Odometer Repair Kit

Great product! my daughter bought the kit for her car.at first she thought that the gear was not shipped with the cd. gear very small,my son in law and me put the new gear in, in less than two hours. the cd instructions are very easy to follow.we took the car for a test run and the odometer worked fine.it was very important to her, in order for her car to pass inspection (New Jersey).I have worked on my own cars for over50 years.

This is a good kit, while seemingly a little expensive, you’re paying for the knowledge on how to do it, and it’s well worth it. It’s not hard but without knowing what to remove and where it could take you lots more time and time is money, and you don’t want to break anything that’s much more expensive than this kit.

A few things to watch out for / do:

1, If you have an A-pillar gauge (single or triple), you need to remove it. I did not have to disconnect the gauges but did have to pull the A-pillar trim out and let it hang.

2, CHANGE THE BULBS! All my backlighting bulbs worked when I pulled it out, when I got it back in 2 don’t work, it’s just not worth pulling it out twice. My 97 R had two indicator style bulbs in the clock not one 194 type as shown so be prepared.

3, Make sure you have a torx 8, I had a hard time finding one. I have a few sets and they only went down to T10.

I asked my local Volvo shop if there was a way to get the vehicle mileage from an ODB 2 computer and they said no. Also I have an upgraded computer that’s different from the factory one so if this were not true it wouldn’t matter in my case. I did however reset the electronic trip computer mileage counter when I noticed the odometer was not working. You can advance the odometer (at your own risk) if you wish but you must be VERY careful not to break anything. Once you have it dissembled to replace the gear, with the white and blue gear out. Take the 2 screws that hold the blue cover over the odometer off, 1.5mm I believe. There is a clear plastic gear on the right, rotating this gear up will advance the miles, this can take some time by hand and I had to add around 3000 miles, so with a dremel tool, use a small rubber sanding drum, (with the sandpaper off) set the dremel to a very low speed setting, and use the rubber drum to turn the clear gear, don’t go too fast as this assembly was not designed to rotate very fast and you could over rev and break it. Reassemble per the direction and now your showing more correct miles.

As a kit upgrade, maybe IPD could throw in a T8 wrench or bit and a set of backlighting bulbs, there are 2 wattages however they are the common 194 style, I didn’t have any lying around, they could throw in 5 of the higher wattage ones and two indicator style, it has a dimmer. I would have paid a little more for this kit with these parts knowing what I do now if it had these parts.

This is a great, cheap fix, and it couldn't be easier! From start to finish it took about 2 hours, which included a lunch break, the time spent setting the correct mileage on the odometer (more on this later), and a 3 mile test drive to ensure that the odometer worked properly. Although I have a good deal of experience working on cars (~15 years as an amateur), I opted to buy the dvd to make sure that I didn't accidentally do something wrong and damage the delicate instrument cluster, which can be extremely expensive to fix (or at least more expensive than the cost of the dvd). Although I could've done the job without it, the dvd was helpful and surely saved me some time. For an extra $25, it's worth the insurance that it provides, especially if you've never taken a dash apart on a car.

There are two things that the dvd didn't address. The first is a minor tip; use a towel or thick rag to protect the lens on the cluster during removal; I'm sure I would've scratched the hell out of it otherwise. The second point is setting the correct mileage on the odometer. This may not matter to you, but it's a good thing to carry out while you have the cluster out, especially if you wind up selling the car in the future. On pre-96 models that have the diagnostic sockets under the hood, you can easily read the correct mileage before pulling the instrument cluster out by using socket A7, then pushing the button five times, then entering code 1-1-1 (push the button once until the light goes out and comes back on to enter a 1, push it twice to enter a 2, etc.). The computer will then blink out the last three digits of the mileage (10 blinks equates to a zero). Then, follow the same procedure as before, but this time enter code 1-1-2. The computer will blink out the first three digits of the mileage (again, 10 blinks equates to a zero). On 96-later models, I guess you can do the same thing with an ODB-II scanner (mine's a 94 so I'm not sure). Once you know the correct mileage, follow the procedure in the dvd, but before putting the odometer motor back on, take a 1/16" drill bit, gently insert it into the hole on the big odometer gear (not the one that was broken, but the one that the broken gear sits on), attach the drill bit to a hand drill, and run the drill in reverse in order to forward the mileage to the correct value. Go slow near the end and roll the last few miles by hand, because, for obvious reasons, you can't roll back the odometer. Now the odometer works, and shows the correct mileage!

$25 for a tiny little gear !? Yes I went for it. So I can keep track of my mileage on each tank of gas I get. 25+mpg 206K and counting again. Oh and i did the bulbs also at the same time. When you figure out how it comes apart, it goes back together even easier!

The Instructional DVD is well produced and well worth the money for anyone who has never taken apart the dash of their car. With instruction this was a very simple repair.

Couple mechanics quoted me $200 to replace it. No way. Ordered the kit from IPD for my 97 850 sedan and installed it without any trouble. I think it's a cheap and easy do-it-yourself fix. Thank you IPD.

Excellent! Well worth the money! Just got to be careful with all the plastic pieces under the dash,really fragile in our 20-something years old favorite cars.
Really,took me an hour to put this gear in,odometer works again.

just did the install. i happened to find step by step instructions from a listing on ebay, however the dvd would be worth the money as well. something i must mention which bit me after i had everything together was to make sure the broken tooth from the old gear is removed from the gear teeth in the odometer housing assembly. i went to test drive and the trip meter stopped after 3 tenths of a mile !! i had to go back in, but once you have the unit apart once, it is a piece of cake to go back in and do it again. volvo quoted me $400 for a new odometer that was zero'd and $600 for a unit that read my milage !! crazy!!! while your in there you may want to rplace some guage bulbs.

This little part is well worth the money and engineered for a perfect fit. I went to the dealer who does not sell the part individually, only in an assembly as a complete odometer, ~ $330. Same with the speedo shops, rebuilt odometer assy, ~ $120. I found comprehensive instructions online which made this seemingly complex job go very smooth and took all of but about 90 minutes. The cluster came apart easily and there were no hidden surprises. I did have an advantage of having the instrument cluster out last year to replace light bulbs.

The kit with CD made the repair fairly straight forward. I have a 95 850 Turbo and had a couple of minor changes from the CD instructions. In addition to the two connectors at the top of the instrument panel, I had a third connector in the center of the multi-function display. Similar to the review from person that had the 93 850, I also had small philips head screws retaining the odometer vice the #8 Torx referenced in the CD.