is there any way to clock forward the dials for mileage on the mk6 escort dials? i have new ones that read 90,000 and my real mileage is 58,000 so need it sorted.

thanks

 

I think ford just put a stamp in the logbook quoting original milaege.

 

I've been told you can dismantle it and force the numbers round, you here a horrible click but apparently its fine

 

sounds a bit scary to do that to me!!!

 

use an electric drill on reverse settings nah i dont know, i just heard thats how criminals clock cars

 

Doesnt the speedo itself come apart from the clocks so you can swap them?

 

use a pointed screwdriver and just click the numbers down, or you can dissmantle and remove the row of number spindles and remove the end clip that clamps em together and just pull em apart to read what you want then replace into position.

 

they should re-name the thread to:
"The idiot's guide to clocking"

 

erm have yoy tried taking them apart??? too many bits and bobs.
and i dont get what you mean with the pointed screwdriver buisness.
can you please explain in more detail.

 

I think his clock will be digital? So all this twisting and drilling is useless! Look in the back of the autotrader mate, there are people in there who can do it for a small fee.

 

mine are mechanical not electrical.

 

I put a clockset with a rev counter in mine a few months back

Do as follows:

Remove 2 bulbs at the top by twisting them

Pull off the circuitry carefully from the top

Push the 2 black clips in at the bottom

With a small screw driver adjust the milage up or down

 

thanks thats really helpful. wil do it later

 

can you please possibly send me a pic of these balck clips i can see them or i just dont know what they look like. thanks

 

seriously where are the clips you pust in? i have no idea.

was it a mk6 escort you did it on before. help me!!!!

 

Sorry mate wasn't too clear about the black clips

Do all of the above and then for the black clips turn the clockset so the top is on the table/on your lap, you should see the black clips held in by white plastic latches

Push these in and with all the above already done the wohle front perspex case should come off

 

oh no no i can take the case off easy but i cant change the mileage, i dont understand how to do it. do you just force them over with a screwdriver?

i have the gti ones in my car and a spare set im going to do it on first.

 

Get a small flat head screw driver, place it on the number you want to change, with a bit of force then just push the numbers up

I found they went up in about 2-3 numbers at a time

 

so you cycle up numbers not down then, and does this deffo not break them?

 

also was this the mk6 clocks you did it on?

 

I don't know if you can do them down, I just did them up

Didn't break mine at all, did it to another mates the other weekend cos he didn't have a rev counter in his either

DEFFO mk6

 

okay thanks mate, ill try it now and let you know how it went later.

'smash!!!'

 

Go for it

 

do the numbers all stay in a straight line when you do it that way

 

i have now done it. my car reads the correct 58084 miles. woop woop.

they originally werent straight but i fiddled and now they are. all is good. reallly chuffed, thanks for the help

 

it will be interesting to see if they stay straight

 

What do you mean by stay straight?

 

the numbers dont stay in a line they go up and down slightly when you have messed with them

 

it will be fine if he does not drive it before punter views it

 

lol, im not selling it.

 

cool, I would do that with my car if I knew how many miles the engine had done!

It reads 43,000 and I have MOT's to show its been round so the shell has done 143,000, but I dont think a petrol 1800 zetec engine can do that many miles without going bang. Although I may be wrong....

 

yeah mine is a genuine 58000. but cause i got the gti clocks whit the rpm guage i had to change it as they were on 90k.

 

Mine seem 100% fine with the staying straight thing!

Glen1909
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