TOYBOYEE wrote on Sun, 12 June 2005 12:42

xolent wrote on Sun, 12 June 2005 12:35 imo, the oil and temp gauges aren't as accurate anyways so i wouldn't rely on them, well that's just me! have you checked the plug for the tacho is actually connected? lol highly unlikely, but shit happens! if thhat's so, your fuses! if not, i've got one in here for sale! not sure if the speedo works anymore because i lent my mate it to try it on his ke70 and he opened it up does checking if the tacho is connected involve taking out the dash??? yeah... all the instruments seem to suck on my car... fuel gauge moves around alot... sumtimes only shows as 3/4 full when i'm sure i've completely filled the tank... oh wells.. that doesn't worry me much tho... i'm more concerned about the tacho coz i wanna know how hard i'm driving my car... and the oil and temp gauges so my car dun blow up.. hahah

Doesn't involve taking out the dash, involves taking out the shroud that has the light switches and stuff

just take out all the screws neccessary using a 10mm(you might have to take the driver's speaker out from what i remember?

pull out your light and wiper switch, in each of these should be a thin nut, i think the size is 17-19mm? their not tough but i had trouble doing it with my hands. just use the socket, no need for the ratched or anything.

when you got all the surrounding screws out and the two thin nuts in the wiper and light, and it can move freely, lower your steering wheel and take it. becareful, you CAN snap the top of the shroud as it's long, but i just pushed it down and used abit of force. some people recommend to take the steering wheel out, but i couldn't even do that when i was changing my instrumental cluster so i threw that idea out. just make sure it's not on a really cold day that your doing this

after you take the piece out, you should see your cluster as a whole.

4 screws hold it, and there's 2 plugs connected at the bottom for the tacho and speedo.

EDIT: OH YEH, when you take it out, BE VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY careful pulling it out. don't just jiggle it and rip it out, because the speedo's connected to the speedo cable, and in that cable is this little twig that's suppose to be shoved directly in the speedo hole of your cluster, i didn't know this.
I just jiggled and ripped mine out, and i heard a snap. didn't know until i put EVERYTHING back together.
i didn't replace the speedo cable, somehow i could extend that little twig and it worked fine.
if you do some how fuck it up and not as lucky as i was, i think you have to change the hole thing. which is a bitch.

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just wondering, where are you located in sydney?

no you don't need a new tacho. I got a new instrumental cluster because my previous one didn't count the mileage.

i would of prefered the aus spec ones but, so when my mates drive it they think it redlines at 6

i think someone in japan sells a tacho that goes to 10.5rpm and looks very similiar or the same as the normal factory ones. i saw this in an ae86 mag. garth where are you!?

[Updated on: Sun, 12 June 2005 03:25]