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Old Oct 21, 2009 | 06:35 PM
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Odometer ?

I purchased a 92' 1-ton 2wd about a month ago. Was very scepticalabout the odometer reading when I was looking @ it. It said 89611mi. on the truck. The speedometer works, but not the odometer or trip. I know that the 1st gen trucks have issues with gears being broke in them, had the same problem with the 90' model I got. The guy swore up & down that the milege was correct. The question that I have, it there anyway I can look up the milege thru the ECM, before I go to the license bureau or do a car fax report on it?
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Old Oct 21, 2009 | 07:10 PM
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No way to verify that , no ECM 's until 98.5. About all you can do is try to gauge the wear on the pedals , sat , etc, does it look like it has been used a lot?

Car fax is not always accurate either. It says my truck was one owner, which is great , except that i bought it IN A DIFFERENT COUNTRY than it was originally sold, and i bought it on an RV lot, where i assume it was traded in.
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Old Oct 21, 2009 | 07:39 PM
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yea try to look at things that would show a lot of wear that are not easily or cheap to replace
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Old Oct 22, 2009 | 12:12 PM
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You bought an 18 year old truck and you're worried aboout the odometer being accurate? Why?
Carfax wouldn't tell you squat. Heck, carfax wasn't even around when thetruck was new.
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