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replacing the speedo dial S80 2000

posted by  relihanl on  Mon Jan 24 11:01 CST 2005
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Hi...

I am based in Ireland and we recently changed all of our roadsigns from miles to kilometers. To avoid squinting at the tiny secondary KPH numbers in the speedo dial, I would like to replace my MPH dial with a KPH dial.

I have two questions:

1. is this a difficult job? According to Vadis I just need to remove 4 screws to lift out the DIM module (instrument panel). However I cannot determine from VADIS whether I will trigger some kind of an alarm. Would disconnecting the battery help? Also, once I remove the DIM, is it easy to get at the dial?

2. does anyone have a KPH dial that they would like to sell me? :-)

L








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    replacing the speedo dial S80 2000

    posted by  someone claiming to be 4 Volvos on  Mon Jan 24 11:14 CST 2005 [RELATED]

    You will not trigger any kind of an alarm however if your car was sold in the U.S. the dim and cem is programmed for the respective values and even if you could get a new speedo dial and successfully change it,the programming that drives the needle will still do it in M.P.H. and you will still get a speeding ticket.








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      replacing the speedo dial S80 2000

      posted by  someone claiming to be relihanl on  Tue Jan 25 01:38 CST 2005 [RELATED]

      My car was bought in Ireland (Europe) which still had MPH until recently.

      Now, I would have thought that if I replaced the dial with a KPH one that the numbers would appear in all of the appropriate places. I did understand of course that the odometer would need to be told about kilometers. I think that this can be done in Vadis by the dealer. Can anyone confirm this?







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