"daender" (daender)
04/22/2019 at 22:12 • Filed to: tacoma, toyota tacoma
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"daender" (daender)
04/22/2019 at 22:12 • Filed to: tacoma, toyota tacoma | 3
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... I accidentally and am temporarily committing odometer fraud?
The original gauge cluster and the correct mileage of 253,996 miles.
The new replacement gauge cluster and the incorrect mileage of 126,826 miles.
I always wanted a gauge cluster with a tach so I could keep track of engine speed. Maybe I could get better gas economy around town if I knew when to ease off the gas pedal to reduce engine speed. I found the proper gauge cluster (4-cylinder, column-shifted automatic) out of a junkyard SR5 that was stripped of nearly everything but the dashboard assembly (minus radio and clock) and some rusty mechanical bits.
Anyway, I do love the new cluster with yellow and black two-piece needles and the graph paper grid lines gone from the temperature and fuel gauges. Those one-piece orange needles looked really cheap in retrospect and the 80s grid line graphics needed to go because this is a truck of the 21st century!
Luckily, I found a member on TacomaWorld who offered to correct my digital odometer to match the original mileage for only $75 plus shipping! For me, I don’t want to deal with the hassle or headaches caused by incorrect odometer readings if I took it in for service or if I had to sell it off. Furthermore, I have pride in my truck doing nearly 254k miles, it’s a badge of honor for me to own a truck that’s lasted so long on its original internals!
Well, hopefully I’ll have this odometer stuff sorted out by May!
ranwhenparked
> daender
04/22/2019 at 22:17 |
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Wait, its a crime to disconnect your odometer?
I know I should have read that Drivers in (Your State, Province, or Territory) Stunned by This New Rule article.
facw
> daender
04/22/2019 at 22:27 |
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Well that’s much more modern. Do modern clusters still work like this? It seems like they should just be displaying a number from the ECU or something rather than doing any counting themselves.
atfsgeoff
> facw
04/22/2019 at 22:34 |
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I think almost all new cars store the mileage in the ECU or somewhere else outside the instrument cluster, but during the 90s and 2000s it was pretty common for the instrument clusters themselves to retain that number.
My ‘97 F-250HD has its mileage stored in a “
Programmable Speedometer/Odometer Module” or PSOM which is a little module that plugs into the back of the instrument cluster, so you can pull that off the original cluster and plug it into a new one to retain not just the odometer reading, but also the speedometer calibration for the transmission/rear axle ratio in the truck.
gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
> facw
04/22/2019 at 23:09 |
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Modern units are all in the ECU as some will record a host of engine/vehicle data, when CELs are activated.
Fuckkinja
> daender
04/22/2019 at 23:19 |
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If it’s not for sale there is no problem. Not many Chevy trucks have a functioning gauge cluster.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> daender
04/23/2019 at 03:59 |
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i’m use to be tempted to replace the cluster in mine.
but there is no point, my car is too far gone to worry about crap like that now.
Montalvo
> daender
04/23/2019 at 07:12 |
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I can put my mustangs o dometer pretty much at anything I feel like now since it was a 5 digit one and the readings are now exempt . No idea how many times it has cycled through, history reports show the odometer all over the place and there is no way to verify the current rollover is even accurate.
Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
> daender
04/23/2019 at 07:17 |
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My van has around 245k miles on the body.
My cluster reads 135k miles. I swapped it to match the new drivetrain and because it had the factory tach/voltmeter/oil pressure gauges.
At this point in it’s life, I don’t think anyone will even notice. Even if they do, they’ll likely believe 135k before they believe 245k given how clean it is.