I'm at a standstill right now with my current project (the differential), so my new project is to determine what my odometer read when my motor seized. I'd like to know the reading (as close as possible) because it had the original motor in it, and I'm just plain curious. =)
The numbers had disintegrated, the front wasn't legible to begin with, and my title just reads "exempt". I'm trying to figure it out, but I was hoping that someone handy with gages might be quicker at decoding it.
1946 Chevy Getting started on Bruno Follow the story in the DITY Gallery You can't buy happiness but you can buy a truck ... and that's pretty much the same thing.
If you are certain about the 4 in the ones column and you can see it is 7 on the backside, the 4 on the backside would put a 1 on the front in the tens column. If you are certain about the 7 on the front, it would put a 0 on the backside. I think that does look like the bottom of a 0 on the backside. So 7xx14.x There might be some kind of key or marking on the wheels that give a clue to the number registration. I recently replaced the numbers on my speedo, and I wish I took more time because the numbers are not lined up perfectly.
Just a wild guess but if you actually disassemble the odometer, on the end there should be gear teeth that grab when the previous dial reaches 9? Look at a good wheel and use those teeth for a point of reference.
Thank you, Walter and Greg! I will definitely check that out. We finally have everything to put the differential back together, but I'll be changing project gears this fall. That'll give me a starting point. I don't know exactly how many miles are on the motor I'm putting in it so I thought it would be neat to set the odometer back to the truck's original miles, once I get it refurbished.
1946 Chevy Getting started on Bruno Follow the story in the DITY Gallery You can't buy happiness but you can buy a truck ... and that's pretty much the same thing.
