Anyone know how? C The reason for this dodgy act is. I just acquired a replacement Mph for the Kph clock in the van. The UK MOT's have recorded the mileage as miles and not kilometres, with no conversion. Which is fair enough. But, the new clock is a few thousand higher. My insurance is limited to 5000 miles per year. Therefore if I do a straight swap I will just have gone over the mileage for this year. I know I can write the DVLA and my insurance a nice letter, but I think they would get confused. So, other than siting with the drill attached to the spindle, is there an easy way to do it. Or should I just swap them over and forget it?
you can pull it to pieces but you may not get it bakc together and working, it runs faster than you think, will only take 5 mins or so with the drill, dont go to fast though keep it around 70mph
If it's just the insurance, can you not just tell them you've swapped speedos (instrument, not swimming gear ). could dismantle, but I've tried this in the past and ending up with many plastic gears in my lap. As I recall, they're designed purely to work going forwards.
i remember now, carefully remove the little white gear that goes to the speedo needle, then you can just turn that end and it wont take long
I've took apart a set of mk2 golf clocks to use the speedo dial for my mk1 golf and managed to clock that . Did not put it all back together thow . The little cogs just stop it going backwards so if you pull them out off the way and wind it back abit
I've just got all my paperwork out. No mileage logged with the DVLA on V5 or website. Nothing logged on any of my insurance paperwork ( certificates and proposals ) only mileage logged is on the last MOT certificate. So sadly I can't convert Kilometers to miles. Shame, it would go from 70000 Kilometers to approx 45000 miles. The only thing I could find online about changing the mileage says its only illegal on vehicles less than 10 years old or if used to defraud a buyer. Neither of which apply. But, the site I found said every time you change an engine, the odo must be reset to zero - no one does that. All that because my wife thinks I'm going end up like Arfer Daley and get my collar felt by the fuzz. So, here goes nothing
I did this recently with a new speedo for my bus for the same reason RE insurance and the old speedo was broken. It was quite easy to knock out the pin holding the grey cogs with a punch and you can then just rotate the numbers to where you like and then push the pin back. Worked for me anyway. Cheers Ben
it can be a bit tricky, but as long as you keep your surrounding space restricted and clear so you don't loose or swallow any small parts, you will eventually do it. Take a good look at the black cogs that keep them from going back so you put them the same way they were.
Before you pull stuff apart have you checked how much it will actually cost to insure the van for one year with a higher mileage ? Compared with the cost of one tank of petrol these days ? Our van insured for 10k miles a year was around £150 through JK for example.
I asked once what I should do if it looked like I'd exceed the milage - they said it doesn't matter. Another time I asked how much more it would cost to increase the milage from 3 to 6 thousand and it didn't cost any more. I wonder why they even mention it. Nice work on the speedo tough - I wouldn't have bothered doing anything.
