i pulled my SLR speedo apart and set all the numbers back to 000000, it was a bit tricky but not that overly hard!
Winding back an SLR speedo
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Posted 05 December 2006 - 08:38 PM
I attached a small piece of cable to a tape cassette player thingy, got a old speedo housing, bolted it to the workbench, put the speedo in the housing and put the player on fast forward with the cable in the speedo.
Took 19 days to get there but it got there, nice and slow so no stripped gears
Ive found that if you pull them apart (LJ ones) they dont seem to work when put back together, cant work out why
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Took 19 days to get there but it got there, nice and slow so no stripped gears
Ive found that if you pull them apart (LJ ones) they dont seem to work when put back together, cant work out why
cheers
loui
Edited by Loui, 05 December 2006 - 08:39 PM.
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Posted 05 December 2006 - 09:23 PM
interior, suspension, body, steering components are all 75,000km old.What if a car came off the prod. line, did 20000ks, blew a motor, and at 75000 blew a trans all under warranty? The true mileage of the car is 75000 klms and that is all it could be advertised at although the running gear is virtually new?
With the original post, Are we talking an odometer which only goes up to 99,999km or 999,999km?
I wouldnt bother turning back the 99,999 odometer, because even its max reading is low. Fair enough if you put new engine and all and just want to know for your own reference.
EDIT: Sorry, just seen that the title says 415k
Edited by mike_nofx, 05 December 2006 - 09:26 PM.
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Posted 06 December 2006 - 12:43 AM
What I was trying to get at (I understand that I didn't explain myself to well) is it doesn't matter how much you spend or what you do the car is never new again. With regards to full ground up resto's in particular. I know my LJ hasn't got the original speedo in it and it would be nice once its running (or should I say IF it ever runs) to start the speedo back at 0.
Perhaps another example:
Huge add in the Trading Post.
LX Torana
Original
Ground up resto. 1,000's of $ and Hrs spent
Big this, Fat that.
All new whatits and thingos
Double over head blah blah's
And so on.
358,000 Genuine K's?
Or would the 127,000 One owner for the same price catch your eye better?
Perhaps another example:
Huge add in the Trading Post.
LX Torana
Original
Ground up resto. 1,000's of $ and Hrs spent
Big this, Fat that.
All new whatits and thingos
Double over head blah blah's
And so on.
358,000 Genuine K's?
Or would the 127,000 One owner for the same price catch your eye better?
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Posted 06 December 2006 - 09:18 AM
DOHC, in an LX? I wanna see that 
I think that if you're buying a Torana, the K's on it are pretty irrelevant, coz theyre all 30 year old cars. Unless its a GTR/SS etc, where if the K's are low then it's probably been nursed its whole life. And face it, most of us are going to rebuild em to some extent anyway...
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I think that if you're buying a Torana, the K's on it are pretty irrelevant, coz theyre all 30 year old cars. Unless its a GTR/SS etc, where if the K's are low then it's probably been nursed its whole life. And face it, most of us are going to rebuild em to some extent anyway...
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Posted 06 December 2006 - 12:02 PM
I Know of a mint HG wagon which has 27,000 miles on it, not bad for a 1970 car, kms do matter.
Cheers
PS: mate has a EH which has done 18,000miles, again another real example of why km's are a good thing. Even still smells new for both..
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PS: mate has a EH which has done 18,000miles, again another real example of why km's are a good thing. Even still smells new for both..
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Posted 06 December 2006 - 05:50 PM
No true! Our slr has 96000ks on the speedo. Verifiable through the DOT.
If it was advertised for sale; with a 'normal 30 yr reading' car, which one would you look at first?
Isn't the odo reading recorded when you get the RWC? Its all traceable.
These toys aren't cheap anymore! The genuine low k examples are worth really good coin! If i were looking to buy a low k torana, then i would pay a premium for it. But i would also do my homework & verify that those k's are true.
If it was advertised for sale; with a 'normal 30 yr reading' car, which one would you look at first?
Isn't the odo reading recorded when you get the RWC? Its all traceable.
These toys aren't cheap anymore! The genuine low k examples are worth really good coin! If i were looking to buy a low k torana, then i would pay a premium for it. But i would also do my homework & verify that those k's are true.
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Posted 06 December 2006 - 08:36 PM
^Is this a imperial/metric thing?27,000 miles on it, not bad for a 1970 car, kms do matter.
PS: mate has a EH which has done 18,000miles, again another real example of why km's are a good thing.
It should be fairly obvious if the odometer reading is genuine, condition of steering wheel, drivers seat, pedals,carpet......though anything can be made to look new and smell new with enough effort I suppose.
The only way that I could see that you could verify any genuine odometer reading is to see service records where the date and odometer reading is recorded, especially if the vehicle has never changed hands, but if like most of us here, it wouldnt have been let near a workshop for a while.
Edited by devilsadvocate, 06 December 2006 - 08:51 PM.
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Posted 08 December 2006 - 06:19 AM
I remember looking at an A9X at a show, a few guys pointed out it had done only 8000km from new. It made me wonder why the car had been resprayed and the steering wheel was completely bald, overall condition was.....less than average.
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Posted 27 December 2006 - 07:31 PM
nope not a imperial/metric thing. they are an example of genuine cars (they do exist) and they are verifiable as well. My point is that in some circumstances the km/miles do matter. in some cases they do not. All I am finalising with is the legality of touching/fiddling with the odoemeter.^Is this a imperial/metric thing?27,000 miles on it, not bad for a 1970 car, kms do matter.
PS: mate has a EH which has done 18,000miles, again another real example of why km's are a good thing.
It should be fairly obvious if the odometer reading is genuine, condition of steering wheel, drivers seat, pedals,carpet......though anything can be made to look new and smell new with enough effort I suppose.
The only way that I could see that you could verify any genuine odometer reading is to see service records where the date and odometer reading is recorded, especially if the vehicle has never changed hands, but if like most of us here, it wouldnt have been let near a workshop for a while.
Cheers
PS: I have a VC SLE speedo with 18km's on it. I tried to sell it, nobody wanted to look at it. so low km speedos do nto mean squat without the car!!!
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