Armageddon
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Vancouver, Washington
Does anyone out there know how to change the odometer reading on a 91-96 Speedo? (Nothing Illeagle, I just bought the Tach cluster and am replacing the Idiot light cluster and want to sync up the mileage.)
So here are some of the suggestions I have received so far.
1.) Take the Speedo out of the Idiot light cluster and swap it. Problem here is the gauges don't match in color and design; also the Tach cluster Speedo has an Odometer.
2.) Push the pin out of the center of the Odometer wheels, reset the number/mileage wheels, and then press the pin back in and re-secure it with glue/epoxy. (I am not a big fan of anything that needs to be glued, and I am convinced that pressing/tapping, ok, pounding out the pin will break lots of stuff, I might be wrong, but I just can't see this route working.)
3.) Use a dental tool and find the ratchet that indexes the gear, push it out of the way and reset our numbers. (I can't see, or find the ratchet, and am afraid I will break it, lots of plastic surrounded by, Hmmm, more plastic.) The Jury is still out, but this sounds like the best option I have been given.
4.) Pay the speedometer shop $40.00 and have them re-set, the odometer, they will also file some paperwork with the DMV, and give you some stickers, (Just like when you get a shot, and are a good boy at the doctors office.) that tell the next potential owner that the odometer has been changed. (I would rather keep the $40.00, I only paid $41.00 for the entire cluster, and would rather spend the $41.00 on the Oil PSI, and Coolant Temp Sending units I need to purchase to make everything work correctly.)
A little Spedometer humor:
http://www.ozjokes.com/funnypics/ShowImage.aspx?img=stopnow.jpg
So here are some of the suggestions I have received so far.
1.) Take the Speedo out of the Idiot light cluster and swap it. Problem here is the gauges don't match in color and design; also the Tach cluster Speedo has an Odometer.
2.) Push the pin out of the center of the Odometer wheels, reset the number/mileage wheels, and then press the pin back in and re-secure it with glue/epoxy. (I am not a big fan of anything that needs to be glued, and I am convinced that pressing/tapping, ok, pounding out the pin will break lots of stuff, I might be wrong, but I just can't see this route working.)
3.) Use a dental tool and find the ratchet that indexes the gear, push it out of the way and reset our numbers. (I can't see, or find the ratchet, and am afraid I will break it, lots of plastic surrounded by, Hmmm, more plastic.) The Jury is still out, but this sounds like the best option I have been given.
4.) Pay the speedometer shop $40.00 and have them re-set, the odometer, they will also file some paperwork with the DMV, and give you some stickers, (Just like when you get a shot, and are a good boy at the doctors office.) that tell the next potential owner that the odometer has been changed. (I would rather keep the $40.00, I only paid $41.00 for the entire cluster, and would rather spend the $41.00 on the Oil PSI, and Coolant Temp Sending units I need to purchase to make everything work correctly.)
A little Spedometer humor:
http://www.ozjokes.com/funnypics/ShowImage.aspx?img=stopnow.jpg