Before anyone gets their women's undergarments in a twist, I would never do this with the intention of deceiveing anyone at sale time.

My car will have completely new: suspension and steering, brakes, drivetrain, interior and paint before I am done. I want to roll the odometer back to zero, does anyone know how to do this?

Thanks!

 

I know. Roll it foreward until it rolls over. Seriously though, I have never done this, but I have heard that the bestway is to take it off and spin it untill it turns over to 00000. i think if you try to roll it bacl you may dammage the odometer and having it not work it there being obvios evidence of tampering.
Kip

 

Most potential buyers would not believe the odometers on these old classics are reading original miles unless there was proof of long time storage and show history. In many States, these cars are way beyond mileage reporting requirements anyway.

I know that on most older cars you can indeed hook it to a drill motor and "Spin" it round to 000000, though it may take a while depending upon what your odometer is reading now and how far it has to go. Many people do this just as you are saying, when the drive train is completely replaced. They just tell potential buyers that the OD is reading since the rebuild. You may want to check the laws in your State first just to be safe, if you are beyond reporting requirements you are OK.

 

It won't damage the speedometer or odometer to run backward or we couldn't drive our cars in reverse. However, the odometer will not go backward in mileage because of the way it is made. You can run it forward, like others have said, but why would you want to put more wear on that part by doing so.Years ago I replaced a speedo in a car I had and took the replacement apart to set it to what the old one read.Kind of a PITA as I recall.You needto check the legal issues with doing this. In IL, you can re-title the car and state that the odometer reading is not actual mileage and then I believe you would be safe doing whatever you want because they then list that on the title for the car. Check your states laws though.

 

There is no odometer disclosure requirement in Texas for a '66, so I'm good there. I don't ever plan on selling the car anyway, but if I do get into a pinch and have to sell it, I will make it clear that the mileage is from the restoration forward.

I'm not gonna spin it forward because it is sitting at 07814 and I don't think putting another 92,786miles on it is a good idea. I'll take a look at it and maybe I can figure out how to do it.

 

might be esier and cheep to just replace the OD. when getting a new one they come at 000000 if it's to hard, or yhou break this one trying

 

take it apart and re-set it

mustang monthly did an article on how to do it a while back, maybe try searching their website

 

yeah, if you are only at 7-8K on the OD, I would not run it forward that far either. I'd look at taking it apart.

 

Actually I won a rally one time by backing up!! I made a wrong turn and went a few miles the wrong way, put the car in reverse to back up to the trun spot andlo and behold the OD went backwards at the same time.Shaved 4.3 miles off my mileage.

 

Are sure cuz ive been in revers for a bit and didnt move even part of a tenth.