Odometer not working
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Odometer not working
I just had the car up on jack stands for a few days (SSK install) and once back on the ground the Odometer stopped working. Could this just be a coincidence or did I disconnect something by picking up the car up and then down? I wasn't close to any wiring under the car. The Odometer was fixed about 8 years/15K miles ago by a PO. 46K miles on the clock now.
Thanks for any advice!
Thanks for any advice!
Last edited by MM993; 09-30-2012 at 04:42 PM.
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If you plan on doing the repair yourself, Odometer Gears has the parts and they also show PDF installation instructions.
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Follow up to my Odometer issue. It turned out to be just a coincidence after working on the car for other things. Timing is everything!
Major thanks to Marc/Mgianzero for his DIY video on replacing the two gears without taking the whole thing apart. I did review the DIY’s from Pcar.com and Odometers.com to be as educated as possible, but Marc’s video made everything very clear. Odometers.com made it easy to order the gears online and I got them in 3 days.
My overall 2 cents is as follows; It’s not a hard DIY at all, just take your time. Buy both gears; I was shocked to see the large gear being the problem vs the normal smaller gear.
The advice of cleaning everything out with compressed air for any broken teeth is correct, however in my situation, I needed to pick out all the teeth wedged in the large inside gear with a paperclip. I also recommend a jewelers loop/magnifying glass to inspect the inside gear from all angles. A must is to get the type of thin tweezers Marc used in the video; they would have cut my time easily in half vs regular tweezers. The photo shows the new gears and my old large melted gear with all the teeth I pulled out.
Major thanks to Marc/Mgianzero for his DIY video on replacing the two gears without taking the whole thing apart. I did review the DIY’s from Pcar.com and Odometers.com to be as educated as possible, but Marc’s video made everything very clear. Odometers.com made it easy to order the gears online and I got them in 3 days.
My overall 2 cents is as follows; It’s not a hard DIY at all, just take your time. Buy both gears; I was shocked to see the large gear being the problem vs the normal smaller gear.
The advice of cleaning everything out with compressed air for any broken teeth is correct, however in my situation, I needed to pick out all the teeth wedged in the large inside gear with a paperclip. I also recommend a jewelers loop/magnifying glass to inspect the inside gear from all angles. A must is to get the type of thin tweezers Marc used in the video; they would have cut my time easily in half vs regular tweezers. The photo shows the new gears and my old large melted gear with all the teeth I pulled out.
Last edited by MM993; 10-17-2012 at 05:27 PM. Reason: Adding picture