Hey guys I just a bought a 66 instrument gauge for my 65 and I was wondering if anyone knows how to roll the odometer back to zero.
Toastintx

 

Hey Johnny,
While your request might seem logical given your situation, discussing a technique on how to roll back odometers could be viewed as an unethical practice. Please recognize that this cannot be discussed.
thanks

 

OOPS, I just didn't think that it was a big deal since older cars that are restored are not required to have proven mileage when titled. But i do understand the dumb question I sumitted. Never mind

 

mustang monthly did an article on putting in a new instrument cluster or something a while back and showed how to do it, if you have done a complete restoration on your car then i dont see where it is unethical, if you ever do decide to sell the car just explain that when the car was restored the mileage was set back to zero

 

On a 1965 Mustang, I see no problem rolling an odometer to zero, or for that fact, any other number, especially considering you are swapping the odometer and the mileage isn't even correct anyway. Besides the fact that the odometer is only good to 100K miles and nobody knows how many times it has turned over, in CA at least, mileage disclosures are not done on vehicles that old.

James is a moderator so I'll respect his wishes not to discuss how to do it. I had to replace my brother's '66 odometer when it failed and wanted to match the mileage shown on his original without much trouble just by figuring out how it worked and going from there.

Good luck!
Jeff

 

Part of the ethical issuewith publicly posting a method fortampering with a speedometeris that the information could be used by people other than the contributors to this topic - and whose intentions are fraudulent. They wouldn't even have to be members here. Maybe that's the big part, actually.


Norm

 

Thanks guys....

I appreciate everyone respecting the reasons.

 

Absolutely!!!! This info could get into the wrong hands!!! we respect your decision JamesW!!!

 

Best way I know:

Buy a new speedo.Also, it'd be a good idea to have the speedo checked out/recalibrated by a pro. They would be able to set the mileage to match what you currently have, or even set it to zero (at which point the original mileage would likely be etched onto the face as well).

My insurance company had a fit when I went to put coverage on my '65 F250. Everything (and I mean everything) had been rebuild/replaced, including Autometer gauges. They couldn't understand how a 40+ year old car had 10 miles on the clock. It did come with the original speedo (58k), but they wouldn't accept that since it wasn't installed. They wound up writing a paragraph on my policy on why this 40 year truck had 10 miles.

 

You guys are right who feel it is not breaking the law to tamper with a 40 year old car whose odometer cannot be certified or sworn to in the first place, but JamesW is right in that it is not in our best interest to discuss the procedure here. Now, go out and do what you must.