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Amy
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4/01/2003
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Ok this might sound like a dumb question, but please just indulge me. I am having the engine replaced in my 1997 Dakota 4x4 3.9, with a 1998 Dakota 3.9, with only 55,000 miles on it. My question is: Can the odometer be reset to match the mileage that is on the replacement engine?
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00dak
Dodge Dakota
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4/01/2003
15:43:14
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kinda along the same lines of that, how come when the battery dies the digital odometer doesn't reset?
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FazDak
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4/01/2003
15:44:44
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OD reading is for the entire vehicle not the engine alone.
I suggest you not pursue this any further as any OD change except those done by a certified shop for the proper reason's is illegal.
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GB2000
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4/01/2003
15:50:08
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Amy,
I *think* you can have it done if you provide proof of the mileage and everything to the people doing it. Don't quote me on that though.
00dak,
I'm not an expert on these things at all, but I'm figuring the odometer works similarly to a super nintendo game (ya know the games with the cartridge?) or a memory card for some of the newer game systems. I think it is like magnetically stored in the computer chip or something. I'm not sure though, but it seems like that would be the case.
Josh
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Danny
Dodge Dakota
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4/02/2003
20:08:20
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To do what you are asking you would need to buy a new gauge panel, have it installed by a very friendly tech AND you would start at 0 miles showing on the odometer and if you were lucky the tech with the proper equipment could change the computer "set" miles. And later on being the legal person that you are you would have to tell the future buyer that the mileage is incorrect and here in Maryland you would be required to sign a statement that the mileage showing is incorrect and then I'm sure you would have to give them the song and dance about how the orginal gauge panel "quit working", if you know what I mean. I have installed new computers into Dak's and it is required that I note and "set" the mileage..... in my situation the "NO B/S" clause takes effect.
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Danny
Dodge Dakota
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4/02/2003
20:13:09
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Let me add that the little green numbers CAN NOT BE CHANGED!!!!! on the existing panel...only replacement will change them and they will start at 0 miles OD ( overall distance).
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GB2000
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4/02/2003
21:25:47
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I just noticed that FazDak beat me to the reply last night... Going along the lines of his post, I agree with him. If it's illegal, don't do it. Otherwise it could bring you quite a bit of trouble when you decide to sell the truck.
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slopehead
Dodge Dakota
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4/03/2003
16:46:02
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not quit Danny, the dealer and his trust computer can change them. The numbers are stored in the PCM. The dealer needs to have this ability in case he needs to change out a bad PCM for a good one and that is the only way he can do it.
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Danny
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4/03/2003
20:12:58
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Slopehead,
Please tell me more....if you READ the post you will SEE that I work for a Dodge dealer....When I change out the BAD pcm I will go in and "set" the mileage showing on the OD and WILL check that to the "set" mileage on the old pcm if possible....SO SLOPEHEAD TELL ME MORE ABOUT WHAT I WORK ON DAY IN AND DAY OUT....Sure I've heard people claim that they have a friend of a friend that can change it but I never had the "seeing is believing" fact.....SO TELL ME MORE!!!!
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Danny
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4/03/2003
20:16:59
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OH and by the way roll your pants up slopehead cause you are talking alot of B/S or you are talking out your butt.....take your pick!
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Danny
Dodge Dakota
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4/04/2003
20:56:32
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Tell me more!
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slopehead
Dodge Dakota
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4/05/2003
01:45:58
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the little green numbers are controled by the PCM sh1tferbrains.
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dopeslap
Dodge Dakota
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4/05/2003
01:47:05
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the little green numbers are controled by the PCM sh1tferbrains.
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dopeslap
Dodge Dakota
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4/05/2003
01:49:22
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Danny, are you the janitor at the dealer or the used car detailer cause my dealership owning brother says you are sooooooo wrong.
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Danny
Dodge Dakota
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4/05/2003
04:44:51
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So you are telling me the OD display can be changed? w/o replacing the gauge assembly? by going into the pcm?
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slopehead
Dodge Dakota
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4/05/2003
13:27:08
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another useless post by the moron slopehead
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Danny
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4/05/2003
19:29:16
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I need a dopeslap from slopehead!!!!!
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slopehead
Dodge Dakota
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4/05/2003
19:31:41
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sure ! how else you gonna set it right when the digital electronic readout in the dash goes bad? For someone that works on these things "DAY IN AND DAY OUT" you sure don't know much.
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slopehead
Dodge Dakota
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4/06/2003
18:53:27
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Another useless post by the moron slopehead
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DonkeyDick
Dodge Dakota
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4/07/2003
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Come on children, play nice or else I'll send you to your rooms without supper. And there will be no TV tonight.
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