first of all.... I KNOW THIS IS ILLEGAL!.



BUT......


ive recently put a new engine into my TE magna.... which has about 48,000km done on it.... but my Odometer in the magna currently says "195000km" {aroundabout...}

is there a way to wind back the stock km reading... i know that theres some sort of suction cap and if that breaks... the dust and crap will get inside and it proves that the clock has been wound back....



but yeh..... how do you wind the clock back?


{or should i just go to a wrecker and find a TE instrument cluster which has about 48000km on it and put that into my car? }


(mods, if this is an inappropriate topic, tell me and delete it, thanks :) )

but its not just the motor its the full car. best thing to do is note the KM on the new motor and the kms when it was put in. i did this with my old car. and it sold ot the first person to look at it. but it was a nice car

Have you enquired about the prices of new clusters to see if its worth considering?

your car has done 195,000....

your motor is not the only wearing part on your car. Think bout gearbox, suspension, bearings, bushes, steering rack, brakes, water pump, powersteering pump... etc.......

putting an odo with 48,000 would be giving a false indication of the cars actual condition....

as mentioned if yur going to sell it, show the receipts from the motor and the date, and note the amount of km's the car had when the motor put in.

Sarras is selling brand new instru,ent clusters so you might be better of buying that and and winding the ks up instead of down. think so far he has been offered $50 and his happy with that. you might be able to score that

As said above, I'd note the Km when the engine was changed. If u put a new cluster with lower km on it, it's probably illegal. From memory, if a new cluster is required, it's only legal to put one in that's within 10% of the original km.

YOU CAN'T DO IT, ITS AGAINST THE LAW!!!! the odomiter reading that is on the car is the one that stays with the car, no matter on how many ks the engine has done. if you did put a new cluster in and sold it with that odomiter reading, you would be commiting fraud. as someone else said, the odomiter reading isn't just for the engine, but for the entire car.

i read somewhere that modern high tech cars also record the mileage in the computer so regardless of what the odo says the dealer, holden for example can plug their computer into it and get the actual odo reading

Magnas aren't that high tech in that department :badgrin: odo is recorded by the cluster.

Earlier cars are mechanical odos too, only the later TJ+ had digital odos.

I thought the odo reading important because it was also referring to the chassis aswell as the engine?

I thought the odo reading important because it was also referring to the chassis aswell as the engine?
it is, it indicates everything, not just the engine life as stated above

YOU CAN'T DO IT, ITS AGAINST THE LAW!!!! the odomiter reading that is on the car is the one that stays with the car, no matter on how many ks the engine has done. if you did put a new cluster in and sold it with that odomiter reading, you would be commiting fraud. as someone else said, the odomiter reading isn't just for the engine, but for the entire car.
It's not against the law to put in a different cluster showing less kms, the only catch is that if they ask are they original kms, you have to tell them they're not. Also this is why most car places state "xxxkms showing on odometer" and not, car has done "xxxx kms".

how hard would it be to wind an odo forward? i wanna put a new cluster in, but match the current reading?

Depends if yours is the cable driven ones or digital ones. With the cable driven ones, just
attach a drill and turn it.