Correcting miles on a replacement odometer.

[offroadkid]

When I bought our 97, the PO put some ugly white cluster gauge decals on, broke the stop that prevents the speedometer needle from falling below zero, and replaced all the green bulbs with orange.

It always bothered me so I took it out, took off the lens and gently began to remove the white decals. All of them came off clean with no residue except the speedometer/odometer side.

I bought an instrument cluster from a wrecking yard today only to find that a 94 differs a bit from a 97. No SRS/Airbag light, the center diff indicator bulb is on the far left instead of next to the front and rear diff lock indicators, and it is also missing the turbo indicator, (no biggie but I think it's cool to have). I may be able to just swap out the two strips from the old cluster to the new one.

Lastly, and the biggest noticeable difference is the kilometer numbers are orange as opposed to the 97 where all the numbers are white. This is what I'm still trying do decide if I'm gonna be able to live with!!!

If so, will I be able to change the numbers on the odometer to match the current correct mileage on the vehicle? Has anyone done this? I'm a Mercedes-Benz Technician and I'm aware that odometer manipulation is a big no-no, but if I can get the odometer to match I'd like to.

 

[samiam09]

I would think any good speedo shop would be able to correct the mileage.

 

[offroadkid]

Okay, so it looks like I can just swap over the faceplate after removing the two screws which means no messing with any odometer, lights or anything else! I just need to be real careful figuring out how to remove the speedometer needle!

 

[ironhippy]

I would think any good speedo shop would be able to correct the mileage.

I know I live in the sticks, but you guys have shops that specialize in speedometers? Seems like a real niche market.

I get jealous hearing about Toyota (let alone a Land Cruiser) specialists. We do have an import specialist in town, but they prefer European vehicles.

 

[bryson]

I know I live in the sticks, but you guys have shops that specialize in speedometers? Seems like a real niche market.

I get jealous hearing about Toyota (let alone a Land Cruiser) specialists. We do have an import specialist in town, but they prefer European vehicles.

European vehicles provide more constant work for a mechanic...

We have a speedometer shop here in SLC, but I've never used them for anything.

 

[NLXTACY]

Yeah we have a bunch in the LA area:

North Hollywood Speedometer Co.
Speedometer Plus
United Speedometer Service
Bob's Speedometer
Etc.

 

[NLXTACY]

Also FWIW, I took in a friend's Toyota 4WD pickup to the State BAR referee to get smogged and approved after a Vortec V6 was transplanted. He swapped over a Speedometer that matched the mileage on the new motor so it had like 11 miles or something like that. Accepted no problem.

 

[IanB]

I know I live in the sticks, but you guys have shops that specialize in speedometers? Seems like a real niche market.

I get jealous hearing about Toyota (let alone a Land Cruiser) specialists. We do have an import specialist in town, but they prefer European vehicles.

We have a shop here as well, I've seen it used to test the calibration of the speedo vs. the vehicle speed to assist with fighting speeding tickets mostly, although they can also recalibrate speedo's after tire size changes, etc.

 

[offroadkid]

I know I live in the sticks, but you guys have shops that specialize in speedometers? Seems like a real niche market.

Yeah, the Benz Dealer I used to work at in the Bay Area, and the current one I work at we sometimes send instrument clusters to this place in Palo Alto, California. http://www.paspeedo.com/

 

[ironhippy]

ha, thanks guys! that's amazing, not having shops like that is a trade off for having zero traffic on my drive to and from work though

 

[samiam09]

Tell you what take the traffic that's on the 210 now days and well find you a speed o shop