Technico

Hello everyone, I hate to introduce myself like this but im in a particularly tough situation. My beloved got totaled on saturday a result of a fire the only problem is i need to get the odometer reading for my insurance company or they're going to lowball me . Any suggestions as to what i should do to get the reading?..the fire was pretty intense and damaged pretty much everything in the bay. I dont know if i should remove the cluster or cut the battery leads and power the fuse to the cluster? Any ideas are much appreciated.
Thanks
Arthur

1putt

Just make up a good number.

CKit

Find your receipt from your last service record.

iDomN8U

you could take out the dash and run a 12v power to it, i'm not sure it will give you a odo reading. There should be a pinout somewhere on it

Technico

well my mileage had just gone over 40k but the insurance company says without proof they cant give me a decent price for the car. And my last service record was at 34k about 4 months ago. I work at a ford dealer so i do all my own service but usually dont make ro's for it so that 34k one was a fluke. I was thinking i'd have to take it out since most of the engine wiring is melted and i don't want to risk frying the odometer. Any other suggestions?
and thanks guys I appreciate all the help