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Old 20-02-2010, 11:24 PM
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Originally Posted by forde View Post
... a switch hidden under the dash which was wired up with speaker wire. After getting the car back together i decided to find out what it did, to my surprise it stopped the speedo from working and the kms stopped racking up on the odometer...
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Of course you realise that this has probably been wired in by a previous owner to keep the clock down, with ability to easily turn back on at short notice?

With GPS being so cheap these days, I wonder how many cars are getting around with similar odometer "kill" switches...
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