JDMRice

Yes Ive been really bored, Ive had an ef custer laying around so I decided to do another one. Heres the ek/dc one I did.
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1881202

This writeup is only for those swapping there broken, or upgrading clusters. Noone wants the wrong milege on there cars so heres how to rollback or forward the odometer to the original km's.
In this DIY Im using a 91 Dx Auto cluster.

PS. If u try this and expletive up your cluster, thats your own fault. Do this at your own risk.

1. Remove the cluster(i dont have an ef anymore so I dont have any pics, should be easy though)

2. Gently pressing the black clips (2 on top and 2 on bottom) Remove the Plastic Cover.



3. Remove the 3 screws on the back of the cluster, and remove the complete odometer.



4. Now this is the tricky part, U have to remove the small copper C clip, Ive tried this a couple times and using a small flathead works best for me. U might have to use a bit off force, depedning on the way u go about it.



5. Once u have the clip off, to roll the numbers U just move them to the right and u can roll them back or forward, Take your time and align them. Once your happy, push back in place. Grab a pair of pliers and press the clip back in place. Install the rest in reverse Order.

Good luck.

Tippyman

Don't let the cops see u do it.

nice writeup.

harmonator84

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Yea I dont know if this is such a good writeup to be showing everyone!
I hate buying a car just to find out someone rolled the miles back.

MOE@Hyper16Valve

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YEAH don't let the police see you diong this!!!i think it's a federal offence???damn and it didn't even get locked yet???LOL...MOE@HYPER16VALVE...

JDMRice

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I dont see why this would get locked, If you look at the alarm section people can easily use that information Illegally, yet it still exists. I think its only a federal offense if u report the car will fradulent milege, this writeup is for people that swap there clustera and want to maintain there current milege.

MOE@Hyper16Valve

iTrader: (2)

Don't trip it's an open forum just stating something,just lookin out trust me I'm sure cops check these web sites,thats all...peace...MOE@HYPER16VALVE...

JDMRice

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lol Im not trippin out, i really couldnt careless.

Smokinsax

this is the same for EF clusters too?

gibsanez

that is an ef cluster, so i'll guess yes.

BlueCrxNC

Nice pics. Couldn't have done it better myself. I've performed this method a few times for cluster swaps.


Modified by BlueCrxNC at 3:18 PM 2/1/2007

racing_reject_001

i heard doin this was illigal but w/e i was actually planing on it for my crx cuz i just swapped out my engine so thanks for popping this up

JDMRice

This is what I found out about the lagality of this(Next door neigboor is a lawyer)

"Any attempt to alter a vehicle's odometer reading for the purpose of increasing its value constitutes fraud and is punishable under the Federal Weights and Measures Act
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So this DIY is fine.

DaX

iTrader: (1)

Nice. I have been considering doing this anyhow, as my current speedometer doesn't like cold weather, but if I swapped it I was wanting it to reflect the actual mileage.

BlueCrxNC

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Exactly. It's a pain to file an odometer change with new mileage to the DMV, maybe the actual papers are not but finding the time to go there when they are actually open etc is. Plus, It would get confusing driving a car with a cluster showing 135K on a car with 267K or some other number. You'd have to keep up with the difference etc. Too much work.

ILcrxsi1

In my state usually when a car is this old you don't even have to put the mileage on the title and I think it even says something about it not having to be the cars actual mileage. So I think this writeup is fine.

dr_latino999

&lt;Already saved the pictures in case of legal action, and when my new motor goes in the mileage is so going back to 000000.


Modified by dr_latino999 at 3:58 PM 2/1/2007

hotrodlincoln

you could also take an electric drill and atach the chuck to your speedo cable.... that takes a little time but it works too

BlueCrxNC

That's a LOT of revolutions! LOL

George Knighton

While appreciative of the time and effort that went into the reporting of this procedure, it is illegal in most states to alter odometer readings and/or keep track of mileage in any venue other than that provided by the state's DMV.

Locking out of necessity, but appreciative of the effort.

BuiltforSin

Good information even if it is illegal to do. Should definitely help the people with new motors/swaps.

detuned

this is a good write-up. i've had to report three different mileages because of cluster swaps and whatnot. went from 210K to 70K to 101K.

sh!ft

or you could just use some needle nose pliers wrapped with tape and roll em back that way

sleepingciv

iTrader: (2)

there was a couple that rolled back clusters and got caught and got some big jail time.

but if you plan on keeping ur ride i guess its kewl

akshn1

this is coool...im gona try on my ef...i have an old extra auto cluster laying around so i can practice on that..lol...if you've done this, what do u rate it from 1-10 in difficulty?

xci_ed6

Changing an engine is not a valid reason to change the odo. The odo represents vehicle mileage, and the engine is a relatively minor part. Rolling it back when putting in an engine could constitute fraud. This edu should only be used to correct vehicle mileage when replacing the existing odo with a new one.