Odometer roll back *PICS!* AND AMAZING VIDEO

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I understand that for some time now there has been a secondary, computerized device for tracking miles built in to make sure miles were not rolled back. Is this true?
Not on the e30's. The speedos are electronic, driven off of the VSS pulse from the rearend, but the odometers are purely mechanically driven off of this pulse. So, the method equate is using will work just fine to sync up the mileage on his new speedo with his old one.
 

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my dremel is adjustable so i can make it go hella fast, or hella slow.. heh, you broke yer firstone.. why r u rolling your thingy back anyways?
 
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WAHOO!! ok I got my 258,000+ odometer down to my 128,000+ milage. Took me about 9 Hours at going 2 miles a second. Ill post a how-to on my site soon but my server is 1/2 dead Ill try to fix it ASAP. The VDO gears held up great and there is no damage to anything, just correctly synced miles!
 
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I hate to bust your ballz but you were going 4 miles a second or about Mach 20.

So, if I pull the first black gear out and put the odometer back together, then not only will the speedometer still work while the odometer just sits there but I'll also be committing fraud? Cool!

Though I guess it's not really fraud until you sell the car and do some misrepresentin'. And I suppose if you got into an accident and the insurance company found a faulty odometer it might make getting a settlement a little harder.

Can they revoke a security clearance for fraud? [scratch]

Steve
 
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Wow hey can you read? I was setting the odometer to the one in my original because I had to replace the speedo... Try reading before you "bust balls" Yeah and the odometer works fine along with the speedo I have no idea what your trying to stutter out
 
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Took me about 9 Hours at going 2 miles a second.
Wow, hey can you remember writing that?

Chill, dude! I did the math and you were off by a factor or two. You took off 130,000 miles in nine hours which works out to almost exactly 4 miles a second. A new land speed record. In reverse, no less.

And if you'd read a little more carefully, I was talking about DISABLING MY ODOMETER (And the speedometer still works? Bonus!) AND COMMITTING FRAUD, which was why I asked the facetious question about revoking a security clearance at the end (the answer is most assuredly yes, IYWTK). Do you have a security clearance? Oh, wait, that's me, the guy that works on Tomahawk missile systems.

I wasn't busting on you for adjusting your odometer to the actual mileage on your car. You were quite clear about what you were doing and it was obvioulsly within the law. Besides, if 1) I thought you were breaking the law and 2) I cared enough to say something to you about it (I don't), believe me I wouldn't stutter.

People gotta take life a little less seriously around here. Isn't this supposed to be about having fun?

Steve

PS - Good job on adjusting your odometer. I like that you had a problem and were able to figure out a way to fix it.
 
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why are you talking about breaking the law when im not.... besides theres 2 videos showing how fast I was going 2 miles an hour was my best guess
 
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Relax, no one is accusing you of breaking the law. It's a good project with a valid basis and I'm glad you documented it. I found it very interesting.

In retrospect, I suppose I was talking about you giving out tools that could be used to break the law. This subject has obvious legal issues surrounding it. Basically I was referring to the fact that you were giving people the tools to commit fraud under the guise of a legal reason for doing it. Nothing wrong or illegal about that. But it's like selling someone a cable descrambler and saying don't use it to steal cable. And I'm not now saying you did all this so people could commit fraud so don't get on me for that. Personally, I'm looking forward to seeing the odometer hit 300k and still having a beautiful car.

As for speed, I could tell from the one video I saw it was way faster than 2 mps. The math was easy. That's all I was busting you for, honest.

Steve
 
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Ok sorry about jumping but some other guys on a forum could not get off the idea that I was rolling back, even though I said about 90 times I got a new speedo and was matching miles. As for the odometer working with the speedo you put it back together when you are done, I kinda thought people would figure that one out, you just break the seal on the super glue. Also you can sharpen a stick on the sidewalk and go hold up a gas station, should the one who gave the idea be at fault? It dosn't take too much brains to roll an odometer back, but like you see at the begining of the artical I said that it was for matching miles and it is illegal to rollback.. Thanks though I appreciate the feedback, did you ever replace your speedo?
 
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No problem, but I think you still misunderstand my point about the odometer. I know yours worked when you were done but I WANT the speedometer to work without the odo. That way I don't roll up the miles while I'm rolling up miles and I can still see how fast I'm going and the cruise control still works. But insurance adjusters look at the odo if you total the car to see how much it's worth. That's when you can get caught without selling the car. That's why disabling, as well as rolling back, the odometer is illegal before you ever try to sell it. Unless you're adjusting one that you just bought to match the actual mileage on your car. That's still probably easier than putting in the paperwork required to sell the car with an altered odo and having to explain to a buyer why that is.

In 30 years of owning cars I've never had a bad speedometer. Closest I came was a bad cable that was easily replaced.

Steve
 


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