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broke my speedometer... fixed and reversed mileage

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Boss 351

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Jebus it was pretty easy to reverse the mileage *won't say how to do it*. the car has 190,000km on it - cluster now reads ZERO. Just looks like I bought a new cluster. Also cleaned up the white roller (which was all yellow and dirty). My cluster looks BRAND NEW. Also polished the plastic lense and cleaned up all the needles. Little details go a long way.

Now since I have autometer guages for oil and temp, I feel like modding the cluster (don't worry I have spare parts - I can revert back to stock). I'd like to remove the stock gauges. I'd have only the RPM, speedo, and fuel level on there. I don't like double gauges and I like the "came from factory this way" look.

Not sure if this is a good idea or not. I did it to my previous Mustang and it turned out okay. Eventually I want to free my HVAC vents for a boost, air/fuel and fuel press gauges (once I go boosted) and put a custom made cluster to replace the factory junk.
 
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FastFord58

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Better not sell the car; reversing mileage is illegal.
 
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89 Saleen#455

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So part of cleaning up your gauge cluster involves rolling back your odometer? That makes no sense unless you get your jollies off committing fraud.
 

85_SS_302_Coupe

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That's pretty silly dude....if you ever have to get that car titled again you're going to have to get the big ugly "ODOMETER DISCREPANCY" branded on the front.
 

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FastFord58 said:
Better not sell the car; reversing mileage is illegal.
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Are you for rule?
 
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Boss 351

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what happens if you buy a new speedometer like an autometer? Plus when I bought the car, when I got it registered there was no information on the mileage. I can put it back to original mileage if I sell it anyway (takes about 40 minutes or less). Not that I'd want to sell it.
 

85_SS_302_Coupe

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Actually i think if you change the speedometer for any reason, it voids the whole mileage thing and technically you'd have to have a discrepancy on the title. Hell, mine just chewed the speedo gear, and when they did the inspection i got busted on it.
 

mustangsally93

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yea and if a buy a almost 15 year old sports car from some 20-ish year old guy. I'm really thinking about the mileage. Right.
 

25thmustang

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I would like to know the chassis mileage of a car... Yes even buying it off a 20 year old kid!
 
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Boss 351

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well I don't think anyone will believe the 0000000 anyway? But yeah I will forward it back to stock mileage before I put it in the dash... mmmmkay

me = 0, moral police = 1



But the detail work does make the cluster look new... hehe I should mod it so the cluster goes backwards like on Christine lol freak people out. Like hook up a radio to an alarm system so the radio will turn on from distance (old rock station preset)...
 

85_SS_302_Coupe

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Boss 351 said:
well I don't think anyone will believe the 0000000 anyway? But yeah I will forward it back to stock mileage before I put it in the dash... mmmmkay

me = 0, moral police = 1



But the detail work does make the cluster look new... hehe I should mod it so the cluster goes backwards like on Christine lol freak people out. Like hook up a radio to an alarm system so the radio will turn on from distance (old rock station preset)...
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Ok that would be badass...lol
 
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Boss 351

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That would be pretty funny. toodidoo doodododoit... *old music in background*
 

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Yeah i'd take people for a ride and be like "don't insult her...she doesn't like it"
 
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