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I have a 2004 Civic VP (Value Package). I would like to add a
tachometer to it. I would like to buy either a new or slightly used
EX gauge cluster and do a direct swap. My question is - since my
odometer is digital, will the new odometer read my current milage or
will it read the milage on the new odometer? Is the milage on my car
stored in the ECU or in the speedometer itself? Any help would be
appreciated - Thanking you in advance.

Jeff

dude, its a cheap lil civic. non vtec. get over it.
"jjszabo" <jjszabo2000@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I have a 2004 Civic VP (Value Package). I would like to add a
> tachometer to it. I would like to buy either a new or slightly used
> EX gauge cluster and do a direct swap. My question is - since my
> odometer is digital, will the new odometer read my current milage or
> will it read the milage on the new odometer? Is the milage on my car
> stored in the ECU or in the speedometer itself? Any help would be
> appreciated - Thanking you in advance.
>
> Jeff

From: aacevedo4@elp.rr.com (Lex)
wrote:

>dude, its a cheap lil civic. non vtec. get
>over it. "jjszabo"

By that same token said cheap vehicle has TONS of mods available. If the
poster wants to change his dash, why shouldn't he? Is there a legitimate
reason why he can't do what he's asking? He prolly doesn't care that YOU
would think he's a poseur.


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I have a 2004 Civic VP (Value Package). I would like to add a tachometer
to it. I would like to buy either a new or slightly used EX gauge
cluster and do a direct swap. My question is - since my odometer is
digital, will the new odometer read my current milage or will it read
the milage on the new odometer? Is the milage on my car stored in the
ECU or in the speedometer itself? Any help would be appreciated -
Thanking you in advance.
Jeff

Jeff,

In your 2004 Civic the mileage in the odometer is stored in the
instrument cluster. If you change the instrument cluster, the mileage
your car shows will be that of the new cluster.

I live in Canada (km/h) but purchased my Civic from the USA(Mph) so I
had to do a cluster swap – learned from experience. Luckily I found a
cluster that was only a few km's more than what the car actually had
on it.

Hope this helps,
Sebastian


jjszabo2000@yahoo.com (jjszabo) wrote in message news:<7fdb0f8.0407080416.5792ffcc@posting.google.c om>...
> I have a 2004 Civic VP (Value Package). I would like to add a
> tachometer to it. I would like to buy either a new or slightly used
> EX gauge cluster and do a direct swap. My question is - since my
> odometer is digital, will the new odometer read my current milage or
> will it read the milage on the new odometer? Is the milage on my car
> stored in the ECU or in the speedometer itself? Any help would be
> appreciated - Thanking you in advance.
>
> Jeff