Im going to be swapping my kph speedo over to a mph one Id like to reset the odometer back to zero miles as in my opinion my bus will be as good as new when it goes back on the road So zero miles on the clock seems the right thing to do Whats the easiest way with the least chance of breaking the speedo?
It's really easy. I might have some pictures somewhere when I did mine. Pop the bar off the back and roll the barrels to whatever number you want
Just watch it when you put the bar back in as the barrels can jump a bit, so you might end up with 99999
i did the same if you pull the bar out until its just out on one side it gives you enough room to move them with out taking all the cogs off
Im having this exact problem Ive lost count of the amount of times i have them lined up correctly only for them to move when put the bar back into place
I will need an MPH dial for my speedo shortly, has anyone got an idea where to purchase this? Thanks Tony
You will need a whole MPH speedo as the drive cogs are different ebay is your best bet or one of the breakers
No, I just want to replace the Dial to keep it street legal for the UK, I have done the same to my BMW, with no problems. Speed is the same wether you read it in MPH or KPH, the odometer registers the distance in Km. Tony
I suppose that the only problem about "clocking" is when you try to sell the vehicle to someone else, up till then you are only fooling yourself! Tony
To me its not clocking as im keeping hold of the original speedo If i ever sell the bus i will include the original speedo and inform the buyer of what i have done Then all they have to do is add the distance from the original onto the distance of the mph speedo and they have the total distance the bus has done
the only reason I clocked ours was all the UK paperwork said Miles. The officials (DVLA MOT etc ) had written the amount of Kilometers as miles. So when I changed the speedo it made sense to clock it to the kilo reading to make it simple for the officials. I convinced myself this
its only clocking if you don't declare that the mileage is to correct it when you sell it plus most old vehicles have had different engines, clocks etc or have been round the clock so i would never believe what it said
"Clocking" as of itself is not illegal. What is unlawful is attempting to sell a vehicle by falsely representing the mileage. Mileage is about more than the number of miles on the engine, it's also about how far the running gear has travelled. So if you're just replacing an engine, I can't see the point, but if its about a complete overhaul of absolutely everything, then yes, I can see the point of doing something like this, because you are starting from zero with everything.
