Since you asked, I asked the sales manager to look at the hour meter for me. He reported that it showed just under 10K. Doesn't quite match the miles unless the truck averaged 75-mph... The owner who traded the truck reported the miles as being accurate. If I were trading a high-mile truck, I wouldn't report more miles than what the truck actually had...Originally Posted by Mark Rinker
Is it possible hour meters aren't always accurate? Could some prior service (ECM, or other electrical component) produce this result? I don't know. I do know that the instrument cluster records and stores the mileage, and that mileage is kept even after the cluster has been out of a vehicle for long periods. The used instrument cluster I installed in Lil Red showed 1931 miles when first powered up. Clusters can be reprogrammed at dealerships, but this procedure is carefully monitored by law. I had planned to have the dealership zero-out Lil Red's cluster, but it would have been a big deal and required more paperwork. I decided it wasn't worth the hassle.
I reported what facts/photos/GM data were available to me, you decide.
Jim
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