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[Daniel_moody25]

As part of changing my car from a 998 to a 1275 I got a new set of clocks that go to 110mph so I need to know how to change the odometer reading on the new set to match the mirage of the old set. The clock are the 3 clock Nippon seki 110mph ones.

Advice appreciated

Thanks Dan

[dyshipfakta]

Take them apart you will work it out lol

[Icey]

Personally I wouldn't bother, just make a note or take a picture and keep it with your documents. If anyone is still buying Minis based on their milage (if thats what you are worried about) they're doing it wrong.

[Dusky]

You Have to Push the number you want to adjust to the side, might Sound weard but Will be clear when you Have the odometer in front of you.

[Cooperman]

Contrary to popular belief it is not in any way illegal to change the mileage on the odometer. When I restore a car I usually set it to zero.
The illegality comes if or when you claim an odometer reading as genuine despite knowing that it is not.

[Daniel_moody25]

Contrary to popular belief it is not in any way illegal to change the mileage on the odometer. When I restore a car I usually set it to zero.
The illegality comes if or when you claim an odometer reading as genuine despite knowing that it is not.

Ah fair enough any advice on how you actually do it?

[dyshipfakta]

Contrary to popular belief it is not in any way illegal to change the mileage on the odometer. When I restore a car I usually set it to zero.
The illegality comes if or when you claim an odometer reading as genuine despite knowing that it is not.

Ah fair enough any advice on how you actually do it?

Use a screwdriver to take the clock apart... Move numbers into desired location and reassemble

[Cooperman]

You remove the tumbler assembly. Then you undo the retention clip and the tumblers can be rotated until they all read zero, or whatever you want it to read. Re-fit the clip and then re-fit the tumbler assembly into the speedo.

The only problem is aligning the numbers when the slack in the mechanism is taken up as the car is driven. One way of detecting an adjusted mileage reading is the non-alignment of the numbers in the 'window'.

Always 'take up the slack' before re-fitting the speedo into the car.

[Spider]

I've just done it this way - my butter-fingers are bad enough typing posts here, let alone something as small and intricate as the Odometer

 

You Have to Push the number you want to adjust to the side, might Sound weard but Will be clear when you Have the odometer in front of you.

[Spider]

 

I've just done it this way - my butter-fingers are bad enough typing posts here, let alone something as small and intricate as the Odometer

 

You Have to Push the number you want to adjust to the side, might Sound weard but Will be clear when you Have the odometer in front of you.

 

 

However, if you can be sure of yourself as a Clock Smith, I think Cooperman's suggestion ^ could be easier and gives an opportunity to clean everything while your at it.

[nicklouse]

Or you can just insert a drive and press play on your drill.

Not too fast now.

[tiger99]

I heard a funny story about a variation on that theme. Somewhere in South Africa, I think, a motoring journalist had the same problem and asked the local garage to set it to the same mileage as the old one. On returning a few hours later he was astonished to find the car on the ramp, wheels hanging free, with the engine running at full revs in top gear. The story was told in one of the more serious comics of the day, probably Motor or Autocar.