Tripometer Thingy Not Working

[justin911]

Hey Peoples

Im so bloody upset I've just noticed now the thingy that records how many KM you've done has stopped moving... Also the little thingy that records upto 999km (the thing you can reset) has stopped changing as well.....

The speedo/tacho/everything else is all operational.

I believe it can stop if its been wound back ??? Is it possible whatevers making it move has just broken ??

I just sort of relised now "hmmm i've been on 84k km for a long time now"

Anyways just wondering is there anything i should check ? Should I just goto an auto electrician or something ?? will they be able to see if the car has been wound back ?

thanks heaps:)

[justin911]

oooh she started working again

anyways is this something for a mechanic type person.. or a auto electrician type person.. or like what typa person ?

[MacGuyver]

Wouldn't you like it to stop working? To keep the Km's down?

"Mmmm, unexplained bacon."

[justin911]

I guess thats one way of looking at it

I'd prefer to know though when my 100k km service is due though, as oposed to taking it on the 200k km

All seems to be working again though

Wouldn't you like it to stop working? To keep the Km's down?

"Mmmm, unexplained bacon."

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[skylinecouple]

Had the same thing.Once it stopped working, then when I was sitting at the lights it started rotating on it`s own,weird.Has happened about three times in 140,oookm`s.Hasn`t done it for a while though.

[justin911]

bloody hell its stopped working again

doesnt seem to want to work again now..

anyone got any ideas at all ????????

[blur]

take it to an auto sparky, they will be able to remove and repair it for you..

[siksII]

there is specific instrument repairers, look them up in the yellow pages for one in your area, otherwise find another working cluster.

[superspit]

bloody hell its stopped working again

doesnt seem to want to work again now..

anyone got any ideas at all ????????

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woah!! exact same thing here!! you're going to find she'll stop and start quite unreliably of it's own accord now. Mine's stuck or shuffles around the 91K mark now!!!

[justin911]

ok peoples..

i stupidily took the dash out just now... kinda got abit bored and my car/garage is way to close to my room

anyways i got to the odometer thingy and it wouldnt go forward or backwards realy, i poked at one of the main cogs for a while and sprayed some of that wd40 stuff.. got anoyed.. then poked at it somemore.. and it seems to go forwards smoothly now. you can kinda see what the problem is.. just need to poke at it..

I havnt actualy put it back in the car yet but i shall tommorow night after work, im fairly certain theres no way in hell im going to get the dash all back in, in one piece but im so excited to c if the odometer thingy works now

i've got a feeling it will work but i will have screwed the speedo or something.. but its always exciting to see whats broken next

saved myself $200 if it all works however if not would of had to take out dash anyways... i guess.......

[justin911]

ive poked it at somemore now.. it evans now clicks over when the tripometer thingy gets to the end of 9 like its sposed to

just need to proceed to stage 2 and put it back in the car and see if she works

[justin911]

i stuck just the cluster bak in the car and the odometer/tripometer start rolling away nicely!!!!!!

its working like a charm now... tested it a few times now and it seems to be working fine, for now anyways i guess

yay !!!!!

just goto put the rest of the dash back in now grr

[justin911]

hmm the ol speedo is out by 20km now

I had a play with it.. first it was below 20... then over by 20...

is there some trick to finding the right spot in the middle when you put the needle thing back on ????

[justin911]

sweet mother of god

i must of taken the cluster on/off my car atleast 30 times trying to find the right position for the needle.. it kept wanting to either jump forwards when you put the key in, or stay at 0 and be under 20km..

in the end i relised u can leave it in the car and just remove the plastic at the front

it seems to be finaly working ok again i was comparing it the pfc and it seems to be off by like 2 or 3km but i dont think it was 100% to the pfc before hand.