First time posting--hope I chose the right forum. I have a '95 GT convertible that I inherited from my father after he passed away in December 2022. It needs some work and I've been teaching myself as much as I can from reading forums, watching YouTube videos, etc. The odometer (and the trip) stopped working just before my dad parked it for the winter last year with a little over 133,000 miles on it.
This summer, I had to get a lot of work done to the car for it to pass inspection. I decided to fix the odometer myself, so I bought a replacement main gear and worm gear from CJ PonyParts, pulled the instrument cluster, successfully removed the old gears (both were clearly broken) and installed the replacement gears with no problem. (While I had the cluster out, I also upgraded to LED bulbs as I've seen suggested in several forums and videos.) The cluster was reinstalled in the dash, but the odometer and trip still do not work. All other gauges seem to work just fine. When I took it for a test drive, I could hear a distinct clicking or tapping sound coming from inside the cluster. I took it to my local mechanic; he pulled the cluster, checked all the electrical, and verified that I had installed the odometer repair gears correctly. He put the cluster back in the dash, but it still does not work.
So now I have two questions:
1.) Any suggestions on what else might be causing the issue or what else I can check? My local mechanic thinks maybe the motor that drives the gears inside could be bad. But I've been looking everywhere online and I can't find a replacement one on any of the sites I usually check--CJ PonyParts, American Muscle, Rock Auto, etc.
2.) I ordered a used, replacement instrument cluster on eBay, thinking I could either do a full replacement or use parts from it to repair whatever else might be wrong with mine. But if I just replace the entire cluster, what do I do about the mileage reading since it won't match what is on my original odometer? (The original odometer currently reads a little over 133,000; the replacement cluster I bought on eBay has over 166,000.)
Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Like I said, this is my first SN95 so I'm a novice, but I'm willing to learn!
Thanks in advance!
This summer, I had to get a lot of work done to the car for it to pass inspection. I decided to fix the odometer myself, so I bought a replacement main gear and worm gear from CJ PonyParts, pulled the instrument cluster, successfully removed the old gears (both were clearly broken) and installed the replacement gears with no problem. (While I had the cluster out, I also upgraded to LED bulbs as I've seen suggested in several forums and videos.) The cluster was reinstalled in the dash, but the odometer and trip still do not work. All other gauges seem to work just fine. When I took it for a test drive, I could hear a distinct clicking or tapping sound coming from inside the cluster. I took it to my local mechanic; he pulled the cluster, checked all the electrical, and verified that I had installed the odometer repair gears correctly. He put the cluster back in the dash, but it still does not work.
So now I have two questions:
1.) Any suggestions on what else might be causing the issue or what else I can check? My local mechanic thinks maybe the motor that drives the gears inside could be bad. But I've been looking everywhere online and I can't find a replacement one on any of the sites I usually check--CJ PonyParts, American Muscle, Rock Auto, etc.
2.) I ordered a used, replacement instrument cluster on eBay, thinking I could either do a full replacement or use parts from it to repair whatever else might be wrong with mine. But if I just replace the entire cluster, what do I do about the mileage reading since it won't match what is on my original odometer? (The original odometer currently reads a little over 133,000; the replacement cluster I bought on eBay has over 166,000.)
Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Like I said, this is my first SN95 so I'm a novice, but I'm willing to learn!
Thanks in advance!