Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.17 $; site trsvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!trsvax!mikey From: mikey@trsvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Fixing speedometer/odometer rate? Message-ID: <55200132@trsvax.UUCP> Date: Sat, 12-Jan-85 21:37:00 EST Article-I.D.: trsvax.55200132 Posted: Sat Jan 12 21:37:00 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 14-Jan-85 06:23:54 EST References: <3101@ucla-cs.UUCP> Lines: 11 Nf-ID: #R:ucla-cs:-310100:trsvax:55200132:000:431 Nf-From: trsvax!mikey Jan 12 20:37:00 1985 There are specialty shops that will open up your speedo and adjust the gap (I was told they use magnetic eddy current to move the needle) to make your speedo more accurate. Don't blame the manufacturer, I was told there is a federal DOT spec that odometers and speedos are not allowed to read slow. They can be right on or fast, but never slow. I guess most companies try to play it safe with a few percent. mikey at trsvax