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 Post subject: odometer EBII
Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 5:04 am 
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just like many other ea-ed owners from fordmods, i have a mid series cluster installed on my GLi. the cluster i installed has 105500km kilometers less on the clock than my original cluster. (it should read something like 320XXX instead of 214XXX) i dont like it. does anyone know how legal/illegal it is to wind the kilometers forward myself or do i have to take it to someone to do it. i know how to do it. being a a*** i dont like paying people to do something i could do for free.

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Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 10:50 am 
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i wounds mine back when i got the mid series cluster (my car had 125,000 and the cluster had 280,000)
it requires u to pull the thing apart

 

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 Post subject: Re: odometer EBII
Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 6:29 pm 
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just like many other ea-ed owners from fordmods, i have a mid series cluster installed on my GLi. the cluster i installed has 105500km kilometers less on the clock than my original cluster. (it should read something like 320XXX instead of 214XXX) i dont like it. does anyone know how legal/illegal it is to wind the kilometers forward myself or do i have to take it to someone to do it. i know how to do it. being a a*** i dont like paying people to do something i could do for free.

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If you knwo how, then just do it. Noone will ever know.
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 6:31 pm 
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cept us but yeah who cares if your only showing the truth you cant get in trouble and why would you.

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Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 6:46 pm 
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Well I was gonna tell but....

Just go for it.
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 11:42 pm 
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excellent.
ill do it tonite
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Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 12:30 am 
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Ok.

I am doing the same upgrade.

I have pulled the cluster apart, but how do I add 80000 Kms to it?

Just wind it forward?, or is there a better way?

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Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 2:38 am 
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Just wind it forward.
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Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 4:52 am 
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or if u are confident in what u are doing, use a really fast drill. just dont break anything
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Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 5:55 pm 
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i beleive it is legal to correct it....
its only illegal to give a false reading...

 

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 Post subject: Easy Solution
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 12:59 am 
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Winding your odometer forward or backward 80000kms by hand would take weeks if you did some every night.

On my EB I upgraded to a Mid Cluster from a EBII Fairmont. I tried dismantling the odometer to set the kms at the required level, but managed to break the little cog wheel.

What I did then was remove the Odometer from the Low Cluster and just bolt and plug it into the Mid Cluster.

Works like a charm. Easy to do and no stuffing around.

Also when I plugged my Mid Cluster into the GL the tacho, and voltmeter all worked without me having to run any wires.

All I have to do now is change the Oil Pressure switch for a sender to get the oil pressure gauge to read correctly.

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Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 1:10 am 
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swapping the odometer thingos over is probably the best way to do it. (didnt think of it when i got the cluster) :oops:
it only takes 30mins or so to wind up the k,s using the correct tools.

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Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 2:34 pm 
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Also if you swap the odo's over you will have a spare for when you reach the kms an the other one in case it f***s up :P

 

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