A crime in my neck of the woods as well
74 Corvette - Turning back the speedometer?
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From: Salt Lake City Utah
74 Corvette - Turning back the speedometer?
How do I turn back my speedometer? I have a new engine / tranny / etc. I would like to start this one at 000000. Help?
Thanks,
Sterling
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Sterling
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From: SAN FRANCISCO CA
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From: Salt Lake City Utah
Laughing...no not a crime. The odometer reading now is 56,400 but I doubt it is accurate. Cars this old are 'exempt' in the legal sense of the word. this car will be as new as you can get one. It is pained off frame, new disk brakes, new suspension, new (not rebuilt) 350 engine, headers, pipes, new tranny, new cooling system, new carpet and interior...numbers do not match so again...legally no problem.
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From: Belmar NJ
Tampering with the odometer is a crime in most states that I'm aware of even if the cars age is "mileage exempt" (the buyer only needs to figure out how many "spins" the odo has taken). A better course of action is to buy a new speedometer head with 0 miles one it, install it and include the old one with the sale. /:\
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I had the speedo in my 71' restored and reset to zero miles when I did a body on resto. It "showed" 20K but the car had WAY over that. The title said "exempt" when I bought it so who knows how many miles it actually has. I think it cost me 90 bucks for the speedo job. I broke one of the small plastic parts trying to reset it myself at which point I gave up and sent it off to someone that knew how.
Gary
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It's still a 35 year old car. This is a crime in most places.
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From: Columbus OH
It is a federal law, and all states that I know of have laws as well. I am not an attorney, but I believe it has mostly to do with intent. This is what the title 49 of the U.S. Code states:
Section 32704. Service, repair, and replacement
(a) Adjusting Mileage. - A person may service, repair, or replace
an odometer of a motor vehicle if the mileage registered by the
odometer remains the same as before the service, repair, or
replacement. If the mileage cannot remain the same -
(1) the person shall adjust the odometer to read zero; and
(2) the owner of the vehicle or agent of the owner shall attach
a written notice to the left door frame of the vehicle specifying
the mileage before the service, repair, or replacement and the
date of the service, repair, or replacement.
(b) Removing or Altering Notice. - A person may not, with intent
to defraud, remove or alter a notice attached to a motor vehicle as
required by this section.
Since a state law could be more restrictive, I would definitely check with the motor vehicle division before you decide to do anything like this. Just my .02
Section 32704. Service, repair, and replacement
(a) Adjusting Mileage. - A person may service, repair, or replace
an odometer of a motor vehicle if the mileage registered by the
odometer remains the same as before the service, repair, or
replacement. If the mileage cannot remain the same -
(1) the person shall adjust the odometer to read zero; and
(2) the owner of the vehicle or agent of the owner shall attach
a written notice to the left door frame of the vehicle specifying
the mileage before the service, repair, or replacement and the
date of the service, repair, or replacement.
(b) Removing or Altering Notice. - A person may not, with intent
to defraud, remove or alter a notice attached to a motor vehicle as
required by this section.
Since a state law could be more restrictive, I would definitely check with the motor vehicle division before you decide to do anything like this. Just my .02
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From: Orange Park Florida
Ah, hell with all that legal mumbo jumbo....
they come apart fairly easy, once you get the speedo out of the cluster, the needle pulls off with two finger tips wedged against the face, carefully, on there for a while, so it's snug....
then you can unscrew the face off the instrument itself, the rest is obvious at that point,
they are easy to take apart and redo to anyting you want, just be careful as the numbers are easy to discolor or mar up....clean hands, and good light at the kitchen table.....for ME, maybe a 30 minit job if that....
they come apart fairly easy, once you get the speedo out of the cluster, the needle pulls off with two finger tips wedged against the face, carefully, on there for a while, so it's snug....
then you can unscrew the face off the instrument itself, the rest is obvious at that point,
they are easy to take apart and redo to anyting you want, just be careful as the numbers are easy to discolor or mar up....clean hands, and good light at the kitchen table.....for ME, maybe a 30 minit job if that....