Odometer Not Moving At All?

[Krimz]

Hi guys jus noticed the other day that my trip meter stoped at 199 i drove for a bit longer then reset it as it hadent moved and took note on the kms on odometer. I drove about another 20-30kms and there was no movement on either clock.

What could have happened?

[Mulkers]

I know this is not much help, but a speedo specialist will be your best help.

What sort of car is it in?

R32's have a mechanical cable (but your speedo would have dropped out too)

R33's are electrical.

So it is something in the dash.

[ZENNON]

you shouldn't have tried to wind it back

[Ronin 09]

that's because your genuine 75,000km car with log books that showed up without log books was a 200,000km car and the speedo was tampered with.

as an aside I can't believe how many stupid people there are who really think Japanese do less kms than we do. FFS we don't drive to Sydney every day for work!

eg. a 75,000 R32 is 15 years old (on average). So you're telling me they only drove 5,000km a year? give me a break.

[ZENNON]

haha yeah - mine had 120 on the clock and i know it was wound back so who knows how much it actualy has

[wrxhoon]

I think you will find your addometer drive is seized , you can't buy it on its own . Nissan will sell you the complete speedometer that has this driver with it .

Your best ( cheapest) way would be to buy a used cluster and hope that this driver lasts .

As others have pointed out someone may have tempered with the oddo and its just jammed , in this case an intrument repairer would be able to fix it .

As a general rule cars in Japan travel less k's than they do here on average. I have seen cars there with very low K's and on the other hand cars with very high k's , like a 5yo car with 200 k k's on the clock . Most cars imported to AUS are higher k cars with the odds changed or turned back because they are much cheaper to buy.

This is the reason none of the importers will show you auction sheets....

[Krimz]

I think you will find your addometer drive is seized , you can't buy it on its own . Nissan will sell you the complete speedometer that has this driver with it .

Your best ( cheapest) way would be to buy a used cluster and hope that this driver lasts .

As others have pointed out someone may have tempered with the oddo and its just jammed , in this case an intrument repairer would be able to fix it .

As a general rule cars in Japan travel less k's than they do here on average. I have seen cars there with very low K's and on the other hand cars with very high k's , like a 5yo car with 200 k k's on the clock . Most cars imported to AUS are higher k cars with the odds changed or turned back because they are much cheaper to buy.

This is the reason none of the importers will show you auction sheets....

Thanks for your help mate

[dnbutts]

my 1996 r33 was in exceptional quality when i purchased it. Had 70000 Ks on the clock, was checked by RAA and said to be legit (for a 1996 car thats definately a short cruise in japan!) i still dont think its legit.

[Yme33]

the other reason they dont show auction sheets is it points out what damage was done to the car, and performance bits taken off and replaced with standard, so you get that its never been modified by the salesman.

[JaseR33]

It's not always a problem associated with odo tampering.

Mine stopped too so I took out the cluster to check it. My problem was a small plastic arm that the reset button applies pressure to broke. Almost like a stress fracture from too much use. Glued it back together and it worked but has broken again. I've bought another cluster to replace the broken plastic.

[SKYL1N]

all grey imports get a nice little hair cut on the odometer.

i know it for sure

they said it on top gear so it MUST be true

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg6HOe8rAWI

^^ Top Gear Video On Skylines

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

mine died a fair while back and started working again after the brake rotors were upgraded... (wire had just fallen out i spose)