ODO and trip counter have stopped counting!

[Timmy G]

Hi,

My odo is stuck on 49999 and my trip counter has also stopped on something like 23.6km.

I reset the trip, and they are still not incrementing.

Does anyone know what component could have failed?

Cheers,

Tim

[hippy]

how cool is that .. u will have a low Km's car forever

[Timmy G]

i'm more interested in having a fully functioning car than getting a couple extra grand resale and having 1 mega pissed off person i sold it to

[Evil]

same thing has happened to me! i took it to an instrument maker to get fixed. there is a little motor behind the dash that makes the numbers increment. they had to order the little motor (from who knows where) i don't know the cost (yet) but i'll keep you posted. remeber not all auto electricians fix dash instruments.

[red900ss]

Tim, my speedo stopped working last year. I removed the instrument cluster and took it down to a place in Brookvale. Northern Beaches Instruments ??? or Brookvale Instruments ???? something like that (not Northern Beaches Automotive, but may be the same street). They are near Bill Buckle in one of those side streets.

They fixed it no worries, it had a dry solder.

[Timmy G]

cheers!

[Duncan]

I remember seeing a thread somewhere that wound back odos have trouble going from 9->0.

[Timmy G]

mmmm very interesting

not very good news if it's true

[sewid]

Took my R33 down for a nice drive down to Wollongong on the weekend and it did the same thing as you describe.

Stopped counting in between 71899 and 71900. I suspect this is a side effect of being wound back, which doesn't make me happy.

It started counting again after a little while and is working ok now. Might get it looked at still.

[sewid]

Originally posted by red900ss

Tim, my speedo stopped working last year. I removed the instrument cluster and took it down to a place in Brookvale. Northern Beaches Instruments ??? or Brookvale Instruments ???? something like that (not Northern Beaches Automotive, but may be the same street). They are near Bill Buckle in one of those side streets.

They fixed it no worries, it had a dry solder.

How much did they charge you for that if i may ask?

[skyQUEST]

mine stopped at 50k also. turned out one of the little increment tabs was slightly burred over. my guess is a wound back speedo (yet another one, bastards). it was easy fixed though, just trimmed the burr with a scalpel blade AND replaced the motor (which was stuffed i think because the mechanism was jammed???).

dave

[Timmy G]

mmm i hope against hope that it wasn't a wound back odo, but i have no real way of telling - the car itself is in fine condition

[KamikazeR33]

just look near the numbers on the odo... some have marks leading to the numbers

dunno if this is how they do it or not....

[Timmy G]

so they wind from the front of the dash (where driver sits) and not the back (engine bay)?

[red900ss]

Originally posted by sewid

How much did they charge you for that if i may ask?

$70 I think.

It would be about an hours labour to remove and refit the instrument cluster if you got them to do it too.

[akeenan]

yes i was going to say that wound back odometers sometimes stop working. I wouldnt really worry about it too much just get it fixed. and dont think about it , as long as your car is clean and you like it who cares

[skyQUEST]

on this issue, i think the main worry is whrn to replace the cam belt. if you suspect a wind backed oddo, better to get the belt changed. other than that, things may be all ok.

[Evil]

Mine stopped at 52567. It can get stuck and that in turn ruins the stepping motor that changes the numbers. I got mine fixed for $120 after it stopped working.

[Nizmo]

yeah im another person with the same problem some little *insert grrrr here* actually wound back my speedo in australia and not japan - luckily i know around what kms its orignally done thanks to an old service sticker.

But not my odo hasnt been ticking over for a while - hmmm about 5 months ..... one of these days i'll get it to an instrument specialist haha

[dAVE]

Nizmo - how did you find out that it was wound back.

i had my timing belt changed when I first imported mine just to be on the safe side. Apparently the old one was in fine condition anyway, but its better to be safe than sorry.