HELP: ODOMETER NOT WORKING!!!!

garrydowd · Post by **garrydowd** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 11:27 pm

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.

tmz_99 · Post by **tmz_99** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 11:44 pm

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

SpidersWeb · Post by **SpidersWeb** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 9:49 am

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

StarionBoy · Post by **StarionBoy** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 5:35 pm

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

GADGET · Post by **GADGET** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 6:59 pm

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

CussCuss · Post by **CussCuss** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 8:24 pm

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

garrydowd · Post by **garrydowd** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 9:53 pm

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.

StarionBoy · Post by **StarionBoy** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 12:52 am

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

SpidersWeb · Post by **SpidersWeb** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 11:47 am

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.

garrydowd · Post by **garrydowd** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 4:31 pm

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

cheers

Cookiemonster · Post by **Cookiemonster** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 5:01 pm

I'd use it as a selling point.

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