How to Roll back the Odometer
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How to Roll back the Odometer
If any of you out there beleive the mileage reading on your effie at this age (unless corroborated by other documents) , I suspect you look forward to the Easter bunny and Tooth Fairy.
My 55 is morphed together from an original and a junk truck. The speedo head is shot on the truck as is the odo. I will be swapping in the odo from the junker and thought I would roll back the odo to zero to mark miles since the restoration.
Can anyone give guidance on this?
I first tried running it fwd with a drill, but calculated the 3 days of time to do that would toast the drill.
I have since pulled the 'tumbler' of numbers, and while I can rotate them freely, there are metal tangs on each roller that show when I reset the mileage. I suspect these are there to flag a rollback, but I'd love to not see 'em.
Anyone out there with nefarious skill and knowlege?
My 55 is morphed together from an original and a junk truck. The speedo head is shot on the truck as is the odo. I will be swapping in the odo from the junker and thought I would roll back the odo to zero to mark miles since the restoration.
Can anyone give guidance on this?
I first tried running it fwd with a drill, but calculated the 3 days of time to do that would toast the drill.
I have since pulled the 'tumbler' of numbers, and while I can rotate them freely, there are metal tangs on each roller that show when I reset the mileage. I suspect these are there to flag a rollback, but I'd love to not see 'em.
Anyone out there with nefarious skill and knowlege?
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What's the mileage? You might be able to do it in reverse. I was playing with a broken speedo out of a Dodge once that would roll back if done in reverse. Do you have a drill press? That show be durable enough to be ran for a couple of days.
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MC,
I have done this and if you have the numbers out, you're past the hard part. Take a look at the pic. Start at the left side (if I remeber correctly) and line the metal tangs up as shown in the pic. Keep working your way to the right (or left, if my memory has failed) until all are at 0 and the tangs are lined up. Put it back in and you're good to go! BTW, this is a good time for Windex and a Q-tip to get rid of the dust.
Good Luck,
Kent
I have done this and if you have the numbers out, you're past the hard part. Take a look at the pic. Start at the left side (if I remeber correctly) and line the metal tangs up as shown in the pic. Keep working your way to the right (or left, if my memory has failed) until all are at 0 and the tangs are lined up. Put it back in and you're good to go! BTW, this is a good time for Windex and a Q-tip to get rid of the dust.
Good Luck,
Kent
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Still trying to figure out what "nefarious" means and can't get the right pic to post! Try it now.
Good Luck,
Kent
Good Luck,
Kent
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posted picture now working fine.
Nefarious=wrong, devious.
In other words what the used car pirates used to (?) do to make the extra buck, cheating mileage showing.
I was feeling guilty enough about this question to ask Kenny if it might be alright, and I got a green light. Doubt the '87-96 Forum would post this kinda thing up!
Thanks again for your help!
Nefarious=wrong, devious.
In other words what the used car pirates used to (?) do to make the extra buck, cheating mileage showing.
I was feeling guilty enough about this question to ask Kenny if it might be alright, and I got a green light. Doubt the '87-96 Forum would post this kinda thing up!
Thanks again for your help!
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MC,
Well, I guess I'll have to use that one three times today. You and Himmel are definately expanding my vocabulary!
Here in TX, if the vehicle is over 10 years old, they don't even ask for the odometer reading. I did mine for the same reason, "miles since restoration." Too bad I haven't put any on it yet! I'm not going to hook up the cable until it's painted.
Good Luck!
Kent
Well, I guess I'll have to use that one three times today. You and Himmel are definately expanding my vocabulary!
Here in TX, if the vehicle is over 10 years old, they don't even ask for the odometer reading. I did mine for the same reason, "miles since restoration." Too bad I haven't put any on it yet! I'm not going to hook up the cable until it's painted.
Good Luck!
Kent
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I got a story about this from my friend. At his house he heard a noise coming from his neighbors garage for more than 2 days straight and it would only pause for a few hours at a time. He went over to see what was going on and the guy was using a hand drill to spin an odometer. The noise was the drill running continuously. The pause was when the drill would finally burn out. The guy was using craftsman drills and would return it to Sears and get another one and keep going. I think he choose Sears because there where enough around that he could keep returning them to different stores.
Most hand drills won't hold up to continuous usage.
Most hand drills won't hold up to continuous usage.