resetting odometer - any better ideas than with a drill?

[CEgg11]

Also, I am thinking of aftermarket gauges. Who makes the best fit?

Brand new to the gauges ideas...

[an_unusual_eye]

assuming it's the S30 in your "garage", you'll be pleasantly surprised how easy it is to get into the odometer section and set the numbers to whatever you want. i set one a few years back (actually had roll it forward) to match the miles on my car in less time than it would have taken me to find my drill.

[CEgg11]

I have it out, just haven't taken it apart yet. I'll look at that tonight. Thanks! I am doing a complete rebuild, so I am going back to 0.

[grannyknot]

I have it out, just haven't taken it apart yet. I'll look at that tonight. Thanks! I am doing a complete rebuild, so I am going back to 0.

That's a felony charge where I live.

[siteunseen]

I hooked a Dremmel to a motorcycle odometer once. It started clicking them off pretty good so I went upstairs to get a beer or something. Came back and the gauge was full of smoke, the plastic bits had melted. $200 for a used gauge cluster that had 2,000 less miles than mine.

[Captain Obvious]

Hahahahaha!!!! Hey Y'all, watch this!

That's great!

[siteunseen]

Hey Y'all, watch this!

Most of my adventures start with those words and end with "Mom I'm OK but you need to come to emergency room". It's easier asking for forgiveness than permission.

Edited April 10, 2014 by siteunseen

[CEgg11]

That's a felony charge where I live.

In Georgia, if I decided to sell it at some point, I'd just fill out a form stating that the mileage on the car is not the actual mileage.

Which, as a matter of fact, it will be.

New motor, rebuilt trans, rebuilt diff, new interior, new suspension, new wheels, etc etc etc.

So, thank God we aren't quite to the nanny state that Canada is!

[ZCurves]

I concur with Rob. That is what I did when I replaced mine.

[Captain Obvious]

Most of my adventures start with those words

Haha!! Most of mine start with "Hey... Hold my beer."

Funny though... Mine end the same way yours do.

[TomoHawk]

That's a good question:

What conditions do you have to satisfy to be able to reset the odometer to zero? I suppose you just need a total restoration of all the mechanical stuff, like the engine, transmission, and suspension.

[grannyknot]

In Georgia, if I decided to sell it at some point, I'd just fill out a form stating that the mileage on the car is not the actual mileage.

Which, as a matter of fact, it will be.

New motor, rebuilt trans, rebuilt diff, new interior, new suspension, new wheels, etc etc etc.

So, thank God we aren't quite to the nanny state that Canada is!

I kinda doubt any god could care less.

I understand your desire to rollback the ODO, I have rebuilt a few cars and bikes where the ODO was the only thing on the vehicle that had those kind of miles on it and it bent my nose out of shape knowing that I was not allowed to.

BUT at the same time, I wouldn't buy a car that had been rolled back. If there is no historical record you could be buying some hodge podge of thrown together parts. You and I and probably many of the members of this forum could spot that

kind of deception but the general public could not.

There are many things I would like to change about the great country of Canada, but it hasn't been a nanny state for a very long time. Nanny State is usually a term thrown around by right wing morons that haven't bothered to do their own

reshearch and rely on someone elses opinion.