Austarion

Own a JB Starion, and the odometer isnt accurate its done 113,000k's but has since moved up verry verry slowly, this includes the trip meter aswell.
i drive this thing alot, is this a costly problem??

approx how much to fix??

any advice would be appreciated
cheers.

get a dash of another car (easy way out), try lubricating the current odometer maybe?

If the speedo is accurate but not the odometer, then best to get a new dash. If speedo is out too then your speedo cable may need to be oiled etc etc

mine stopped too.. speedo is still accurate so i got over it.. its not gonna kill me

A car with low Km's is better than one with high Km's. So why bother?

GADGET wrote:A car with low Km's is better than one with high Km's. So why bother?

hahah, yeah, i was thinking there wasnt really a problem here

the speedo's fine, can a auto elec repair it??

im selling it soon, so i wanna get the meter fixd, cant be botherd installing a new dash for it or a used one.

because of the age legally it doesnt have to work does it??
i wouldnt really worry about it unless u wanna try and tell the buyers its done say 200,000 k's instead of the true 330,000 k's * and even if its not working people probably wont watch the odometer while they are test driving it....



* please note actual figures may be different to those stated rofl

I think its more of a case of the new owner noticing it, and getting angry about the false k's on the clock.

Id ring an auto-elecy and see if they are able to help. I havent wound back an odo before, or repaired one, so Im not sure how to actually dismantle it to find the problem.

Oh and swapping the dash cluster with a replacement is not hard. Its just a couple of screws and some plugs on the back + speedo cable. Its just a case of finding a dash cluster 2nd hand that looks ok and has similar k's on it.

thanx guys, for the advice,
i'll jus leave it and hopefully the new buyer doesnt notice.

cheers

I'd use it as a selling point.