safari odomoter and trip meter

[Safari Swb]

the odomoter and trip meter died in my safari this afternoon, yet the speedo still works. anyone else hav this problem?

[albundy]

Could be one of the wires out of the back. This is a common method used by some to beat RUC, cut the wire!

[albundy]

could also be the little gears that turn the numbers over, have you tried pushing the restset button several times, could be stuck.

[Safari Swb]

yep just pressed it and it works again

[DaveM]

yep just pressed it and it works again

I woulda left it for a bit longer

[Safari Swb]

yer i know. i was guttered i pressed it but my curiosity got the best of me haha.. hopefully it jams again

[sig]

easy fix .on the back of patrol speedos is an electrical plug with six little wires that connects speedo to odometer .if plug "falls" out speedo works but odometer doesn,t

[Safari Swb]

haha sweet. wont be doing that for a while as the engine in it died this arvo

[3VILC]

Mine also does this 'jamming' trick sometimes when resetting the trip counter. Do need to accidentally knock that plug out tho

[flyingbrick]

haha sweet. wont be doing that for a while as the engine in it died this arvo

How can you remain happy considering this? lol.

[Safari Swb]

im actually pissed off. aparntly these engines are prone to it tho(2.8's not 4.2's). just bought a new set of mud terrains and didnt even get to try them out

[gary_in_nz]

you had better look at putting an rb30det in then hehehe or maybe go for a v8??

[muskie]

my odometer does the same, but now its very slow to clock over the numbers 20 kms and my odo actually clocks over about 3 kms. needs a new one now

[Safari Swb]

I got the dash apart in my safari atm so i thought i would fix a few little things that annoy me while its apart

does anyone know which color wire in the speedo wiring loom i need to cut in order to stop the speedo from clocking over??

and is there anyway i can stop the odomoter itself without stopping the speedo??

disclaimer: odomoter will only be disconnected for when I go offroad

[sig]

if you look at the back of the speedo there is a small plug with 6 tiny wires in it .if you follow them back to the circuit board 2 of them end up together (possably black and green!)these are the neg for each stage of the odometer motor .these can be cut and a switch put in "for offroad use" and then you are done .note : be careful when you strip the wires back they will pull out of the motor very easy then its new odo motor time ,know this from experience)hope this helps cheers sig

[Safari Swb]

cheers for that!!!

[GQTROL]

I got the dash apart in my safari atm so i thought i would fix a few little things that annoy me while its apart

does anyone know which color wire in the speedo wiring loom i need to cut in order to stop the speedo from clocking over??

and is there anyway i can stop the odomoter itself without stopping the speedo??

disclaimer: odomoter will only be disconnected for when I go offroad

Put a switch on the black wire.