Is there a way to add miles to speedometer, 63
02-15-2017, 10:52 AM
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enough of this... Purchase a "new" speedometer and switch the lenses and chrome. That's legal. Keep the old one in case you are concerned with CA DMV else sell it.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1958-1959-19...NYg~vH&vxp=mtr
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1958-1959-19...NYg~vH&vxp=mtr
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02-15-2017, 11:21 AM
#22
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Friend of mine in law enforcement just closed a HUGE case in CA where a married couple who ran a used car dealer got sentenced to serious prison time for setting the odometers back/changing them on over 100 car.....they were taking 350,000 mile pickups and minivans, rolling them back to 90k miles, and financing them at about 35% interest to poor people who could go nowhere else. Cars were absolute junk, and the dealer and his wife complete drug-addled dirtbags. In CA, it is totally illegal to change odometer readings. Guess it depends where you are....in a state full of rainbows and snowflakes, or one filled with poisonous snakes and alligators!!
02-15-2017, 11:50 AM
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Some of this reminded me of mid to late '70's Mopar odometers. They had a tiny ink pad that rode against the left most digit. Their attempt to thwart rolling it back.
Strange.
Sorry for drifting off-topic.
Strange.
Sorry for drifting off-topic.
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02-15-2017, 11:59 AM
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also they had a sticky coating on the case internals that would show fingerprints if disassembled and touched...
all information from my 'misspent' youth....
Bill
02-15-2017, 12:33 PM
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One day, I noticed it sitting in the service bay and it had a repair ticket on the dash. Just being nosy, I looked and it said "repair clock". Well, the clock was ticking away with the correct time so I asked a mechanic about it and he told me the salesman was getting ready to get rid of the car and get a new one. The "clock" was actually the odometer I was told.
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02-15-2017, 07:47 PM
#27
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Back in the "day" a high speed "drill type" machine was used. Today, there are hand held plug ins that can be bought North of the border for less than 300.00 dollars. Always ask for a Accu Check or a Car Fax on any used car purchase...We bought a 2011 Duramax for inventory a couple years ago from a major auction house in Portland, odo read 39xxx miles. When we ran the Accu Check it showed that the last time the vehicle went thru emmissions check in Or, it had 270xxx miles on it. Even the auction house was duped, and had to buy back the rig, they in turn went after the party that had brought the rig in for the auction sale...It was then I heard of these hand held devices for modern vehicles...All Big 3 dealers go to auction houses to stock their used car inventory, it is not from trade-ins for most part. It is common for a big store to buy 50-60 vehicles from auction a week...just part of the cycle.
Back to the OP, I would make sure to keep all records and enjoy the car and not do a thing.
Back to the OP, I would make sure to keep all records and enjoy the car and not do a thing.
02-15-2017, 10:40 PM
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Back in the "day" a high speed "drill type" machine was used. Today, there are hand held plug ins that can be bought North of the border for less than 300.00 dollars. Always ask for a Accu Check or a Car Fax on any used car purchase...We bought a 2011 Duramax for inventory a couple years ago from a major auction house in Portland, odo read 39xxx miles. When we ran the Accu Check it showed that the last time the vehicle went thru emmissions check in Or, it had 270xxx miles on it. Even the auction house was duped, and had to buy back the rig, they in turn went after the party that had brought the rig in for the auction sale...It was then I heard of these hand held devices for modern vehicles...All Big 3 dealers go to auction houses to stock their used car inventory, it is not from trade-ins for most part. It is common for a big store to buy 50-60 vehicles from auction a week...just part of the cycle.
Back to the OP, I would make sure to keep all records and enjoy the car and not do a thing.
Back to the OP, I would make sure to keep all records and enjoy the car and not do a thing.
02-16-2017, 08:06 AM
#29
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I'd actually rather pull a C1 cluster than a C2...in any case you could write what you think is the original mileage on some blue painters tape with a Sharpee and stick it on the back of the cluster just so the next owner (or you) don't forget the facts.... Then I wouldn't let it worry me for two seconds more...
02-16-2017, 10:54 AM
#30
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When the previous owner had my car restored he had the miles turned back to zero. He said he got the OK from law enforcement to do this. I would like to put the miles back on the speedometer which according to what he told me and the past resignation slips they should be around 60K. Is there a way to do this without removing speedometer. I would just like the car to show original miles.
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02-16-2017, 11:00 AM
#31
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A bit off topic but I wonder how many GM warranty repairs were done on cars 'rolled back' to stay within the warranty mileage limits ?
02-28-2017, 06:32 PM
#34
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Look - all this stuff is software now....if a program runs it, a program can change it...
Not even remotely surprising it exists...
Not even remotely surprising it exists...