Clock STOPPED !

[snorky]

My odometer came up to 29,999. As it tried to go over to 30,000 it stopped. Rob Ingleby mentioned that this might happen as it's common apparently - but what is the fix for it - Rob said that his just started going on it's own after a while. Any easy ways to restart it before I have start taking the dash top off ????

Snorky

[alans]

happened on my cerb going from 19999 to 20000 only stopped for about 30 miles, but i have heard a good whack can sort it out.

[wildego1]

Mine stops every 000 I'm not sure why but after 50 miles or so it comes back to life.
Try reversing. It seems to help - But then I was convinced for a bit that hitting helped.
I had to stop that though in case I was seen and beaten up.


There are loads of previous threads on this.

You are not alone.

[Don]

There are most certainly loads of threads about this - and it is very common indeed. Reversing appears to have tried and worked. Me I took a journey on a ferry - which seemed to do the trick! (No idea why!).

In general they seem to start up again in due course...

[Edt]

I tried reversing.. bashing the reset peg.. tapping everything etc etc.. but in the end I had to remove the dash as nothing worked

Ed

[beano500]

"They all do that, sir"

Although mine didn't do it until 70,000. Dave Batty waved his magical wand over mine and I still don't know what he did to fix it! Just waiting for 80k to find out if it does the same again

>> Edited by beano500 on Saturday 16th August 19:24

[Twin pipe]

I pulled mine to bits as the mileage kept going back to zero after every trip,there is a large flat watch type battery inside and i think this keeps the memory,but obviously these dont last very long.! Trouble is the speedo is a seald unit,so it gets f***ed up when dismantled .

[dse444]

Mine took 500+ miles to restart after the last pause :-)

[Twin pipe]

These are the people who make the digital type. ;ETR Instruments LTD. tel; 01702711127 based in Leigh on sea.

[PhilipC]

YOu didn't say if you're mechanical or electronic. Or your odometer, for that matter...

I'm assuming mechanical. Has happened on four of my four 1,000 rollovers since Christmas. First fixed itself overnight - about 20 miles lost, no idea what fixed it - could have been temp related.

Second took a bit longer - can't remember without looking, but was about 100 miles, if I remember rightly. Again, fixed itself overnight.

Third was a pain. Kept track of mileage via petrol usage & lots of known-distance journeys for work until the next service was due. Dealership sent unit back to makers via TVR for repair. Cost was £75 removal & re-fit, £140 repair (both ex VAT, both subject to my memory). Also had clock rolled forward to what I think it should have been.

Then I hit the next roll-forward. Suffice to say the car's at the dealership again, and I'm not paying this time... Repair takes about 5-10 working days at the makers, depending upon the phase of the moon.

[snorky]

it's a mechanical one - I am patiently waiting for it to wake up - gives me an excuse (like I needed one ) to ride around "trying to get it working again dear!"

[bobski]

So have to taken it back on the road since it stopped?

Mine did the same at 20K and 30K and started to work again next time I drove the car . .

snorky said:

it's a mechanical one - I am patiently waiting for it to wake up - gives me an excuse (like I needed one ) to ride around "trying to get it working again dear!"

[andy43]

For Sale: 'low mileage' TVR...

[snorky]

it'll be our secret

[Mr.T]

When I had my Chimaera, it zero'd itself while sitting on my driveway. Went to local dealer, and he got it wound forward to it original mileage, as per MOT ( 2 weeks prior ), only took a week, and cost me £55.

[snorky]

Hoorah ! went out today to get my 2 new rear tyres ( SO3s x2 = £199 ! fitted ). and the clock has re-appeared from it's slumber.

Thanks for all who gave suggestions - looks like you were right !

[bobski]

Sweet - we told you "They all do that, Sir"

[beano500]

Mr.T said:

When I had my Chimaera, it zero'd itself while sitting on my driveway. Went to local dealer, and he got it wound forward to it original mileage, as per MOT ( 2 weeks prior ), only took a week, and cost me £55.

So let's see, one week of driving at a reasonable cruising speed times hours equals.....

.....only about 15,000

[beano500]

...and on the same basis, snorky, you should be on about 38,000 by now!!!!

[PhilipC]

Ah ha! The factory is on shut-down at the moment (apparently), so rather than send the unit back for repair they just told the dealer how to "release" the mechanism. Apparently you "energise" the pins on the back of the unit to release the solenoid.

So, sounds to me like the feed from the pulse driver is insufficient to operate the odometer properly, but if you slap a battery across the terminals then it clocks over and you're OK again. I don't know to which which pair of the three pins on the back this relates, but I'd be happy to find out. Anyone know the pin-out?

PS: As per usual, if you kill it trying to fix it like this then it's your problem, not mine :-)