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04-18-2011, 01:52 AM
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Odometer running backwards!
I was driving my 68 c-10 down the highway the other day and noticed my odometer was going backwards, in other words, instead of gaining mileage its actually dropping mileage on the odometer! Has anyone else ever had this happen? What would make it do this? Joseph
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04-18-2011, 02:34 AM
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toys'r'us
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Re: Odometer running backwards!
not by accident i havent...
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04-18-2011, 03:22 AM
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Re: Odometer running backwards!
never had it happen by accident lol. just fix it before or if you plan on selling it LOL
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04-18-2011, 06:37 AM
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Re: Odometer running backwards!
I saw it in the movie "Christine!"
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04-18-2011, 06:55 AM
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Re: Odometer running backwards!
look in the rear veiw, are you getting younger?
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04-18-2011, 01:11 PM
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Re: Odometer running backwards!
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04-18-2011, 02:15 PM
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Re: Odometer running backwards!
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04-18-2011, 01:47 PM
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the boat guy
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Re: Odometer running backwards!
unless your rear end is in upside down and you have to drive with the trans in reverse I have no clue.
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04-18-2011, 02:03 PM
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Re: Odometer running backwards!
Maybe its counting down the miles left!
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04-18-2011, 02:13 PM
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Re: Odometer running backwards!
Boy the guy in Ferris Bueller's day off could of used this
Sounds like something with the speedo itself....may want to take apartand look around
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04-18-2011, 02:16 PM
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Re: Odometer running backwards!
trans gear in backwards?
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04-18-2011, 04:01 PM
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its all about the +6 inches
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Re: Odometer running backwards!
if the speedo is working, I don't see how it could be happening.
As far as the fix it before you selll it comment, there is nothing at all illegal about resetting the odometer. The illegal part is when you try to profit from it. When I got my truck titled for the first time, I flat out told them I set it to 00,000.0 miles. |
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04-18-2011, 04:09 PM
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the boat guy
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Re: Odometer running backwards!
after 10 years or 100k miles I think you can do what you want with your odometer in mo. I always set mine to 0 when I do an engine rebuild.
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04-18-2011, 07:22 PM
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Re: Odometer running backwards!
Did it just start doing it? Did you do any work in the speedometer area before it started acting up?
There's no way to put the transmission drive and driven gear in backwards. The teeth wouldn't mesh properly as they are slanted to engage with each other. Check if there's some sort of intermediate gearing device someone may have installed in there. If there isn't than it has to be in the odometer itself. |
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04-18-2011, 10:40 PM
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Re: Odometer running backwards!
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04-18-2011, 11:15 PM
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Re: Odometer running backwards!
Is the paint looking better? Dents going away? Rust disappearing? Can I send you mine, and have you run it down to about 10? I could have a new truck. You'll be a millionaire.
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04-19-2011, 10:25 AM
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Re: Odometer running backwards!
ok, i'll bite and offer a theory,
the drive cable breaks somewhere inside the cable housing, the broken ends shift and slightly overlap one another, and with enough friction between them produce a counter-rotation beyond the break have at it...
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04-19-2011, 10:50 AM
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Re: Odometer running backwards!
If the speedometer needle is working correctly, the cable is working correctly. The problem must be the odometer itself.
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04-18-2011, 09:05 PM
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Re: Odometer running backwards!
LMAO! everybody is kinda cracking jokes at the subject, believe it or not my old 94z28 done the exact same thing!! At first I noticed the odometer not working every once in a while, and outta the blue I happen to see it running BACKWARDS!!!
it done that for the next year or so that I drove it lol I think I ended up putting 2 or 3k miles backwards ....haha |
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04-19-2011, 11:23 AM
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Re: Odometer running backwards!
Of course I do not know this, but if the odometer is operated by a small electric motor, the ground and positive wires could be switched around causing it to spin the opposite direction.
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04-19-2011, 02:04 PM
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Re: Odometer running backwards!
Thanks for all the replys guys. I wish the rust, dents etc...was disappearing as i drove it, but unfortunatly this isn't the movies!! HAHA! I'm going to go with you guys and point the finger of blame at the odometer because the speedometer works as it should, even though its about 10mph off. I have had many older cars and trucks over the years and this is the only time i have ever seen or heard of this. Thanks for the opinions and wise cracks, you guys are always good for a laugh! Joseph
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