iiyama
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| posted on 21/4/08 at 11:47 AM |
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zeroing clocks
Got any reccomendations for getting the clock zeroed before I finish building? Be nice to have 0000 when I first start to drive and i get the feeling
that the car is going to get a new reg anyway.
Cheers peeps!
If its broke, fix it. If it aint broke, take it apart and find out how it works!
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paulmw
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| posted on 21/4/08 at 11:50 AM |
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There is a couple guys on ebay who do it
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dogwood
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| posted on 21/4/08 at 11:52 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by paulmw
There is a couple guys on ebay who do it
Yea I think I bought one of there cars
David
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tegwin
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| posted on 21/4/08 at 11:56 AM |
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It all depends what clocks they are!!!
I zeroed my old sierra clocks...fiddly job getting them all appart, but deffinately doable if you think asbout it....
And no, ataching a drill in reverse doesnt work
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 21/4/08 at 11:58 AM |
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on some of the speedo's once the glass is removed you can just turn the rotary dials round with your finger or a pen, they just click.
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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nick205
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| posted on 21/4/08 at 12:04 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by tegwin
It all depends what clocks they are!!!
I zeroed my old sierra clocks...fiddly job getting them all appart, but deffinately doable if you think asbout it....
And no, ataching a drill in reverse doesnt work
No, but running the drill forward will and might be quicker dependng on how many miles the clock is showing already
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Fatgadget
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| posted on 21/4/08 at 12:14 PM |
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There is a word for doing that sort of thing..It's called "clocking" !
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trogdor
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| posted on 21/4/08 at 12:31 PM |
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i believe clocking is legal, its just illegal to sell a clocked car without telling the next owner.
i could be wrong but am fairly sure thats right.
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Mole
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| posted on 21/4/08 at 12:39 PM |
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Besides which the clock won't be in the same car it came from.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 21/4/08 at 12:52 PM |
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it's not clocking if the car is new
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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Fatgadget
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| posted on 21/4/08 at 01:08 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mole
Besides which the clock won't be in the same car it came from.
Ummm. So if I go down the scrappy and find a speedo with a lower mileometer reading technically that is not clocking? I understand the bit about
informing the purchaser BTW
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DarrenW
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| posted on 21/4/08 at 01:22 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Fatgadget
quote:
Originally posted by Mole
Besides which the clock won't be in the same car it came from.
Ummm. So if I go down the scrappy and find a speedo with a lower mileometer reading technically that is not clocking? I understand the bit about
informing the purchaser BTW
Correct. If it were illegal then clock manufacturers would have to find a way to make odometers completely fail safe and never breakdown. This is
impossible so replacing clocks is OK as long as the mileages are recorded and subsequent owners are informed.
This does beg the question regarding people who build cars with 2nd hand parts of unknown mileages etc. Virtually impossible to say how many miles
each of the parts has done unless are all reconditioned to as new condition. Running old cars and repairing them with scrap yard finds also makes a
mockery of the law surrounding fraudulently clocking cars. Every moving bit of the car could be from a different vehicle of unknown mileage but as
long as the clocks havent been tampered with its OK. Of course we know why its illegal in terms of increasing newer cars values etc.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 21/4/08 at 01:32 PM |
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thats just a risk you have to take buying a kit car and way they need to be looked over more carefully than a production car.
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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iiyama
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| posted on 21/4/08 at 02:23 PM |
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clocks are digital and off a Hayabusa.
If its broke, fix it. If it aint broke, take it apart and find out how it works!
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Mole
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| posted on 21/4/08 at 03:44 PM |
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Ummm. So if I go down the scrappy and find a speedo with a lower mileometer reading technically that is not clocking? I understand the bit about
informing the purchaser BTW
I wasn't being that general and only really referring to the fact that a kit car is a bunch of second hand parts of sometimes various origins.
The odometer might be meaningless anyway.
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zetec7
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| posted on 21/4/08 at 04:25 PM |
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Try this for zeroing the clock...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=xniyTg5Q2FM
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roadrunner
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| posted on 21/4/08 at 06:34 PM |
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I'll get the air gun out and try it on my digital clocks then.
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Taylor R1
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| posted on 21/4/08 at 07:07 PM |
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Clocks
try these guys. They corrected a yamaha clock for me last year
http://www.scorpio-electronics.co.uk/
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