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From: cuhulin on 9 Mar 2010 11:54
You could disconnect the speedometer cable at the transmission and use
an electric drill.Spin it up! If the electric drill has a reverse, you
can spin it down.Many years ago, some shady used car dealers used to do
that to run back the miles.
cuhulin

From: jim on 9 Mar 2010 12:30


"Steve W." wrote:

>
>
> Nope. The speedo drive won't turn under the circumstances you have. BUT
> if you jack up the front so the tires don't touch and BLOCK it so it
> cannot fall, then start the engine and put it in gear the speedo will
> operate. Of course the easier way would be to drive it around the block.
>

Why would someone be asking how to figure out if the speedometer was working
if the engine ran and the car could be driven around the block?

Clue: the vehicle is sitting in a junkyard.



From: cuhulin on 9 Mar 2010 12:42
When I bought my 1978 Dodge van, I removed the speedometer and I set the
odometer back to zeros.I didn't use an electric drill (drill motor) to
set/reset/whatever it either.
I am not and never have been a car dealer, so that was A OK.
cuhulin

From: cuhulin on 9 Mar 2010 15:36
About thirty - thirty five years ago, I read in a book about an Island
in Michigan (maybe it is Ohio) There is a general merchandise store on
the island.Only one road on that island from the store to the boat
dock.The people who run that store use a pickup truck to drive from the
store to the boat dock to pick up supplies for the store.The road is too
narrow to turn the truck around.So they drive forward to the boat dock
and they drive the truck in reverse/backwards to go back to the
store.Practically no miles show up on the truck odometer.
cuhulin

From: Steve W. on 9 Mar 2010 17:18
jim wrote:
>
> "Steve W." wrote:
>
>>
>> Nope. The speedo drive won't turn under the circumstances you have. BUT
>> if you jack up the front so the tires don't touch and BLOCK it so it
>> cannot fall, then start the engine and put it in gear the speedo will
>> operate. Of course the easier way would be to drive it around the block.
>>
>
> Why would someone be asking how to figure out if the speedometer was working
> if the engine ran and the car could be driven around the block?
>
> Clue: the vehicle is sitting in a junkyard.
>
>
>

And this was stated in this post WHERE?

> OK. First thanks for all the quick accurate answers to my
> post...Now...Remembering that this is a 1994 Caravan 3.0 Auto...If the
> front wheels are raised and it is in Park if I turn the drivers side
> wheel forwards will the trip odometer eventually start to go up? I
> know it will take a LOT of turning but I want to see if the odometer
> still works to see if the milage it shows is accurate. Thanks

How about her first post about it?

> OK..I have a 1994 Dodge Caravan with a 3.0 Litre engine and it has the
> 3 speed automatic transmission. Recently the transmission went up and
> I have been scouting around for a good junkyard transmission for it
> and found the one I want last week. I`m going to remove it tomorrow
> and wanted some last minute pointers on removing this thing in the
> junkyard. Obviously all the repair manuals assume you are in a garage
> or shop. Any advice about removing this thing in the yard with hand
> tools and just the jacks and discarded tires I will find there? Since
> it`s a junker I don`t have to be to careful about damaging unrelated
> stuff taking it off so I can clear a path to the transmission. My
> biggest concern is the final disconnect of the tranny from the engine
> and the weight/shifting.

Note how the vehicle she OWNS is the 94 caravan, NOT THE ONE IN THE JUNK
YARD!

CLUE : If your going to ask a question be SPECIFIC as to the vehicle.
It does NO good to ask about how to repair a 1999 Ford when your working
on a 1979 Oldsmobile...



--
Steve W.
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