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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ Odometer slightly out of synch.

Posted by: Greg Bell Jun 4 2005, 09:35 AM

I think the prior owner was, "ahem", fixing the odometer on my 73 2.0 and knocked it out of synch so the numbers don't quite line up (picture hillbilly teeth with numbers painted on them). Anybody know how to correct this?

Posted by: 914GT Jun 4 2005, 09:44 AM

You have to slide the odometer shaft out of the metal gear on the end of the stack, then rotate each digit into correct position. It can take some fooling around to get all of them lined up correctly.

Posted by: type47 Jun 4 2005, 12:19 PM

piece of black electrical tape over the numbers... (sorry, one of those wise-guy answers i couldn't resist)

Posted by: 914GT Jun 4 2005, 12:56 PM

QUOTE (type47 @ Jun 4 2005, 11:19 AM)
piece of black electrical tape over the numbers... (sorry, one of those wise-guy answers i couldn't resist)

But a hell of a lot easier

Posted by: bd1308 Jun 4 2005, 02:31 PM

is there any way i could roll mine back to like 00090?

Posted by: type47 Jun 4 2005, 08:17 PM

yep, do the "Ferris Bueller" technique

Posted by: Red-Beard Jun 4 2005, 08:37 PM

It's pretty easy to "roll it back". I set mine to 00000 after the rebuild.

The "easiest" fix is to replace the speedo. Cheap too.

Posted by: CptTripps Jun 4 2005, 08:59 PM

I've got 2-3 speedos...you can get them for like $20-$30 here, or on eBay all day long.

MUCH better to spend a few bucks, than mess with it for 4-5hrs IMHO.