i know it has been covered before...but i cant seem to find anything 96-00 civic specific...i just got a used cluster than im going to swap into my 98 dx...i just want to match the mileage to be correct (not trying to roll it back so i can sell it with less miles).. like i said i searched and couldnt find anything specific to my car...any help would be appreciated...pm me if you dont really want to let the world wide web know how to roll back their mileage.

thanks in advance

 

Behind the speedometer, there are 4 screws. Remove them to remove the gauge from the housing. Swap it over to the new cluster.

 

does this remove the speedometer too?...or just the odometer mechanism?

 

It removes the whole speedometer/odometer portion. So, if you bought an EX cluster with a tach, just swap over that portion to retain your mileage.

 

bleh...it wouldnt match..how would i change the mileage...because the cluster i got is in kilometers so i would have to convert my mileage to kilometers and then change it.

 

No you don't. Your old cluster is MPH? Swap the speedo/odo in, and it will still read in MPH.

 

no no...i dont want to swap the speedometer/odometer's... it wouldnt match on the new one....and i want to keep the kilometers...just because its different...but thanks for the help....can anyone tell me how to change the odometer?

 

Just leave it how it is then if the new speedo is in KMH.

 

just write it down on a peice of paper

 

I supposed you bought an SiR cluster. Anyways, get like a sticker or something. Write down the mileages of both clusters. When you sell your car, figure out the difference in mileage on the KMH odo, convert it, and add it to the MPH odo. This is what I am doing right now. Oh, the sticker goes in the glove box.

 

ah...yeah, that is something i can do...i just really wanted it matched. thanks

 

can the odo be read off the ecu somehow? or is that only on the 2001+ ?

 

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not stock ecu anyway...haha...but thanks.

please someone pm me with a way to change mileage/kilometerage on my cluster so i can put it in

 

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=837111

 

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i searched and found that...but im not sure how different it would be with a civic cluster

 

i rolled mine (eg) back a bit today, just for giggles (i'm never selling it, so it wasnt for that reason). What i did was pull the speed/odo out of the cluster, removed the circuit board, then removed the stepper motor that drives the odo. Then - the fun part - i ran a dremel wheel against the main odo gear (not the trip odo) and ran the digits backwards.

Another thing you could try, if you have the skills, and dont want to risk breaking your gauge, is wire it up to roll forward at a very fast speed. You need 3 wires for this: +12v, Ground, and a +5v VSS pulse (could use a serial, parallel, or usb cable with some homebrew hack code to generate the VSS). It takes about 17 pulses per sec to simulate 60mph, so you could probably pulse the hell out of it on a PC & roll it to your desired km-age in no time. Since you are converting Mi to Km, you'll want to roll forwards anyway.

whatever all that's worth

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by redrocket &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i rolled mine (eg) back a bit today, just for giggles (i'm never selling it, so it wasnt for that reason). What i did was pull the speed/odo out of the cluster, removed the circuit board, then removed the stepper motor that drives the odo. Then - the fun part - i ran a dremel wheel against the main odo gear (not the trip odo) and ran the digits backwards.

Another thing you could try, if you have the skills, and dont want to risk breaking your gauge, is wire it up to roll forward at a very fast speed. You need 3 wires for this: +12v, Ground, and a +5v VSS pulse (could use a serial, parallel, or usb cable with some homebrew hack code to generate the VSS). It takes about 17 pulses per sec to simulate 60mph, so you could probably pulse the hell out of it on a PC & roll it to your desired km-age in no time. Since you are converting Mi to Km, you'll want to roll forwards anyway.

whatever all that's worth</TD></TR></TABLE>

thanks for the info...i guess ill just take it apart and see what i can do.