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Very common occurrence Posted by RS [Email] ![]() ![]() ![]() In Reply to: odometer not working, chris, Mon, 4 Oct 2004 14:27:07 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
It happened to three of the 4 C900s I've owned (the only reason that it didn't happen to the other one is that it got totalled after a month.) The odometer drive is a nylon gear on steel shaft and, after a decade or so of heat, the nylon shriks, cracks, and loses its grip on the shaft. Every once in a while, especially when it's cold outside, the gear may grip the shaft for a while, but it's intermittent at best.
There are a few different approaches, but all (except for one) involve taking the nstrument cluster out of the car.
- Buy a rebuilt speedometer and install it (or have it installed). You're starting at 000,000 miles
- Take your speedometer out and take it to a rebuild shop (or attempt to repair it yourself.) Then you start at the mileage it stopped at.
- Ignore it, thinking that you'll get around to it someday. This the approach that I'm taking, and I have to admit that it's been a very successful - as long as I'm not trying to calculate gas mileage or figure out how far it is from one place to the next. I wonder what the state emissions inspectors would think if they noticed that the odometer shows that I only drive something like 4 miles a year. :-)
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