Cluster swaps!

[SaKaNa]

OK, I've got a dead cluster in my 97. The speedometer reads 0 at all times, and the odometer moves up 1 mile every couple hundred. Seems like the little motor that drives it from within is dead. So I looked online for a new one, but I can only find 98+ ones that have the digital odometer... Is the harness the same for these, or do I need to find a 96-97 analog one somewhere? The analog WOULD have the advantage that I could roll the miles back to what my broken one says so I can continue from there, where the digital one would be stuck wherever it is when I get it.

 

 

What do you guys think? Digital possible in my 97?

[NismoSkyZ]

There is a post about this exact same topic. Maybe you should try to search?

[SaKaNa]

That was a post of mine, but that was just trying to figure out what my problem *was*... now that I know what it is, I need to know if I can do it how I want to.

[nissandoms47]

as i said to you on AIM, you cant put a 98+ on a 96-97.. find a 96-97 and be done.

[FUELER]

as i said to you on AIM, you cant put a 98+ on a 96-97.. find a 96-97 and be done.

maybe YOU can't, but anything can be done with the right amount of time and/or money.

 

People swap out manual climate controls out for electronic ones, yeah you have to replace the heater core and do a days worth of wiring but i've seen it done. Same thing with clusters.

 

I've seen 92 honda civics (manual cluster) with an S2000 cluster (full digi) and it takes maybe 20 hours of work but it's possible with nothing but wiring....

[nissandoms47]

maybe YOU can't, but anything can be done with the right amount of time and/or money.

 

I could easily. You would need the entire engine harness, ecu,trans harness, dash harness etc.. and the newer models have different sensors in different locations. So unless you were swapping in a 98+ engine its not worth the time or money for a digital odometer...

[SaKaNa]

On that topic - would a VQ fit in a 97?

[FUELER]

I believe so

 

 

You would need the entire engine harness, ecu,trans harness, dash harness etc.. and the newer models have different sensors in different locations.

 

 

damn.

Edited December 27, 2006 by FUELER

[nissandoms47]

yes a VQ will fit, but you will need the tranny, tcase engine of course, and depending on which Tcase you get, if you get the electronic one, you'll need to swap the entire dash out. If you get the stick shift one your fine.