Turning Back Odometer ?

[z|gen]

hey guys
im gonna rebuild my engine, and i was thinking about also resetting the odometer to zero, it currently shows just over 600thousand kms, but the engine already had a rebuild before that, so how do i go about setting it back to zero so i know how much i will have done since i rebuilt the engine ?

cheers David

[Twolitre]

so how do i go about setting it back to zero so i know how much i will have done since i rebuilt the engine ?

By writing it down, rememberring it etc
It is highly illegal to rewind your odometer.

[z|gen]

err..can i ask why it is highly illegal to turn it back ?:S

[coleman]

wouldnt it be faster to run it forward 400 thousand?

[Logan]

drill on the speedo drive cable....

[AE85.6]

illegal to wind back no one said illegal to replace........... remove dash board replace with dash from newer car

[coleman]

wouldnt it be faster to run it forward 400 thousand?

also technically wouldnt be illegal

[Twolitre]

err..can i ask why it is highly illegal to turn it back ?:S

Because it is essentially fraud, would you like to buy a car that had a lot more kilometers on the car than the odometer indicated?

[z|gen]

err...but wouldnt it give a fairer indication of how many kms the engine has done..or would it still be fraud..?

[matt dunn]

err..can i ask why it is highly illegal to turn it back ?:S

Because it is law.
If you get caught doing it ( and you will as the readings are entered into the system each warrant ), you may face a big fine and even prison time in major cases.

That's why there's so much of a fuss about jap import speedo's being checked.

The public dont want to buy a new 199 toyota altezza with 36,000 kms only to find that it has actually done 360,000 !!!

[Twolitre]

err...but wouldnt it give a fairer indication of how many kms the engine has done..or would it still be fraud..?

Yes, as far as the engine, but what about the chasis, the gearbox, the diff, the brakes, wheel bearings, interior, steering components, cooling system, prop shaft, electrical system etc?

[Adamal]

Yes, as far as the engine, but what about the chasis, the gearbox, the diff, the brakes, wheel bearings, interior, steering components, cooling system, prop shaft, electrical system etc?

Don't you hate it when you have some input to a thread as you're halfway down, and when you get to the end, you find someone has beat you to it????

[Twolitre]

Don't you hate it when you have some input to a thread as you're halfway down, and when you get to the end, you find someone has beat you to it????

hahah yup
you win some you loose some I guess lol

[EVLGTZ]

drive in reverse from now on

[M R 2 Mk1]

you can but you gave to go to the post office and register it with that amount of kilometres on the clock

[Ae92typeX]

When I rebuilt one of my minis from the ground up (literally everything) I set the odo to 0. Would have been obvious at wof but I never got in trouble or mentioned.
In saying this when I sold it I didnt try and say it had been in a gaurage for 25years...

[Ae92typeX]

Oh- I took the speedo fully apart when I did it

[~SlideWays~]

and it would look weird when you get the previous owners details after changing ownership and find the the km's drop to nothing when it gets to your name

[Ae92typeX]

now that I think about it, the mini had one less diget...thats probably why I didnt have much hassle...guess they wernt ment to last that long lol

[Logan]

same with the old toyotas, they only have a 5 digit, hence only up to 99,999 k's not as bigga drama
I have a "friend" with a "modified ke25" which is getting a hybrid 3tgteu built for it, it current sits at 95,xxxx, whats another 5000 in 3 months of build time

Logan