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NoRemorse - 04 Apr 2004 21:34 GMT

I bought an instrument cluster with a tachometer at a local junkyard for my
focus. (The original instrument cluster doesn't have a tachometer.) I
replaced it and everything works, except the odometer miles don't match up
(obviously). Can I get a Ford dealer to reprogram the odometer to the
correct value? Is that even possible?

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Dave Gower - 04 Apr 2004 22:51 GMT

> I bought an instrument cluster with a tachometer at a local junkyard for my
> focus. (The original instrument cluster doesn't have a tachometer.) I
> replaced it and everything works, except the odometer miles don't match up
> (obviously). Can I get a Ford dealer to reprogram the odometer to the
> correct value? Is that even possible?

Just completed the same procedure. My dealer said there is no way. They are
not able - it's electronic and only the cluster manufacturer can change it,
and apparently they will not do that to a used cluster, only a new one. On
the advice of my dealer I just registered the new mileage with the Transport
Department, and everything's legal.

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NoRemorse - 06 Apr 2004 00:52 GMT

> > I bought an instrument cluster with a tachometer at a local junkyard for
> my
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> the advice of my dealer I just registered the new mileage with the Transport
> Department, and everything's legal.

I found a solution. Since the cluster I found at a junkyard has more miles
than my car, I can just drive my car until I reach the mileage on the
cluster from the junkyard and then I could install it without any hassles.

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Clapped Out - 06 Apr 2004 16:02 GMT

Goodness .. you are really clever :)

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