can it easily be disconnected?
Now, I'm not really a suspicious guy, but when someone comes on FChat for the first time, and he asks how to disconnect an odometer, with no explanation...... Welcome to Fchat, dougn.
That, my friends, is why there are so many 348s out there for sale - year after year - "with only 18,000 miles".
(I was told that) My old mechanic, Wayne Hynes had disconnected one particular customers' 328 odo and drove it around for several days! That and other things was probably the reason he's selling cars now!
yeah i want to disconnect my speedo...... i'm looking at buying one and i'm not sure whether to believe the odo
what about rotor wear.... this car is supposed to have 12k miles. i wouldn't expect much of a lip on the rotors right?
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Depends on the car and who drove it and where it was driven. May have alot of track time or even be an old challenge car in which case will show more wear with relatively low miles. What car? List details and maybe someone will help!
"I'm looking at buying one and I'm not sure whether to believe the odo." The speedometer/odometer can be disconnected in any car. I don't know if you'll find anyone here who is willing to describe the procedure, because it just isn't the right thing to do. If you don't believe the odo reading, then you need to research the service records, do a Carfax check, or look for signs of wear that indicate higher mileage (like your question about the rotors). If, by chance, the speedometer has been replaced, as opposed to being disconnected, then the dealer is required to stamp the information into the warranty booklet and affix a sticker onto the door jamb. Good luck in your search for a nice clean 348, there are plenty of them out there.
Sure can. Just follow these steps First you dismantle the dashboard. Next you locate the speedo cable (sometimes hard to find on the first try). Then you take a pair of "Wiss" yellow handled tin snips and cut it exactly in half. Wallla. No more miles on the odometer!!!!
He could put the car on a trailer,and drive it around behind his Ford pick up.... That way he IS driving the car without putting miles on the odo.... Speedman.
Since we are on the subject of 'clocking'...it seems like it infinitely more difficult to clock newer cars that have digital odo's....am I right?
A little more so for the DIY'er. Much easier for those so equipped. The first generation 360 SD2 software had the ability built in. Later generations only gave the ability to roll back 3 times at 1000 mi each rollback. It is also supposed to record each rollback in the dash memory but it was found out long ago by a few how to bypass the counter and memory. Oodmeters, like locks only keep honest people honest.
I attempted to do it on my car last week but did something wrong and it's now increasing 20 times faster. It means it shows 20 miles on the odometer for every 1 mile driven. By this time next year I'll have added an extra 120,000!!!! Anyone got a fix???
Whats that movie where they had the car jacked up and put in reverse to count back down the speedo? then the car fell off the jacks and rolled back through the door and damaged the car. Wasnt it a ferrari? I thought a rolling car would still put miles on the speedo?
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Do unscrupulous types actually disconnect/turn back the odometers? If so, how do they account for authentic service records et al? I assume that if they carry out the former, then it's no problem to forge service records etc.
Everyone has MicroSoft Word these days. Heck, even brain challenged network news readers are forging National Guard documents now.
