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| sarcasticmrknowitall |
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Ive just replaced my faulty DF dash with a good one, and was wondering if there is any way to reset the odo reading on the new dash myself?... or does it have to be sent off to a professional?
My old reading was 106455kms and the new dash is 314762kms, so Im keen to set the new dash to my old KM's. |
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| SLO247 |
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The odometer reading is stored in an EEPROM, an electronic chip basically, on the circuit board inside the cluster. You can un-solder and swap them between the two clusters.
You will need a really small tip for the soldering iron though. |
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| Deff |
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{USERNAME} wrote: The odometer reading is stored in an EEPROM, an electronic chip basically, on the circuit board inside the cluster. You can un-solder and swap them between the two clusters. You will need a really small tip for the soldering iron though. Really small and really low temp. Even then no guarantees. There is a bit on it in the tech guides here. I done it on my XR6 speedo head I used, worked out fine. |
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| sarcasticmrknowitall |
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Thanks guys.
I went to my mates place (where we changed it) to pick up the old dash and he had s**t-canned it already. And it was bin day on Tuesday, so I wont be getting that back.  Is there any other way of resetting the dash I have in the car? |
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| XRfairmont67 |
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yeah pull it out and take it to an auto instruments repair/supplier, they can do it. around $70 but dont quote me on that. try yellow pages and ring around
a while ago on here a guy from wa was doing it from home too |
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| thepistonhead |
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{USERNAME} wrote: yeah pull it out and take it to an auto instruments repair/supplier, they can do it. around $70 but dont quote me on that. try yellow pages and ring around a while ago on here a guy from wa was doing it from home too Surely not legal?
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| twase |
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Any EF or EL cluster eprom will work, dont need to be a DL.
Shop around for a low K EF/L cluster.
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| lukey1990 |
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{USERNAME} wrote: Surely not legal? I'm fairly sure it's only illegal if you're altering it to display a number lower than the vehicle has actually done. And I think there is something in the rule or law about deceiving potential buyers into purchasing it for a higher value than it might otherwise be worth.
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| thepistonhead |
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{USERNAME} wrote: {USERNAME} wrote: Surely not legal? I'm fairly sure it's only illegal if you're altering it to display a number lower than the vehicle has actually done. And I think there is something in the rule or law about deceiving potential buyers into purchasing it for a higher value than it might otherwise be worth. Yeah agreed, but.. Conversation to 'cluster repairman': "Yeah mate I swear she only had 20,000 km's on it before the cluster died"  A very gray area legality wise.
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