Need help with changing out gauge clusters...

[DyslexicSquirrel]

Ok, I have an 88 supra turbo and I am trying to replace the stock 102k mileage gauge cluster with a gauge cluster off of an 89 N/A car with 200k miles... and I know that these clusters are considerably different... and I'm pretty sure that the new one is going to just plug right in... nothing does with this car. I'm sure that someone has done this before and would really appreciate it if anyone could give me some tips or tricks or walkthroughs or ANY kind of advice for this little project... Am I going to have to cut the harness? Which wires are which? And where do I hook up the voltometer? Also, what's the best way to turn back the mileage on this car? Any answers to these questions would help me out alot and I would really appreciate any feed back. Thanks!

 

[shaeff]

it's a direct replacement. the only thing, is you'll have to wire up the voltmeter which is in place of where the boost gauge goes on turbo models. otherwise, it'll just plug right in. no cutting, no splicing. use the odometer from your old car. (read: just switch the speedometer gauge FACES/overlay)

-shaeff

 

[3p141592654]

Umm, the tachometers are different between the GE and GTE. You can either swap them, or change some resistors.

http://www.autosoftsys.com/supra/tachcompare/

 

[mkiiSupraMan18]

I was gonna make a sweet write up, but I was told it was a huge waste of time/effort. lol

It's cake, provided you aren't color blind (just get someone with good eyes to help you) because you will need to be able to see little tiny bands of color on the resistors. Then learn to decipher them.

If you need any help, I'll help you all that I can.

 

[shaeff]

he doesnt need to solder anything... he already has a turbo tach, so he should just take the tach board from his turbo tach, and slap it into the N/A cluster.

i forgot to mention that. it'll work perfetly, and all ya gotta do is screw it on, and plug it in.

-shaeff