Odometer

[mario]

gavin is friendly guy down there,

said they'll need the car for a day, take the instrument cluster out, send it away to instrucment techs to fix it up, and then get it back in the arvo...

$200 is swapped over counter and everyone goes away happy...

[MM2death]

I've also heard good things about Gavin.

Regards,

Scott

[cogs]

Sorry to dig up an old thread but this happened to my R33 today. Odometer (including trip meter) stopped working, stuck on 89,XXXkms now..

Any opinions on whether it's better to repair or replace? I think I might just get it repaired so I can keep the genuine (or not so genuine.. as the case may be) kms. If it stops working is that a definite sign of tamperage.. kinda dissapointed cause I thought my k's were genuine (judging from condition of car). How does the R33's odometer work? I think i saw in this thread or another that it's electric?

I'm tempted to leave it cause I hate watching the K's get closer to 100k but a) I dont want to be dodgy and B) prolly already done 100k lol..

Also, I'm in Northern NSW.. only place close I've found that might fix it is in grafton so may as well go up the coast.. Gavin Woods you reckon?

[MR R33]

cogs, take the dash out, just a few screws, then there are 3 plugs behind the dash which you can unplug and then take the plastic cover off the dash and get like a little needle or something and give the last digit which is km a push along like so that it shows the number, and then plug the 3 things back into the back and take the car for a drive just to see if the odometer starts working again which it should. if not ss automotive sells the cluster, they are alot cheaper then just jap from memory.

[justin911]

ive taken my cluster out about 6 times in the last 2 months.... i've given up now... everytime i take it out.. i play with the cogs and it starts working again (sometimes just taking it out makes it start working).

Once it stops its screwed i'd say...it will just keep randomly stopping / starting..

Just buy a used one and hope it also doesnt stop i guess..

thats what im gonna do

[Mickroy]

I had a similar problem... if you take the odometer assembly out, look for the white connector. My problem was a loose connection there. I ran the car for a while with the instrument cluster apart, if i applied pressure to the the white connector the odometer would tick over, if i took my finger off it would stop. Have a look there....

[brocky]

kool my r33's in the same boat, good to no i'm not the only one (on bout 91,500km) i'll rip it to bits i think

[elbee111]

Anyone who bought recently from a yard and has a dodgy odometer should take it back and:

1. Get it fixed

2. Get the timing belt changed by them (as you cannot be sure of how many kms the car has done).

I had the same thing from day one, odometer would start and stop. Got the seller to do the belts at 68,000kms (supposedly).

I have now added another 100,000kms and changed the timing belt myself since.

Anyhow... be aware that if your odometer is iffy, then you should do the timing belt as soon as possible (for the price of doing this it is great insurance that your engine will not go bang).

El Bee

[krzysiu]

Dam, all these 93 model cars with 50-60 thousand K's on the clock is funny. My car has close to 150,000Km on the clock and its a 96 Series 2. I reckon its fair to say that they are pretty original, but you never know.