Rev Counter Not Working Help!

[surinterry]

Just brought a Avensis 2.0TD 1998, I love it but the rev counter has gone and the idiot I am I did not noticing it when I brought it private.

I phoned my mechanic hoping for loose wire, but he says I will need a new dial unit. This gives us another problem that the mileage will be lost and the unit is £375 from Toyota.

Do any Toyota experts know if there is a way around it? I am gutted, I know a rev counter is not everthng but I like my cars to have everything working.

The thing that really dissapoints me is that even if we replace it, the real mileage will be gone from the display.

Your idea's please

Terry

[jamesholden]

Just brought a Avensis 2.0TD 1998, I love it but the rev counter has gone and the idiot I am I did not noticing it when I brought it private.

I phoned my mechanic hoping for loose wire, but he says I will need a new dial unit. This gives us another problem that the mileage will be lost and the unit is £375 from Toyota.

  Do any Toyota experts know if there is a way around it? I am gutted, I know a rev counter is not everthng but I like my cars to have everything working.

  The thing that really dissapoints me is that even if we replace it, the real mileage will be gone from the display.

Your idea's please

Terry

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Try changing the dome fuse, I know it's meant to knock a few other things out if it goes but the rev counter was one of the things that stopped working when my fuse went, just swap it with another in the fuse box and see if it cures it before throwing the old one out though incase it's something else. I suppose it is more likely to be something else but my approach is always start with the simplest things because it usually ends up being something simple.

[purvesh81]

I've seen a couple pop up on eBay from time to time...

Not any specifically on there right now, but try:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TOYOTA-AVENSIS-T-reg...1QQcmdZViewItem

[purvesh81]

There's one on eBay now!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TOYOTA-AVENSIS-SPEED...1QQcmdZViewItem

[Ken]

What was the milage as above 40k you can get from a breakers for £30 to £40 quite easily

[Steve84]

There's one on eBay now!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TOYOTA-AVENSIS-SPEED...1QQcmdZViewItem

But his is a diesel so the rev counter will be different also that looks like its out of the facelifed one at the redline is 6200 so that would be a vvt-i engine.