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crackajacka · 08-10-2003, 05:18 PM

how should i go about reseting the odometer on like a 77 style speedometer since im goin on a new engine. want to keep it with the engine

Prerunner1982 · 08-11-2003, 01:05 AM

take a drill, attach it to the speedo cable.. and start winding.. may take a few hours.......

*mike reeh* · 08-11-2003, 02:04 AM

depending on what your mileage reads it may take well more than a few hours.

I planned on doing this, and I calc'd it out.. at 60mph it was going to take several days.. I figure the speedo would crap out before it got there or something, so I never bothered... its easy to calc, check it out

mike

bigblock73 · 08-11-2003, 09:01 AM

Take it to a gauge repair shop, they will be able to "reset" it for you. I am not sure of the legalities of it though, but they can tell you.

...Jeff

**N2TRUX** · 08-11-2003, 11:06 AM

It not illegal to reset your odometer. It IS illegal to misrepresent the mileage. You can have a speedometer shop reset it for you. Look on Ebay. There are guys selling dashes on there that reset them when they rebuild them. Maybe they can help ya out...

**old Rusty C10** · 08-11-2003, 11:16 AM

if you do the reset youll probably have to go to a TMU title and that may affect the value of the vehicle

**N2TRUX** · 08-11-2003, 11:28 AM

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Originally posted by old Rusty C10
if you do the reset youll probably have to go to a TMU title and that may affect the value of the vehicle

I'm not sure how it is in the state you are in. You may want to check into that. In Texas the mileage doesn't apply due to the age of the vehicle anyway. When I bought my 77, even though the correct mileage was documented, it was posted as N/A due to the age.

None of this matters if you plan to keep it forever. If you go to sell it, then you have an issue....

Gibble · 08-11-2003, 11:44 AM

Is there a way you can hook up two odomotors? Hide the original and keep it rolling and display the new one that starts at 0 in the dash.

crackajacka · 08-11-2003, 09:45 PM

well wouldnt it be the same as it rolling over?

75stepside · 08-11-2003, 10:12 PM

okay, i had the same deal w/ my odometer... got the same legal arguments, but hey, i'm doing a full restoration.... its going to be a new truck!!

here's the gig... take out the odometer unit from your gauge cluster... remove it from the speedo face... with the unit in your hand, remove the white clip on the bottom of the digits... there will be another clip on the end of the shaft that holds the digits together, remove it and PRESTO, the digit spool is in your hands... pull the discs apart, just enough to slide the digits to zeros, and push the spool back together... install and enjoy!

if you can't get it, ship it, i'd take care of it :-)

**crossy** · 08-12-2003, 12:21 AM

you do it for YOU when it is for YOU. All you have to do if you sell it is register it as TMU . (true Mileage Unknown) it Seems to be a trick that all the used car places are doing now to anything that has over 150K on it .

crackajacka · 08-12-2003, 02:31 AM

o is that when theres exempt under the odometer place on the title?

**Desert Rat** · 08-13-2003, 06:46 PM

Here vehicles are exempt when over a certain age.All my titles say exempt or N/A i wouldnt worry about it,aslong as you dont try to sell it as a original low mile.

08-10-2003, 05:18 PM	#1
crackajacka Stylin Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Tuttle, OK Posts: 620	reset the odometer how should i go about reseting the odometer on like a 77 style speedometer since im goin on a new engine. want to keep it with the engine __________________ Ive been traveling for some time, with my fishin pole and my bottle of shyne. Most Girls like finished products and just dont understand what a good addiction does for you http://www.paulwall.us/

08-11-2003, 01:05 AM	#2
Prerunner1982 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Edmond, OK Posts: 5,904	take a drill, attach it to the speedo cable.. and start winding.. may take a few hours....... __________________ Jon 1982 Chevy Silverado 350/th350.... RETIRED 1993 Jeep XJ 2 door(Cherokee) 4wd 4.0ltr/AX-15 (5spd)/NP231 .... Oklahoma Roll Call

08-11-2003, 11:06 AM	#5
N2TRUX Happy to be here Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 39,021	It not illegal to reset your odometer. It IS illegal to misrepresent the mileage. You can have a speedometer shop reset it for you. Look on Ebay. There are guys selling dashes on there that reset them when they rebuild them. Maybe they can help ya out... __________________ Follow me on Facebook and Instagram @N2trux.com Articles- "Jake" the 84 to 74 crewcab "Elwood" the77_Remix 85 GMC Sierra "Scarlett" "Refining Sierra"

08-11-2003, 11:16 AM	#6
old Rusty C10 Robert Olson Transport Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: recent transplant to NC USA Posts: 20,310	if you do the reset youll probably have to go to a TMU title and that may affect the value of the vehicle __________________ Bob 1951 International running on a squarebody chassis "If a man's worth is judged by the people he associates himself with, then i am the richest man in the world knowing some of the fine people of this board" http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...t.php?f=25&a=9 (you can review the site rules here!) PM Me for your vehicle/parts hauling needs in the North East US or see my Facebook page Robert Olson Transport Live each day to the fullest.. you never know when fate is going to pull the rug out from under you... I hate cancer!!

08-11-2003, 09:45 PM	#9
crackajacka Stylin Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Tuttle, OK Posts: 620	well wouldnt it be the same as it rolling over? __________________ Ive been traveling for some time, with my fishin pole and my bottle of shyne. Most Girls like finished products and just dont understand what a good addiction does for you http://www.paulwall.us/

08-11-2003, 02:04 AM	#3
mike reeh 5 day ban, learn to behave. Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: san diego, ca Posts: 683	depending on what your mileage reads it may take well more than a few hours. I planned on doing this, and I calc'd it out.. at 60mph it was going to take several days.. I figure the speedo would crap out before it got there or something, so I never bothered... its easy to calc, check it out mike

08-11-2003, 09:01 AM	#4
bigblock73 yeller Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Twin Cities Posts: 13,824	Take it to a gauge repair shop, they will be able to "reset" it for you. I am not sure of the legalities of it though, but they can tell you. ...Jeff

08-11-2003, 11:44 AM	#8
Gibble mmmm....Rye and Coke Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: MB, Canada Posts: 485	Is there a way you can hook up two odomotors? Hide the original and keep it rolling and display the new one that starts at 0 in the dash.

08-11-2003, 10:12 PM	#10
75stepside Proud Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 741	okay, i had the same deal w/ my odometer... got the same legal arguments, but hey, i'm doing a full restoration.... its going to be a new truck!! here's the gig... take out the odometer unit from your gauge cluster... remove it from the speedo face... with the unit in your hand, remove the white clip on the bottom of the digits... there will be another clip on the end of the shaft that holds the digits together, remove it and PRESTO, the digit spool is in your hands... pull the discs apart, just enough to slide the digits to zeros, and push the spool back together... install and enjoy! if you can't get it, ship it, i'd take care of it :-)

08-12-2003, 12:21 AM	#11
crossy Oh,you can't buy that new Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Pennsville,N.J. 08070, USA Posts: 2,039	you do it for YOU when it is for YOU. All you have to do if you sell it is register it as TMU . (true Mileage Unknown) it Seems to be a trick that all the used car places are doing now to anything that has over 150K on it . __________________ "been there, done that, ruined the T-shirt". 2007 LBZ GMC Sierra, ECSB 2006 LM7 RCSB Silverado 98 Vortec project. 94,3500,6.5L 4L80 81 SWB GMC POS finally gone 73 Pinto, stock, w/CragarSS's-eww LOTS of Cummins trucks.

08-12-2003, 02:31 AM	#12
crackajacka Stylin Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Tuttle, OK Posts: 620	o is that when theres exempt under the odometer place on the title? __________________ Ive been traveling for some time, with my fishin pole and my bottle of shyne. Most Girls like finished products and just dont understand what a good addiction does for you http://www.paulwall.us/

08-13-2003, 06:46 PM	#13
Desert Rat Senior Member Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Darrington, Washington Posts: 3,963	Here vehicles are exempt when over a certain age.All my titles say exempt or N/A i wouldnt worry about it,aslong as you dont try to sell it as a original low mile.

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