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Old 12-20-2008, 06:01 AM
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okay so i am replacing the 110mph gauge cluster in my ride with a 150 and the cluster i have now reads 76xxx miles on the car which is the right amount of miles, the cluster i am buying says 148xxx miles, how do i roll back the new one so it reads how many miles are actually on the car.
Old 12-20-2008, 08:42 AM
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I'm pretty sure that data isn't stored in the cluster, but in one of the computer components of the car. The clusters are plug'n'play-- so when you put the new one it should automatically read 76K instead of 148K
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u dont\cant its illegal.....
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Originally Posted by tbag_skywalker
I'm pretty sure that data isn't stored in the cluster, but in one of the computer components of the car. The clusters are plug'n'play-- so when you put the new one it should automatically read 76K instead of 148K
his isnt digi
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his isnt digi
Hey thanks for the reminder, I think I had a serious brain fart when I posted.

93 to 96 was analog, and just 97 was digital right?
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Originally Posted by 94LT1Bird
u dont\cant its illegal.....
its only illegal if you falsify it, if you replace the gauge and put the right miles on it there is nothing illegal about it.
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Take the odometer out of the old cluster and put it in the new one. Much easier than trying to roll the new one back.
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put the car on jack stands, start it up, put it in reverse, and stick a brick on the accelerator...that 70k mi will come off in no time j/k

"whatever miles we put on, we'll take off....we'll drive home backwards" Ferris Bueller
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Originally Posted by 1995blacktattop
put the car on jack stands, start it up, put it in reverse, and stick a brick on the accelerator...that 70k mi will come off in no time j/k

"whatever miles we put on, we'll take off....we'll drive home backwards" Ferris Bueller
Beat me to it.
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You can do it, you have to take it apart right down to the Dial, and hold each one of them little Number Wheels individually. I can't explain it, it's one of them things that you have to see. It was a bitch to do because you have to make sure the little catches will flip the next Wheel when it rotates, and they only go one way. You have to start with the left and work your way to the right, and if the number in that slot is lower, then you have to make sure the number before it is one before what it has to be.

Like I said, you have to see it to understand it. I have done it though.
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Originally Posted by 94LT1Bird
u dont\cant its illegal.....
Its not illegal, hes trying to get the miles on the cluster to the same as the body...
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Originally Posted by Low N Slow
Take the odometer out of the old cluster and put it in the new one. Much easier than trying to roll the new one back.

Yep. The whole odometer portion of the cluster unbolts and unhooks once you open up the case. Just takes a few minutes to do once you've got both clusters in hand.
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Here's one for you..

Once you get it apart, you will notice that the Mileage one does have the little white Wheel for the 1/10's Miles..but on the Dash it's covered.
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Take it to a dealership and they will do it for cheap, and it will be documented in case someone finds an inconsistency.

Or just take out the odometer and replace it, it is not hard at all.



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