I just had my speedo reconditioned/repaired because it was BROKEN -- the
odo quit while rolling over to 80,000 miles. I asked that set it at
82,000 -- my estimate of mieage accumulated since. You're right...it
could be anything. The real question is, if everything is running ok,
why are you obsessing about it? After all, most of these cars have LOTS
of miles on them, and the ol Blue Book doesn't really apply, does it?
On Fri, 22 Sep 2000 15:54:30 -0400 Richard.R.Olson@tc.faa.gov (Richard R
Olson) writes:
>
> 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?
>
> Which finally leads me to my real question: Wasn't there a
>company
> (this goes back a while, 1975?) that claimed to be able to
>analyze
> a sample of motor oil from the sump and somehow determine mileage
>
> on THAT MOTOR? I know, the motor could have been rebuilt, but,
> hey, at the last (actually first) show I entered, everyone looked
>
> and assumed the odo had rolled over.
>
> Maybe I oughta get a spare speedo with a 'reasonable number' on
>it,
> just for shows??
>
> Thanks,
> Rick
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