I was quoted around $300 to "repair" the problem. The repair was often replacement with an upcharge to put in the correct mileage along with a disclaimer as to the mileage. The speedo is around $125 for a new one.
My research led me to these folks. They fixed it the same day they got it,called me to say the mileage I had calculated was within 3 miles of what the chip in the odometer had. The repair was $204 with tax/shipping. New display and performance test.
Call them first as it may be a bad ground, or sending unit.

Re: VDO Gauge Repair

Reply #8 – March 20, 2011, 08:40:21 pm

Thanks Gary... I'm experiencing the same symptoms with my speedo w/ odometer and Tach w/ eng hours. I keep tracking last readings and waiting for the ultimate failure.

Re: VDO Gauge Repair

Reply #9 – March 21, 2011, 10:51:46 am

Quote from: Ron Sedgley – March 20, 2011, 08:40:21 pm

Thanks Gary... I'm experiencing the same symptoms with my speedo w/ odometer and Tach w/ eng hours. I keep tracking last readings and waiting for the ultimate failure.

I'll ditto Ron, intermittently the odometer and/or eng hours go baloey, then a few days or weeks later they are fine. I record both them and the VMSPC values for my log.

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VDO Gauge Repair

March 19, 2011, 05:39:34 pm

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