Is there any quick fix for repairing the odometer?

The one from my jap Zed is knackered, all the dials just spin, you can see this from the pics from a previous thread-

http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=107861&highlight=odometer

the guy i bought the car from didn't have any paperwork for the car but said it had done just over 70,000. I don't know if this is 70,000 miles or kilometers. I've just left the odometer from the uk clocks i bought but they are reading about 99,000 from memory.

Is there a way i can find out the last known milage reading and have my odometer reset to truely represent the cars milage as i'm hoping to have the car on the road shortly as its been of the road for over 2 years according to the tax disc lol.

There is a link to instructions for repairing the odometer - search and you should find it mate! (sorry I cannot be of any more help).

 

As for finding out the mileage of your car, if it's an import with no paperwork you never will unfortunately. It's possible that the previous owner logged the recorded miles with DVLA when he taxed it and old MOTs will show what was on the clock at the time.

 

At the end of the day though, unless you have a UK spec car with a GENUINE stamped service book and the supporting bills/MOTs to prove it, then whatever the odometer says should not be relied on.

 

Consequently, the recorded mileage should not matter to any one buying a ZX now. The overall condition of the car, expecially given the age if it, is far more relevant! By the time a car is so old and gone through a few owners no-one would believe the odometer anyway!

 

Richard:cool:

There is a link to instructions for repairing the odometer - search and you should find it mate! (sorry I cannot be of any more help).

 

As for finding out the mileage of your car, if it's an import with no paperwork you never will unfortunately. It's possible that the previous owner logged the recorded miles with DVLA when he taxed it and old MOTs will show what was on the clock at the time.

 

At the end of the day though, unless you have a UK spec car with a GENUINE stamped service book and the supporting bills/MOTs to prove it, then whatever the odometer says should not be relied on.

 

Consequently, the recorded mileage should not matter to any one buying a ZX now. The overall condition of the car, expecially given the age if it, is far more relevant! By the time a car is so old and gone through a few owners no-one would believe the odometer anyway!

 

Richard:cool:

 

I know what you mean mate but its just a personal choice for me to have everything correct but i'll probably never find out its true milage as it was imported in 2006 and only taxed once so its not going to have much documented UK history. I'll try the DVLA and see if maybe the milage has been recorded for its one and only uk MOT.

I'll search for the instructions as well, cheers bud.

I know what you mean mate but its just a personal choice for me to have everything correct but i'll probably never find out its true milage as it was imported in 2006 and only taxed once so its not going to have much documented UK history. I'll try the DVLA and see if maybe the milage has been recorded for its one and only uk MOT.

I'll search for the instructions as well, cheers bud.

 

No worries mate......

 

........From what you said, I'd just set the mileage on you new/fixed odo at around 70k !

 

Richard:cool: