Stuck Odo

[Nizmo]

My odometer has been stuck for about 3 months now - about time to get it fixed - is it possibly just a disconnected wire that someone can talk me thru reconnecting or is it better to take it somewhere and who does that kinda thing?

My clock was wound back in perth believe it or not - thanks to a service sticker left on my car when i bought it that looked like had nothing on it but when i pulled it off you could see the imprint - next service due Aug 02 or 104,000 - it had 72,000 on the clock when i bought it (which i thought may have been done in japan) so go figure!

Anyway if anyone knows about getting it ticking over again let me know.

Thanks

[bully]

is the speedo working ok

[Nizmo]

All the other instruments work A1 its just the odometer.

[bully]

Nismo post this in the maintence forum then you will have all of Australia helping you not just Perth

[gtrken]

If the speedo ( ie. speed reading ) is working then the problem is in the speedo head.

afaik there is no separate input for just the odometer.

Would guess it will have to be removed and repaired. Try Aisat Instruments in Kurnall rd Welshpool or TISCO in Railway pde Subiaco.

Could be a good time for the Nismo 320kmh speedo to go with the new found SAU cruising speed:D :lol:

Cheers

( who me officer ?? )

Ken

[Nizmo]

Just thought this being more localised if i cant do it myself (because its going to have to be really simple for me to do or pull puppy eyes and get one of my mates to do) anyway back to it i thought that the WA forum would have more of an idea of somewhere local that can fix the prob for me.

[Nizmo]

yeah thought of Asiat because one of the guys at work have used them - haha yes my evil lil mind was ticking over what i could have put in while they had it pulled apart - if your going to have something done might as well go the whole hog

A friend of mine has pulled his mates skyline dash apart to put some god damn ricey red lights or something behind it and he has a fairly good understanding of cars so i was going to ask him (because he managed not to stuff it) but if its a lil more complicated then ill take it to a specialist

[Guest aw11]

should get them to check the odometer out. they might know if it has been tampered with. if it has been i'd be opening up a can of whoop ass on the sales people! far out that's hell dodgy.

*paranoid*

[Nizmo]

my car was a private sale so no point opening up a can of whoop arse on anyone plus your pretty vague if you think a 94 really has 70,000kms on the clock - u just accept that with jap cars comes lil things like that. Its was more that it was a perth wind back and not a jap one like u orignally assume also done not long before i bought the car - i mean 104 is ok for the year - i would of still bought it if they left it like that. But noooooo now i have to go find someone to fix someone elses dodgy work!!!

[GTS-t VSPEC]

The instrument cluster is quite easy to take out, so I would be tempted to have a look yourself first. These instrument places tend to take there sweet time, and it's not easy to stick to the speed limit without instruments.

See'ya:burnout:

[Guest aw11]

mines early '86 with 107k on the clock. how is that vague?

[Nizmo]

lucky its just odo stuffed everything else fine.

Aw11 its really not worth it - the cars in really good mechanical shape thats all im concerned about - i know fairly accurately how much its actually done and that doesnt worry me. But cant really keep track of what im doing if its buggered.

My Z31 is an 88 and did only 114,000 i know thats accurate because ive met the guy and basically it only had one owner before me (well there was one guy in between that had to sell it back to yard cos of wife preggers) and i met him - had several other cars as well so it was mostly garaged.

Anyway towards the end of the month i'll pull it apart - then yell for help when i cant get it back in - probably make it worse.

[GTS-t VSPEC]

Nizmo,

It's really easy, just takes a bit of fiddling at first, remind me at the next cruise and I'll show you where all the hidden screws are.

See'ya:burnout:

[Nizmo]

You have to know a bit about the history of the car - from that u can determine if what u are seeing on the clock is real or suspect a bit of foul play.

with my car i know its foul play and aw11 you probably have good reason to believe your kms are real and they probably are - its a general comment doesnt apply to every import but theres a fair chunk out there with fake kms.

[bully]

hmmm no comment (my old dirty mind at work )

[bully]

Originally posted by Nizmo

You have to know a bit about the history of the car - from that u can determine if what u are seeing on the clock is real or suspect a bit of foul play.  

with my car i know its foul play and aw11 you probably have good reason to believe your kms are real and they probably are - its a general comment doesnt apply to every import but theres a fair chunk out there with fake kms.

i went to a few places today to see whats around and there some sus odos out there atm

[Nizmo]

Friend of mine has taken one apart before. When it was working i took him for a cruise in my car and he was explaining how it all came apart but i wasnt really taking it all in - wish i tried now. He said it was easy so i might have to get in touch and ask for a demo.

[Nizmo]

Oh yeah when i was looking for my skyline i dont think i saw one with what i believed to be real kms!

Trading in the supra eh bully maybe a 4wd to take on those curbs! hehe

[bully]

Never -- thou will wash thy mouth out imediately

was really just bored waiting for the misses to finish a course a Dianella and couldnt be bothered driving all the way back to Rocky so went for a couple off test drives to pass the time ---

[GTS-t VSPEC]

Bully,

That's top work, pretend your interested so you can drive other peoples cars.:lol:

See'ya:burnout: