Alrighty. I finally broke my stock Mustang speedometer (don't ask how). I have a new (mechanical) Autometer Speedo with 0 miles coming. I display 10,000 miles on my old Mustang speedo. What is the best way to put 10,000 miles on my new Autometer speedo (without driving it another 10,000 miles)? Any suggestions? I'm thinking a small electric motor attached to the speedo cable and several days later. Ideas?
Speedometer Question???????
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Electric drill attached to the end of the speedo cable. Clamp everything down. Personally, I've switched speedos 3 times and have done nothing with the mileage. 1st one I reset to zero. 2nd one had 54k miles, I'm going back to the 1st one this year, so have 1200 miles.
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I have never done a aftermarket speedo but on the stock ones you have to (carefully)pull the pin. Rotate the numbers where you want and put it back in. Most of them have 1 full tooth then 1/2 tooth. It will go one ever other one. It will make sense when you look at it.
If the drill would spin it at 100MPH (I would bet it would be closer to 30MPH) It would take about 100 hours.
Jeff Hamilton
If the drill would spin it at 100MPH (I would bet it would be closer to 30MPH) It would take about 100 hours.
Jeff Hamilton
I went both routes, the first time, I took a small DC motor connected to part of my speedo cable (the donor cable had broken due to being too close to the headers) and let it run for about 3 days. I then decided that the 85mph speedo just didn't look right, got a 140 and played with the pin and gears, took a little time, but not nearly 3 days (I recommend this option)!!
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Be careful playing with odometer readings. These various tampering schemes could come back to haunt you if you EVER sell the car. (It's actually a federal crime to tamper with odometers. See below.) Document the mileage on your broken odo and keep it along with the receipt for the new one.
Go to your State's licensing agency to obtain a "Federal Odometer Disclosure Statement" (FODS)
(Also available at:Odometer Mileage Statement)
A completed FODS is required, along with the title when you sell the vehicle and you have to affirm that the mileage on the odometer is accurate or declare that it is incorrect.
http://www.usdoj.gov/civil/ocl/monograph/odom.htm
Motor Vehicle Cost Information Act, 49 U.S.C. Section 32704
1. (It shall be unlawful for a person) "with intent to defraud, operate a motor vehicle on a street, road, or highway if the person knows that the odometer of the vehicle is disconnected or not operating; or
2. The owner of the vehicle or agent of the owner shall attach a written notice to the left door frame of the vehicle specifying the mileage before the service, repair, or replacement and the date of the service, repair, or replacement.
3. A person transferring ownership of a motor vehicle shall give the transferree the following written disclosure
A) Disclosure of the cumulative mileage registered on the odometer,
B) Disclosure that the actual mileage is unknown if the transferror knows that the odometer reading is different from different from the number of miles the vehicle has actually traveled.
(b) Mileage Statement Requirement for Licensing. - (1) A motor vehicle the ownership of which is transferred may not be licensed for use in a State unless the transferee, in submitting an application to a State for the title on which the license will be issued, includes with the application the transferor's title and, if that title contains the space referred to in paragraph (3)(A)(iii) of this subsection, a statement, signed and dated by the transferor, of the mileage disclosure required under subsection (a) of this section
[ March 08, 2002: Message edited by: CobRat ]
[ March 08, 2002: Message edited by: CobRat ]
Go to your State's licensing agency to obtain a "Federal Odometer Disclosure Statement" (FODS)
(Also available at:Odometer Mileage Statement)
A completed FODS is required, along with the title when you sell the vehicle and you have to affirm that the mileage on the odometer is accurate or declare that it is incorrect.
http://www.usdoj.gov/civil/ocl/monograph/odom.htm
Motor Vehicle Cost Information Act, 49 U.S.C. Section 32704
1. (It shall be unlawful for a person) "with intent to defraud, operate a motor vehicle on a street, road, or highway if the person knows that the odometer of the vehicle is disconnected or not operating; or
2. The owner of the vehicle or agent of the owner shall attach a written notice to the left door frame of the vehicle specifying the mileage before the service, repair, or replacement and the date of the service, repair, or replacement.
3. A person transferring ownership of a motor vehicle shall give the transferree the following written disclosure
A) Disclosure of the cumulative mileage registered on the odometer,
B) Disclosure that the actual mileage is unknown if the transferror knows that the odometer reading is different from different from the number of miles the vehicle has actually traveled.
(b) Mileage Statement Requirement for Licensing. - (1) A motor vehicle the ownership of which is transferred may not be licensed for use in a State unless the transferee, in submitting an application to a State for the title on which the license will be issued, includes with the application the transferor's title and, if that title contains the space referred to in paragraph (3)(A)(iii) of this subsection, a statement, signed and dated by the transferor, of the mileage disclosure required under subsection (a) of this section
[ March 08, 2002: Message edited by: CobRat ]
[ March 08, 2002: Message edited by: CobRat ]
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