Odometer reading

[Phil 850]

Below is a photo of my 1982 RRC and it shows 6320 klm.
I’m sure this isn’t original and I think I know the answer to my question but thought it worth a try on here.
Is there any way of telling how many times it has been “around the clock” ?
I suspect, No, but thought I’d check.
181864

Regards
Phil

[AK83]

Unless someone has specifically gone to the effort to keep their actual mileage accurate... no.

In my RRC with the same speedo, I used to remove the cowl cover off the instruments, and mark it for every 100K klms it clocked.
I could only assume that when I got it(9yo), it had the correct 148K klms it displayed. Could easily have been 248K.. but considering the owner, I was fairly sure it was only 148K
(that is, it didn't display 148K klms ... just the 48K, which I assumed and was told it was 48).

At first I didn't mark it,then on it's 3rd 100K mark which I vividly recall was near Oodnadatta, when I realised that at some point I was going to lose track of it. I used to do about 75 to 120K klms a year in it for the first few years.
In the end, I had 6 marks placed on the inside of the pod cover, and I only recalled it all after needing to move the rusting hulk many year later.

I owned it for about 20 years, but the last 7 or so didn't drive it much, and then totally stopped for the last 5 years ... had been stored at my folks property with the idea to fix it all up(which never happened).
So after years of non use, and not on the mind, the only reason I can recall it's total of 663K klms was those markings I started to use to remind myself.

not many folks would do an average of 100K klms per year, and for most toorak tractors, 20K klms would be a reasonable assumption for an average year.

[Homestar]

I know that once mine got to the third time around the engine bought up a low oil pressure light when hot and idling so if it doesn't do that, less than 3 IMO... [biggrin]

[reefmagnet]

General wear and tear is ballpark guide. The condition of the steering wheel and accelerator pedal, if original, can be a reasonable indication. Most cars seem to average 10 to 15 k km per year so this can also be used as a yardstick.