Sukebei Oni

I already posted this in another thread, but I thought I would start its own thread to help people searching for this info.


heres one way to change the odometer to match the one you are swaping it with.

PS. i am not responsible for any damage you do to your gauge. do this at your own risk.

first take the gauge out of the car, if you have not done so. i'm geussing you can do that. just remove the screws holding the cover on, then unscrew the cluster, then unplug it.

now that you have your cluster out of the car, remove the three screws on the back that hold the front cover on.



now you can separate the clear plastic cover, and the black face plate.



you do that buy pushing down on the tabs and spreading them apart.



then remove the 4 screws holding in the odometer gauge.



now you should be able to slide out your gauge. it should look like this



pop off the little black cap on the needle



then pop off the needle pulling it strait up.



now remove the 2 screws on the back of the gauge



now you should see this



then pry out on one side of the smaller gear shaft with a screw driver, just enough so that you can rotate the numbers. the smaller gears are what keep the numbers from spining.



here you can see the shaft tilted slightly away from the numbers.



now you can spin the number to any position. like so



now heres the hard part. you have to line everythin back up. if you don't do it perfect, it won't work right, and the numbers won't be in alignment. first make sure all the numbers are on the exact same line. then press the smaller gear shaft back in making sure the all the little gear are in the same position, and the little metal tabs press flat against the square section on the smaller gears.



if you have gotten everything lined up, then you need to now put it all back together. install in reverse order up to the needle step. do not put the needle on at this point. screw the gauge back onto the cluster, and then put the black face plate back on. this way you should have everything back together except the needle and clear plastic cover.

now plug the cluster into the car. turn the the key on but do not start the car. make sure some lights come on in the cluster and that you have power. now start the car. make sure the rpm gauge is working. with the car not moving, the shaft that the speedo needle goes onto should now be in the 0mph position. you can now push the needle back onto the shaft.

I like to press the needle onto the shaft where the needle points to the postion just behind the little stop peg for the needle, then when the needle is pushed in place, i can just bend the needle over the little peg, thus giving it a slight preload on the needle to make the needle return to 0mph when you come to a stop.

now you can put the little black cap back on the needle, and push the clear plastic cover back on, and install everything else back like normal.

ophdehEEzY

Yes!! Now I can sell my car for a lot more!! WOOHOO!

Sukebei Oni

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glad i could help. NOT

don't be a *** and try to cheat people.

being sarcastic is another thing.

thaiphob

SAVED!!
Good write up man

Sukebei Oni

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Good write up man </TD></TR></TABLE>

thanks, I had nothing better to do today. I was really bored. I was going to wash my car, but it started raining.

Kendall

Also be sure that the tiny gears are positioned correctly or you will get unusual results. It's also very possible to disconnect the odometer in this method and keep a working speedometer.

mrmonk

This is extremely illegal if you are planing to sell your vehicle.

eric8876

Im sure they can still look at the ecu and tell theres more miles

Sukebei Oni

I didn't know the ECU records the miles. And if it does, i'm sure theres ways to reset the miles on the ECU too, or swap it for a nother one. People are going to do illegal things no matter what, its hard to stop them. I'm just posting some info to help people doing guagecluster swaps.

IntEGNYC

thank goodness for carfax

Seedc2

iTrader: (1)

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extremely knowledgable man here.

Chief Brody

I prefer the easier route.
Jack up car, put in reverse, brick on gas pedal.... Ferris Beulars Day Off lol.

Jk.... Good write up though


Modified by 92prelude at 8:39 PM 4/19/2004

cougar10ag

ok i should call the state about this one.... when buying a new gauge.. can you legally get it turned foward to match your curret milage. or do you gotta start from 0 again?

m R g S r

I think it actually adds miles to the odometer if you drive in reverse, right?

iNtoXicaTedSPOON

hahahah ur funnie 92 lude thats the funniest thing i heard today. n e ways wouldnt the speedometer or stop working if u take the needle out?
i know some people who tooked their needle out of their gas, temp, rpm, and speed needle out and their **** got fucked up.(putting in white face gauges) is there n e way you can fix the needle once it stops working?

mrmonk

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extremely knowledgable man here.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Thank you. Just trying to clear things up here.

Sukebei Oni

the needle should just pull off and push on. unless you break something taking it off, it should be fine. but you should pay attention to the position of the needle when you take it off.

iNtoXicaTedSPOON

n e way to fix it if it is jacked up? my friends gas gauage stays at empty and temp at cold when he jacked it up. is there n e ways to fix it?

xplanetearth420x

all first of all im sure most of us knew how to do that but if anyone or there bust a car out there anytime soon and the miles were rolled back you have someone to blame
when did my guage cluster swap i was playing with the needle bc i got bored it took me a few times to line up the little star things so now my ***** off by ten mph but o well

Sukebei Oni

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by xplanetearth420x &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">all first of all im sure most of us knew how to do that but if anyone or there bust a car out there anytime soon and the miles were rolled back you have someone to blame
when did my guage cluster swap i was playing with the needle bc i got bored it took me a few times to line up the little star things so now my ***** off by ten mph but o well</TD></TR></TABLE>

If most of us know how to do it, then why am I to blame. Shady people are going to do shady things no matter what. If anything, this thread should help you fix your car being off by 10mph.

WhoisDan

Good write up. I needed something like this because I am planning on getting a JDM cluster. I didn't want to cheat people either by putting on my STOCK cluster with my old miles still recorded when I sell the car.

wowsers

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don't forget the conversion of miles and kilometers

justBLZE

That really helps when someone is getting a swap or a new cluster.

iH8RICERZ

iTrader: (1)

ooh, why couldnt some body make this post a year ago when i had to learn the hardway about taking my gauge cluster apart! SOO many broken clips around my cluster now! LOL good write up!

gotparts

why not just take out a fuse for the odometer on the fuse box when u are daily driving ur car for work or school. THis is wutt I did and even though my speedometer don't work, I have a couple of gauges showing MPH and RPM evenrytime I drive with the speedometer off. Good write up anyways!

peace