I have done a few searches and can't find an answer. I am going to be putting a explorer gauge cluster in my ranger so I will have a tach. My truck has 128,600 milles and the explorer gauge shows 74,000 miles. Can I roll the odometer forward without taking it apart?

 

Fx4wannabe01 had a cluster build thread from a few years ago but the links to changing the odometer don't work anymore.
IIRC the odometer can be taken apart to reset it.

 

I know on a mustang you can. Pretty much you are removing the odometer rings, but not taking them apart (i think its almost an assembly). What I did was put on a polishing disk to a dremel tool and had it do like 15k rpms and spun one of the gears. I went up by 2000 miles in like 30 secs.

 

I thought you could actually take off the odometer and swap your old one in?

 

You can, but I was wanting to roll it forward without taking the odometer out and apart. I don't want to take the odometer out to change the mileage and then have to worry about callibrating the speedometer if its off.

 

Has anyone had any luck with switching out odometers without having to recalibrate the odometer?

 

Anybody???

 

I don't thing you can. I think the only way to access the "roll" is to remove the gauge face.

I think the only other option is to apply voltage to the the motor that turns the gears till it shows the right odometer reading.

 

[QUOTE=sheltonfilms;1884361]I don't thing you can. I think the only way to access the "roll" is to remove the gauge face.

I think the only other option is to apply voltage to the the motor that turns the gears till it shows the right odometer reading.[/QUOTE]

Thats what I was thinking but not sure how to do that.

 

I couldn't tell you how to, without looking at it. Plus I wouldn't want to even suggest a way, because of possible messing up the circuitry.

 

Yeah, I know. I'm willing to try and if it does mess up I could take the odometer out of my current cluster and put it in the replacement one. So any ideas would be appreciated

 

First off take your lens off of the cluster and remove the speedometer/tach section. Find the motor and take a picture of the connector going to it and post it. I need to look at the wires going to it.

 

Ok, I will do that. I am waiting for the cluster to get here. When it does I will take a picture and post it. I appreciate it.

 

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