Speedo question

dickandjill · Post by **dickandjill** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:38 pm

Hi
I'm just about to buy a Bongo that has a speedo chip fitted and am going to fit a Maxda 626 speedo in place of the chip.
When the chip was fitted the speedo read 80,000km and it now reads 107,000
Which means the vehicle has done 80,000km plus 27,000miles which totals about 77,000miles altogether.
Is it ok and legal to fit a new speedo and set it to 77,000miles? The current MOT certificate reads 106,000 so am I going to have trouble when I next MOT the vehicle?

Thanks

tridentlee · Post by **tridentlee** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:50 pm

hi there , i was a bit worried when i changed my km speedo to miles speedo, i put a post on here and this is what they said, one of the replys was from an mot tester, try this link, lee.

http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... highlight=

bongoflyer is the mot tester.

haydn callow · Post by **haydn callow** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:59 pm

I don't think it matters what your mileage says. It's not part of the MOT and many vehicles have new/2nd hand speedo's fitted at some time in there lives.

vanvliet · Post by **vanvliet** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 6:15 pm

I registerd mine in KM.
Fitted the MPH 626 prior to its new MOT . There was no problem at all.
I like to keep all of my old MOT's anyway so any potential buyer in future can check out how the mileage is legit from when I got hold of the vehicle - esp if a new speedo has been fitted.

moonshine · Post by **moonshine** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:13 pm

haydn callow wrote:I don't think it matters what your mileage says. It's not part of the MOT and many vehicles have new/2nd hand speedo's fitted at some time in there lives.

One of the many reasons why I always tell people not to pay too much attention to the mileometer when buying a 10 year old vehicle.