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Why is my odometer running backwards???? #1150083 01/03/12 11:14 PM 01/03/12 11:14 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 122 Columbus, OH Spanky OP member
Spanky OP member Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 122 Columbus, OH	It's a 71 RR with the rally dash & is quite the hodge podge of parts from different cars. Anyhow, the speedo is inaccurate, but seems to be functioning in the right direction (faster when the car goes faster & visa versa). But I'm baffled about the odometer. I've got it apart now & it looks to me like it'll only go together one way. Anybody else have this happen? I mean, it would be cool if the car were actually getting newer the more that I drive it, but you know....

Re: Why is my odometer running backwards???? [Re: Spanky] #1150084 01/03/12 11:25 PM 01/03/12 11:25 PM
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zrxkawboy super stock Z Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 905 SD	Is her name Christine? It's Swifty! Swifty, you toad sucker!

Re: Why is my odometer running backwards???? [Re: zrxkawboy] #1150085 01/03/12 11:40 PM 01/03/12 11:40 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 122 Columbus, OH Spanky OP member
Spanky OP member Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 122 Columbus, OH	Dude! Wouldn't that be awesome! Well, not really, but yeah!

Re: Why is my odometer running backwards???? [Re: Spanky] #1150086 01/03/12 11:59 PM 01/03/12 11:59 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 122 Columbus, OH Spanky OP member
Spanky OP member Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 122 Columbus, OH	Okay, looks like I just answered my own question when I compared the unit in my car to a spare I had lying around. Notice anything weird? Looks to me like if both of these odometers are turned in the same direction, one will count up, the other will count down. Strange, huh? 7000691-DSCN4789.JPG (424 downloads)

Re: Why is my odometer running backwards???? [Re: Spanky] #1150087 01/04/12 12:47 AM 01/04/12 12:47 AM
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Re: Why is my odometer running backwards???? [Re: Spanky] #1150088 01/04/12 01:13 AM 01/04/12 01:13 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 75,020 U.S.S.A. JohnRR I Win
JohnRR I Win Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 75,020 U.S.S.A.	I can't see the difference ????

Re: Why is my odometer running backwards???? [Re: JohnRR] #1150089 01/04/12 01:17 AM 01/04/12 01:17 AM
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Sinitro master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,444 So Cal	Quote: I can't see the difference ???? Check the rite row of digits... Just my $0.02..

Re: Why is my odometer running backwards???? [Re: Sinitro] #1150090 01/04/12 01:19 AM 01/04/12 01:19 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 75,020 U.S.S.A. JohnRR I Win
JohnRR I Win Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 75,020 U.S.S.A.	Quote: Quote: I can't see the difference ???? Check the rite row of digits... Just my $0.02.. I see it now , looks like someone did some swapping of parts if the helix of the shaft that spins the numbers is twisted in the same direction...

Re: Why is my odometer running backwards???? [Re: JohnRR] #1150091 01/04/12 01:57 AM 01/04/12 01:57 AM
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Golden-Arm I Live Here Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 10,570 Sunny South Florida	all of the numbers are different. one odometer counts up, one counts down. the backwards one must be a chrysler australia model. "When Tyranny Becomes Law, Rebellion Becomes Duty"

Re: Why is my odometer running backwards???? [Re: Golden-Arm] #1150092 01/04/12 03:02 AM 01/04/12 03:02 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 20,789 A collage of whims topside Too Many Posts
topside Too Many Posts Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 20,789 A collage of whims	Now we know why some old cars have so few miles on them! Seriously, that's weird; it's not like you can turn them upside down, so I'm guessing the odometer itself is from another application that spins opposite, or whatever drives the drum is backwards.

Re: Why is my odometer running backwards???? [Re: topside] #1150093 01/04/12 03:15 AM 01/04/12 03:15 AM
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dirtybee super stock D Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 807 Toronto, Canada	why would you post this here? just keep driving 'till 0.000 then sell the car........just kidding everybody

Re: Why is my odometer running backwards???? [Re: dirtybee] #1150094 01/04/12 01:40 PM 01/04/12 01:40 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,588 St. John's Newfoundland 440newport master
440newport master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,588 St. John's Newfoundland	Maybe one of the speedos is from a car with cruise control? The extra cable needed with the cruise servo might spin the opposite of a car without cruise?

Re: Why is my odometer running backwards???? [Re: 440newport] #1150095 01/04/12 02:53 PM 01/04/12 02:53 PM
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1_WILD_RT Management Trainee Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 27,347 Today? Who Knows?	Nope.... The speedo is pieced together & one odometer came from a speedometer withe the odometer above the center of the speedometer & the other odometer came from a speedometer with the odometer below the centerline.... "The Armies of our ancestors were lucky, in that they were not trailed by a second army of pencil pushers."

Re: Why is my odometer running backwards???? [Re: 1_WILD_RT] #1150096 01/04/12 03:40 PM 01/04/12 03:40 PM
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Re: Why is my odometer running backwards???? [Re: Spanky] #1150097 01/04/12 09:03 PM 01/04/12 09:03 PM
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GwaiiEagle Mannix Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 964 Nanaimo, B.C.	I was curious about this thread cuz we have a 93 T/A whose Odometer runs backwards when you drive at road rather than highway speed.

Re: Why is my odometer running backwards???? [Re: GwaiiEagle] #1150098 01/04/12 09:51 PM 01/04/12 09:51 PM
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RapidRobert Circle Track R Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,040 Lincoln Nebraska	What is this Aprils' fools . I saw the side by side pics but cmon man live every 24 hour block of time like it's your last day on earth

Re: Why is my odometer running backwards???? [Re: GwaiiEagle] #1150099 01/04/12 09:54 PM 01/04/12 09:54 PM
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challengermike super stock Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,062 Amherst,NY	my sisters 69 cutlass the speedo counts up for a couple thousand miles and then starts counting backwards after it reaches a certain #.Its the weirdest thing i have ever seen.

Re: Why is my odometer running backwards???? [Re: challengermike] #1150100 01/05/12 02:26 PM 01/05/12 02:26 PM
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mopar_man master M Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,664 Newfoundland	Its obvious whats wrong . Somebody had it apart and installed all the numbers backwards.

Re: Why is my odometer running backwards???? [Re: Spanky] #1150101 01/05/12 04:11 PM 01/05/12 04:11 PM
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dan9 super stock D Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 1,023 pa.	Look at the gear at the right side of the pics. One contacts the gear at the bottom and one contacts the gear at the top.

Re: Why is my odometer running backwards???? [Re: mopar_man] #1150102 01/05/12 04:20 PM 01/05/12 04:20 PM
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B_Body_Bob Master of nothing Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 16,619 Almost Heaven	Quote: Its obvious whats wrong . Somebody had it apart and installed all the numbers backwards. Yep, lucky it works at all Everybody makes fun of a hillbilly until they need something fixed

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