Stuck TVR Odometer Fix . . .
Stuck TVR Odometer Fix . . .
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marco

Original Poster:

1,727 posts

300 months

Wednesday 3rd July 2002
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Hi

I read with interest about how TVR odometers seem to stick on the '9999s. My interest grew as mine approached and subsequently remained at 29999 for over 100 miles now!

Yesterday I managed to fix it without expense, spanners or brutality. The answer . . .

Mad reversing!

Drove round an empty car park in reverse for 2 minutes and the digits just clicked over. It works perfectly now!

Hope this helps!



Marco

david010167

1,397 posts

279 months

Wednesday 3rd July 2002
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Was anyone watching, was there a CCTV camera, will we see you on one of those public video clip TV programes.

I do not have that sort of Problem with mine as it is the LCD type, which oddy stopped working a few weeks back, the fix according to Mole Valley was to go to the nearest watch shop, buy a watch battery for 2.99 and replace the old dead batery, which alas did cost me £50 in labour for them to get the dash apart to do the job. So I now have a very low millage car, in fact it reset itself to 0 miles, I now have to catch up to the 22k miles that where on it when I bought it.


David M5 TVR

Edt

5,185 posts

300 months

Wednesday 3rd July 2002
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Nice one ! Will try this & let you know...

Regards
Ed


marco

Original Poster:

1,727 posts

300 months

Wednesday 3rd July 2002
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Nice one ! Will try this & let you know...

Regards
Ed




I'd be interested if it works on anybody elses car.

Damn - should have charged £150 to come round and repair it. After having driven it around the corner out of sight first naturally.


Marco

Danny Hoffman

1,617 posts

278 months

Wednesday 3rd July 2002
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My 350 just rolled round to zero last week, and the odo still works.

I have seen some cars go a bit funny if the trip meter reset button isn't fully depressed at some stage - I might have just been that?

robkola

1,589 posts

280 months

Friday 5th July 2002
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I had this recently with my 98 Chimp. got to 19999 and noticed that both stopped turning, drove another 2 miles home, no action. Next day alarm system went loopy (coincidence!). I then left the car for a few days whilst disconnected various bits- took it for a drive and odometers happily clocked 20K . . .

thought I may have to be doing over 130mph to clock these boys! Can't tell why it happened!

>> Edited by robkola on Friday 5th July 13:26

Edt

5,185 posts

300 months

Friday 12th July 2002
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Did a few hundred yards backwards - no joy yet - need a bigger / quiterer carpark than the one I tried in Reading .. soon I hope

Regards
Ed

(on 29,999.9 miles for a change)