I've had my odometer conk out twice.  First time a friend helped me replace
it, we set it to roughly what the mileage should have been.  (I'd driven
from Louisiana to North Carolina with it broken, so I didn't know for
sure.)  Second time it was replaced at a repair shop.  They did not reset it
to the actual mileage, said that is illegal. They did give me an official
statement that documented what the mileage was before they replaced it.  If
I should ever do something as dreadful as selling Matilda (only marginally
better than selling my firstborn, of course), I'd pull out that document, if
I can find it, to show the buyer what the mileage actually is.  (No one
would believe that she's only got 22,000 miles on her!)

So if you want to be legal, you might have to put up with a new mileage
reading.  If they fix it, rather than replacing it, then presumably this
isn't an issue.  Try calling your mechanic and asking!

Joy

On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 2:48 PM, Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@mac.com> wrote:

> Spend the money and send it off to Overseas Speedometer. They'll clean
> it, fix it, and set the mileage to whatever value you want. Quite
> reasonable too.
>
>
> On Jul 23, 2009, at 1:42 PM, PB wrote:
>
>  Mine just konked out within the past week, but the speedo still
>> works.  How
>> complex of a job is fixing an odometer, and will the mileage be
>> returned to
>> zero if they fix it?  (I hope not.  I like to keep things as
>> accurate as
>> possible.)  Is it a costly repair?  Is the speedometer likely to
>> konk out
>> soon, too?
>> Thanks in advance.
>> Patti
>> 90 Westy Automatic
>> 106,000 miles
>>
>