Can the mileometer be changed?

[stribo]

I've bought some x70R dials for the C70, but the mileage is different, does anyone know if it can be changed, and how. Dials are pre ME7 if that makes a difference.

[M-R-P]

Easier to pull it apart and just change the face isn't it?

[stribo]

Not if it can be plugged in and changed, as the needles have to come off and put back on in the right place.

[M-R-P]

With the dodgy P2 ford DIM, it reloads the mileage from the CEM :D

[oblark]

Basically no.

If the mileage on the clocks you've brought from "he who should not be named" is less than the c70 mileage dont worry about it. When I find my v70 clocks I knocked 25k off the car and went through the mot with problem.

[V70 Graham]

But if the new clocks have a lower mileage wouldn't that flag up at MOT time seeing as mileage is entered now ?

[oblark]

But if the new clocks have a lower mileage wouldn't that flag up at MOT time seeing as mileage is entered now ?

No.

[M-R-P]

So long as it's showing more than it did at the last MOT ;)

[oblark]

When I changed my clocks I took 25k off of the mileage from the last mot and had no problems.

[M-R-P]

they're supposed to spot stuff like that lol. Wasn't Graham's MOT tester was it? lmao

[S70T5Chris]

Just swapping the faces over is dead easy, that's what I did in my S70.

[stribo]

I didn't buy them off he who shall not be named, and they have 30k more. Thanks Chris, I'll give it a go.

[M-R-P]

I didn't buy them off he who shall not be named, and they have 30k more. Thanks Chris, I'll give it a go.

Thanks Chris? well that's just bloody great!

Honestly I don't know why I bother sometimes :wallbash:

[stribo]

Thanks Chris? well that's just bloody great!

Honestly I don't know why I bother sometimes :wallbash:

Because he's actually done it, and said it's easy. :P You just asked me if it would be easier to change the faces.

[oblark]

If they are less than the clocks in the C70 I would just fit them :)

It would save alot of ball ache taking them apart and ££££ing them up.

[stribo]

If they are less than the clocks in the C70 I would just fit them :)

It would save alot of ball ache taking them apart and ££££ing them up.

No, 30k more mate.

[cherry1809]

If they're analogue then you pick them apart and change them.
Digital can be changed with the "mileage correction" services through exchange and mart.
Different mileage isn't an MOT failure, only lowering it and not telling a future buyer you can get done for. If you're keeping it it doesn't matter :)
Mines currently reading about 154k where as it's nearer 204k. When I swapped the clocks over I made a note of both mileage in the history. Was only a couple of hundred miles difference anyway :)
Also found out on the obd1 cars, as long as it's the original clocks, you can get the correct mileage from the reader under the bonnet.

[M-R-P]

Because he's actually done it, and said it's easy. :P You just asked me if it would be easier to change the faces.

It was a rhetorical question like "wouldn't you be able to see better if you took that screwdriver out of your eye?"

Couple of plastic clips, few screws, job done.

[stephenevans99]

Like Cherry1809 says,

Mileage Correction Service.....£65 from the dodgy geezers in the back of Autotrader :)