You can either change the new odometer to the correct reading (easily), or you can swap the speedometer gauge, but that requires you taking it all apart, including the needle, and swapping the gauge face. Then you have to recalibrate the speedometer with a GPS or something.
I think it's the same four screws behind both speedometers, should be an easy swap.
If it's coming in a different colour (like if u got the white gauges to replace your black ones), the cool thing about it is that it's got a mechanical odometer. I recently replaced the instrument cluster in mine cuz both the tach and speedo were on the fritz, so I just rolled the odometer forward to the mileage on my old cluster.
I have done this swap twice. It's really not too bad. I would just swap it and recalibrate and like gold said...you have to remove the nedle...which causes the pin to roll back past the needle stop. So when you replace he needle, you have to push it on the pin way past zero. Then move it back to zero and lift it over the needle stop. Test and retry as necessary. You might need a friend to follow you in another car to compare speeds until you get it right.
I think it's the same four screws behind both speedometers, should be an easy swap.
If it's coming in a different colour (like if u got the white gauges to replace your black ones), the cool thing about it is that it's got a mechanical odometer. I recently replaced the instrument cluster in mine cuz both the tach and speedo were on the fritz, so I just rolled the odometer forward to the mileage on my old cluster.
To roll it forward did you have to remove it?
Or did you just remove the plastic lens and use a small screwdriver or something?
The new tach speedometer is on the left, the old non-tack speedometer is on the right:
I used that green screwdriver to roll the numbers forward to the correct reading... just push on the gear teeth showing from the front, gently and firm, and the wheels will click as the move. Works like a charm.
If you must, you can remove the needle and face of the gauge and swap them, instead of rolling the wheels. But, then you need a GPS to get the needle back in the right place accurately.
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Curious....can you roll the odo forward or backward? Also, GPS is not really necessary. Just pace someone you know and be on the cell phone with them or drive side by side. That's what me and a friend did since we don't have GPS
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Remember that the dials roll up to 9, then to zero and then back up to nine, so you can wind them to any number.
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yeah, LOL... Gabe got it, it will roll to whatever number you want LOL.
My car has more mileage than most, so that wasn't a problem LOL.
But, definitely only try to roll the numbers higher. They don't go lower.
And you can do it with the cell phone or other car, but it is 100 times easier to have realtime GPS LOL. You could always borrow one, lots of people have them anymore.
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