Odometer reset

[Timbo]

Hi all,

Anyone know how I can reset the digital odometer on the dash? I have a 12k old motor in a car that says 309,000 lol..

Can Nissan reset this? My local mechanic with one of those plug in computer thingos or do I have to go to a speedo/tacho specialist?

Cheers

[Maxhead]

I thought it was illegal to reset the odo, but I could be wrong.
Could be worth asking Nissan though

[Timbo]

Oh, it's illegal all right! But I thought you could get a stat deck and have it signed my the police, or maybe Nissan had some kind of authority to do it. I can ring Nissan and find out, just thought someone may have known or had experience with it.

[patch697]

G/day G-Unit You can go to someone who services & repairs dash clusters & instruments panels thay have the gear to do it.

Cheers
Paul

[Maxhead]

I think it might have to be reset with the Nissan computer thingy. I thought maybe replacing the instrument cluster but I think the reading might be stored on the ECU

[Timbo]

Thanks both for your comments.

I'll look into it as it's kind of annoying seeing the high mileage on the clock knowing the motor is fresh! :)

[GU89]

It will still be illegal and I doubt nissan would wind it back. Even though your motor only has 12000k on it the rest of your patrol has 300,000 on it. As suggested you will have to get someone to sign a statutory deceleration stating when the the new motor was put in and how many k's on it.

[YNOT]

It will still be illegal and I doubt nissan would wind it back. Even though your motor only has 12000k on it the rest of your patrol has 300,000 on it. As suggested you will have to get someone to sign a statutory deceleration stating when the the new motor was put in and how many k's on it.

I'm with GU89 on this one. The odometer is a measure of VEHICLE milege, not specifically the engine.

Tony

[Timbo]

Good points, both of you. I never really thought of the importance of that side of it. I guess I have a receipt wit the ODO km's on it so any potential buyer can work out how old the motor is.

Makes sense to leave it i think. Cheers

[patch697]

Mate mine have done 320ish & my motors only done 80ish.... I left mine alone in order to keep up to date & co-inside with its full service history.

If I was ever to sell it I would rather ppl know its genuine & see how its been looked after.


Cheers
Paul

[NilWil]

I'm in the same boat but the other way around . I just converted my patrol from a ZD30 to TD42T and its done 142k when it stopped . To get my tacho working i had to change the gauge cluster over which had 400k on it . Can anyone recommend me
a auto instrument repair near Melbourne / east of. Or cheaper give me info how to set it

[Finly Owner]

you could put in a computerised trip meter off the shelf and use it for monitoring k's on motor. Same as rally cars run.

[Foreverdiesel]

Might be an idea to make a couple of photo copies of the receipt and have a JP certify it as a true & accurate copy of the orriginal receipt, just in case you miss place the receipt one day.

Cheers,
Rob.

[ansaha]

it will still be illegal just log when the new motor went in
Cheers Andrew

[ansaha]

Just put up with it

[garrett]

get another dash with less kms? would that work

[megatexture]

just click the odomiter to 0 on reading a or b and try not to reset it

[xtreme patrol]

I think it might have to be reset with the Nissan computer thingy. I thought maybe replacing the instrument cluster but I think the reading might be stored on the ECU

The Odometer reading is stored in the cluster because when my alternator had a melt down and fried my cluster the replacement i got from the wreckers had about 100 thousand more on it than the original one :furious:

[janderson]

My instrument cluster has been changed. The reading still shows what was shown on the new one. So I would think that it is not stored on the ECU