Richard R Olson wrote:
>
> Listers,
>
> I asked this same question in '96 when I acquired my '72 TR6. The
> answers I got were, generally: If you can't tell, don't worry about
> it, enjoy the car. And I am....but,
>
> The paperwork and odo said 20K miles, the car was clean, no
> 'detectable' rust, nothing missing, a few cracks in interior
> plastic, ran strong (160+ compression in all 6). But I had a
> nagging suspicion that 20K wasn't the right number, but it
> certainly didn't look like a car with 120K either.
>
> So, here it is, 4 years later, and, while the dash is out, I see 5
> slightly grungy gauges (viewed from the back), and one very shiny,
> new looking gauge. Guess which one?? Yup, the speedo. So now I'm
> back to guessing the 'true' mileage, and it could be ANYTHING!
> Nagging question: why would DPO replace the speedo?
The best answer is, "Because it broke". These units are too easy to roll back
to believe that it was replaced for the reason of hiding
the true mileage!!!
Regards,
Joe (C)
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