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As Kane pointed out, '80 was the last year for the cluster in your picture. The speedo units are quite different.
I did exactly what you're talking about to my car last summer (except I had to take about 100,000 miles off to match the original odometer reading. I was going to stick with the original speedometer/odometer but I was forced to use the one out of my '79 parts car. I don't recall exactly how but it was easy. I seem to recall a brass piece on the end of the shaft and I just pulled it off and after that it was easy to manipulate the individual wheels. You'll see how it works when you get in there.
One thing that needs to be done with care is the removal of the faceplate. I don't know if it will be necessary for just the odometer adjustment but I was doing the gear replacement at the same time and it required the faceplate to come off. That was how I ended up using the earlier unit. I could not loosen one of the small screws that held the damn thing in place. I decided to try and drill the head off and hoped there would be enough left to extract the shaft but of course I drilled to far into it. Even if they do come loose it's easy to tear up the heads on them. They have a black finish but they're some sort of soft metal. Use an extremely light touch if you have to remove them.
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'80 DL 2 dr
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