Mileage Correction

[Lefty]

Any recommendations of somebody in the North East?

Cheers,
Lefty

[paulqv]

Lefty said:

Any recommendations of somebody in the North East?

Cheers,
Lefty

NE trading standards?

[Lefty]

Thanks.

[slippery]

About time they banned it.

[Kiltie]

Lefty said:

Thanks.

What is it you want to do Iain?

What is incorrect?

[Lefty]

Kiltie said:

Lefty said:

Thanks.

What is it you want to do Iain?

What is incorrect?

I'm changing the engine in a car Eric and replacing the binnacle/clocks with a set from a car with the appropriate tacho. A second hand set of clocks obviously has the wrong mileage.

To be honest, I assumed it was stored on the ecu rather than in the clock itself
Cheers,
Iain

Edited by Lefty on Thursday 13th December 08:45

[mrmr96]

Some people will tell you to just keep all the paperwork on new and old clocks so the later buyer of your car can trace the history and calculate the correct mileage from the new unmolested clocks. They'll then also be able to work out the mileage of the chassis, and the mileage of the engine, because whilst a correction leads to the right chassis mileage, then engine mileage will then be incorrect (arguably more important?). If you leave the new clocks as they are then they'll correctly reflect the engine mileage, and you won't have to spend more money on a correction service.

[Lefty]

Quite, there's a big sheaf of service history and mto's to prove chassis mileage.

[mrmr96]

So since chassis mileage is easy to back up, why not leave the clocks showing engine mileage?

[danrc]

there are always places in scotads advertising this kind of thing.

[Hollowpockets]

mrmr96 said:

So since chassis mileage is easy to back up, why not leave the clocks showing engine mileage?

Because the important part and legal part is to have the clock showing the chassis mileage, you can't put a 50,000 mile car back to 0 because its had a new engine put in or rebuilt. The mileage is a figure used by most to get an idea of the overall condition of a car and affects value, I certainly wouldn't be buying a car that had clocks changed unless it was to show the true overall mileage of a car.

[Hollowpockets]

Also, try explaining your mileage to the Dvla, the MOT tester looking at your clocks or your insurance company... It would be a mess of paperwork and questioning every time.

Edited by Hollowpockets on Thursday 13th December 13:12

[martin mrt]

Lefty said:

Kiltie said:

Lefty said:

Thanks.

What is it you want to do Iain?

What is incorrect?

I'm changing the engine in a car Eric and replacing the binnacle/clocks with a set from a car with the appropriate tacho. A second hand set of clocks obviously has the wrong mileage.

To be honest, I assumed it was stored on the ecu rather than in the clock itself
Cheers,
Iain

To me it looks as though the OP wants to keep the chassis mileage correct, if he wanted to "clock" the car he would leave the mileage on the replacement clocks as it was surely?

I can't see the harm in what the OP wants to do as i see it.

Edited by Lefty on Thursday 13th December 08:45