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Subject:Re: Odometer failed, any advice?
From:Mike S
Date:Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:18:58 -0500

At 01:35 PM 1/22/2009, John C... wrote...
>Hi All,
>I dont think we're supposed to reset the odometer
>while the bus is in motion !?

If you take one apart and look at the mechanism, you'll see it doesn't
really matter. There is a point when any digit is around, where it may
be hard to reset. As I recall, that's when a digit is between 4 and 5
(5 and 6?). The reset mechanism presses against a cam lobe on each
digit cylinder, and the high point of that cam is around there. The cam
seemed to be deliberately offset so it resets properly when full digits
are shown.

Mine was hard to reset until I cleaned the old dried up lube out of it
and re-lubed it. (I used SuperLube, a thin silicone based grease)