Re: [DML] Odometer removal legality

[Jeff Angwin <jangwin@xxxxxxxxx>]

I don't know about the legality of such things - but just a note, that if
yours is an Automatic Transmission car, then you already have the speed
sensor. Simply tap into either of the white wires going to the AT Governor
circuit, reference it to ground, and there you go! The white wires, as well
as a black ground wires are inside the middle of the three cables that enter
the AT connector block mounted on the firewall in the engine compartment.


Jeff Angwin
VIN 3034



On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 9:52 PM, Michael Conrad <mike@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>
> Hi, I was wondering if anyone knows anything about odometer legal issues
> for classic cars.
>
> I popped an angle drive a few weeks ago (probably the result of taking the
> car out of a warm garage and then leaving it in a below-freezing parking
> lot for a few hours, and having frozen moisture in things).
>
> The car is already over 100K mi (so the reading is no longer a literal
> count anyway), and I've been meaning to make my own electronic instrument
> panel for quite a while, and figured this might be a great opportunity.
> What I plan to do is measure revolution counts of the rear axle with an
> electronic sensor, and use that for an electronic spedometer and odometer
> and fuel economy calculations.
>
> I am planning to put in my own instrument panel, and I want to preserve
> the old one in case I ever want to reverse this. However, the odometer is
> built in.
>
> Does anyone know^H^H^H^H have vague non-legally-liable hints about the
> legality of simply removing the odometer from the car? I knows its
> illegal to falsify the mileage reading, but what if you simply don't make
> a mileage claim? Since the car is over 107K, I don't think it'd affect
> the value of the car much, and I don't ever plan to sell it anyway.
>
> Thoughts? Insights? War stories?
>
> -Mike C
>  
>


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