ChaosSaint Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 (edited) So my beloved Pathy has 90,334 miles on the odo... how can I remember the mileage so well? Easy! It hasn't changed in the 2 months that I've owned it (and yes, I've been driving it daily). The odometer, along with the tach, are not functioning - the tach does flail around wildly which is amusing I suppose, so I guess it sort of works, just not how it's supposed to. Anyway... is the actual mileage stored somewhere in the computer by chance? maybe retrievable by the dealer or something? Edited September 8, 2009 by ChaosSaint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indigent Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 That information is not stored in the ECU. There is not signal generated that keeps track track of distance, as the odometer is purely mechanical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonnerBB Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 I figure at this point that not knowing how many miles on my truck gives it character. My truck has LOTS of character!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morningwould Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 If you ever need to sell it. You will always be able to write low miles in the ad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nunya Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Can be a good thing if you have emission tests and don't have the cleanest runner and have mileage exemptions... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edicer2 Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 mine was like that for 6 months then i releaized that the end of my speedo cable was broke behind the cluster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaosSaint Posted October 3, 2009 Author Share Posted October 3, 2009 I pulled the cluster to check out the wires behind it and they looked fine... any idea where they feed from? tracing it through the harness would be a bear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edicer2 Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 is your tack electronic or is it mechanical? mine was mechanical and it had a little white thing that spun and i was able to replace that to make mine work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaosSaint Posted October 4, 2009 Author Share Posted October 4, 2009 My trip and primary odo are both mechanical. What sort of little white thing was it? Visible from the backside? I assume you had to take it apart to get to it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olddirtyrake Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 (edited) I'm having the same identical problem to you, and my miles are reading 90,242(funny how close they are). Plus, I think this spell checker is getting mad at me(makes me feel like I need to go back to highschool) --THANK GOD FOR SPELL CHECK OR YOU ALL WOULD KNOW HOW STUPID I AM Edited November 1, 2009 by olddirtyrake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tungsten Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 meh if you think an odometer that doesn't move is bad, try an odometer that likes to move around spontaneously like mine does lol my tach and speedo work fine tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY1PATH Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 My trip and primary odo are both mechanical. What sort of little white thing was it? Visible from the backside? I assume you had to take it apart to get to it? fix your year on your profile. 95 clusters are purely elctronic. the spedogear does not turn a cable, it turns a sending unit and the culster has tiny motors in it.... now on the mechanical units it will be a white bushing with a square key sticking out of it. it snaps to the end of the cable. sometimes they crack and stop working right but this would only efect the odo trip and spedo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaosSaint Posted November 16, 2009 Author Share Posted November 16, 2009 fix your year on your profile. 95 clusters are purely elctronic. the spedogear does not turn a cable, it turns a sending unit and the culster has tiny motors in it.... now on the mechanical units it will be a white bushing with a square key sticking out of it. it snaps to the end of the cable. sometimes they crack and stop working right but this would only efect the odo trip and spedo... You are correct... I ment that the read out of my cluster was mechanical - some have a digital readout. I do know that it's an electric signal fed to the cluster, however, I do not know where the problem lies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY1PATH Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 voltage regulator?.... I don't mess with the newer stuff but I think there's a thread on it here somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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