Gauges Replacement

[lucastirrell]

Hi all! I have “mostly restored“ 73 Challenger Rallye with 11k original miles - in which all of the gauges do not work, are really faded. Question is, how do you go about replacing the speedometer without messing up the mileage?

 

[Katfish]

Put the original odometer in the new speedo

 

[lucastirrell]

Ok, wasn’t suite how that would work out will be taking it apart soon so I will try that route. Thank you!!!

 

[Xcudame]

It should make perfect sense when you have the speedometer out and want to swap the odometer.

By the way, back in the day it was a crime to tamper with the odometers, but these cars are so old, no one really cares unless it's a super rare, highly desirable model (i.e. original 426 or 440-6) with low mileage.

 

[Deathproofcuda]

If you send your speedo out for repair to a place like Redline Gauge Works, they will give you the option of having your odometer reset or keeping the original mileage.