Odo trip meter sticks on .9 mile

Have a look here.....Could be your issue? 356, 914 and a lot of early VDO style gauges have similar internals.

 

http://www.pelicanparts.com/te...ult_gauge_repair.htm

 

I just did this fix on a 914 trip, fiddly as fek !! But it seems to have worked....

 

Gerry

 

Supposedly, if you reset the trip odo while moving, it breaks.  I never did that, but mine was still broken. Last winter, Carey sent my speedo to North Hollywood because I wanted it to be more accurate.  I also asked for them to fix the trip odo.  Speedo came back more accurate, but trip odo still broken.  If they can't fix it, I wouldn't try.  So far, I've had both my speedo & tach rebuilt.  The next time something breaks, I will replace all with Carey's new gauges.

I may have done that and broken it... I don't recall... But I don't think I did.... Thats lame if thats true.

If I don't fully press mine's reset button - sometimes more than once - it will occasionally do that.  When the car is stopped press it a couple of times and see if that helps.

Gremlinx, it's not lame, it's madness.

 

OK... I will reset it a few times stopped... and see.... with 122 miles on the unit.. sigh..

Plastic gears inside the repops are usually the cause. We've had them fail on day 1 or years down the line with little rhyme or reason. Sometimes doing exactly what you are not supposed to do (reset in motion) actually makes them jump back to life. Of course I cannot suggest this because most if the time it actually breaks it completely...
New gauges are digital trip and odometer

you can take them apart and see what's wrong.

 

if you need more gears, take apart a stock VW speedo.  IIRC, they use the same plastic gears.

 

i pulled mine apart to see how it worked (i was bored).  very simple design and it would be easy to see what the problem is with yours.

 

the hardest part is taking off the chrome trim ring on the gauge.  i used a jewlers screw driver, very slowly pried it off.

True! It's easy enough to take out. Wonder what's hanging up. I'll drive it now that I've reset it stopped a few times as stated.

My trip meter has been screwed up since the first time I ever reset it (well within the first 1,000 miles on the car).  

 

Can't remember if I was moving or not, but I kinda doubt that it makes a difference  - it'll die either way in pretty short order.  I just live with it and ignore it.

I'll look at it. If it's something I can I will. If not. I'll remove some guts so it doesn't click every mile. That's somehow annoying.  As if it matters!! Haha