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Odd behavior from a 700 series odometer. 700

posted by  FitzFitzgerald on  Fri Sep 17 05:13 CST 2004
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I have a friend with an '87 740 Wagon and the speedometer (that was in the car when he bought it) reads somewhat accurately, but the odometer reads 5x faster than the actual distance covered. Driving about 2/10 of a mile yeilds a full mile of travel on his odometer. Earlier this summer I picked up a replacement instrument cluster from a local salvage yard ($12) for him, but it would have been interesting to keep driving with the malfunctioning odometer. -Irv Gordon, here I come!

As for my 240 Wagon, I put a set of 195/65R15 tires and wheels on it last year, and then clocked it with my GPS. The odometer reads just about 2% faster than actual speed, and I'm glad it's not too far off. (original tire size for 240 wagons is the old Metric 185R14 tires)

God bless,
Fitz Fitzgerald.
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'87 Blue 240 Wagon, 247k miles.






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