I'm going to build a new dash for my truck, (here's the link for any input) and therefor probably going to replace all the gaiges. The only problem is I'm pretty sure the speedometer and oddometer are one unit (I don't know for sure, I haven't taken it apert) and didn't think I could get rid of the odometer. I was talking to someone about it and they said that there's a lot of shit you have to do with your oddometer to keep it legal and stuff. Like if you get a new one it has to be wound to match the original or it has to be logged or something like that. Kinda sounded like a flimsey explanation to me, but I don't have a clue. What's the deal? Can I put in a new one (wound or blank)? Or do I have to leave the old one?

 

I know of one guy that posts here that disconnects is odometer to keep the miles off his car (ie insurance fraud) perhaps he will chime in and help!

 

I'm not that guy but if the vehicle is over ten years old you can just sell it exempt later on and it won't matter. If it's low mileage and you think it will matter when you go to sell it, take a picture of the odometer now or keep it to show the next owner. You'll still have to sell it exempt, but at least you can show them how many miles are really on it.

 

Take a pic of the old odometer before you pull it out, and a pic of the new one before you put it in.

 

yeah its kinda like big buick said any thing after 10 years u are aloud to do whatever to as long as u dont try to sell it and say its right.u just have to let the person buying it know that its not the right mileage.ur not going to get pulled over and fucked with because u changed ur odometer is changed or dosent work.

 

So, being how it is at least ten years old (and really close to twenty), I guess I don't need to woory about it too much, but here is my new question: Do I even need one at all?

 

No. Just remember to write exempt on the title where you would otherwise write in the mileage when/if you sell it. Odometer fraud is claiming an odometer reading to be true that isn't. There's no law that says you have to have an odometer, only that if you are going to claim actual mileage, it better be actual. For anyone with a car less than ten years old wondering WTF to do if their mileage isn't actual, you put the current reading down (what the odometer actually says, not what you think the correct miles are) in the mileage spot on the title, then check the box next to number two where it says "I hereby certify that the odometer reading is not the actual mileage WARNING, ODOMETER DISCREPANCY" It is also a good idea to have a separate bill of sale with the mileage and the fact that it isn't actual noted signed by all parties involved to cover your own ass so that someone doesn't try to claim you said the mileage was actual later on down the road.

Everything I sell over ten years old gets sold exempt, less hassles that way.

 

yeah.what he said^^^

 

when your doing the title they will ask if you want to exepmt it.. .I just did one earlier today for my new car and my mom wrote teh wrong milage on the title so we just exempted it

 

I worked in the car business in sales for several years in NH and there is a term that we came to know as "TMU" which stands for true mileage unknown. It would be labeled on the title as such. in the case of a newer car it cut the value in half. with a vehicle that is almost 20 years old, i would recommend pulling a carfax report for about $15 and see what the last recorded odometer entry is on there and also im unaware if when you register your car if you need to tell them the mileage or not. I would just make sure that your new odometer is over where that number is and nobody will know. I've never done that but i know many people that have. if you go under, when it is registered upon a sale the new title would be tmu and that could bite you in the ass.