Milage barrel cluster swap guide cant find it.

[marcusv8thunder]

Either im a search noob, or i can blame my English to American barrier, but im looking for a very good thread related to the removal of the dash cluster AND removal or the mileage counter.

Looking to swap clusters, but keep correct mileage.

Can someone find that? Rep point for a reward!

[Oreellyfool]

Search odometer swap.

[marcusv8thunder]

yep tried that nothing.

It had a picture based step by step, how to remove the barrel from the cluster.

Seems silly to power through and work it out and maybe break stuff, when someones put the effort into DIYing it on here

[Jarrett]

I believe it was lost when the forum went down. If you open your cluster up it's pretty self-explanatory though. Just keep your gauge screws organized and coordinated.

[marcusv8thunder]

Oh yeah of course, forgot about that, yeah that makes sense.

Dam!

Ill have a bash at it then, i just remember it been done delicately otherwise you bust stuff.

Cheers.

[crazymikey]

Also be VERY careful when popping the needles off. I broke 4 needle pins when trying to swap some gauge guts the other day and wrecked 2 clusters. FML

[Tippey764]

Also be VERY careful when popping the needles off. I broke 4 needle pins when trying to swap some gauge guts the other day and wrecked 2 clusters. FML

You don't ever need to remove the needles.

[crazymikey]

I needed to remove the needles to replace the fuel & temp gauge components located beneath the faceplate.

[Tippey764]

I needed to remove the needles to replace the fuel & temp gauge components located beneath the faceplate.

Just replace the whole thing with both motors and the faceplate. , not the motors by themselves. Thats exactly how you break the stuff. Unless you're swapping needles there is no reason to remove them.

[Jarrett]

I second this. For what Marcus is doing he can just remove each gauge as an assembly once it's unscrewed from the board. Marcus, if you still dot have this don't in a couple of days I'll take my cluster out and redo the write-up. My car is 2 hours away right now though. We probably need that information back on the site for the sake of people screwing up their gauges by disorganizing the screws.

[crazymikey]

Just replace the whole thing with both motors and the faceplate. , not the motors by themselves. Thats exactly how you break the stuff. Unless you're swapping needles there is no reason to remove them.

Completely makes sense now. I don't know why I tried to swap the parts individually.

FML. 2 effed up clusters and out $30 over that ordeal.

I'm currently driving with no fuel or temp needles.

[marcusv8thunder]

Cheers guys,

Jarrett, i have now got the cluster out, and have managed to degut it, found out that all i need to do is swap out the fuel temp bit so i can leave the mileage bit in there.

Ive found the issue, as expected one of those hair sized wires are split. Surprisingly managed to unravel it and have enough length to spiral it around the mount point. So i will "attempt" to solder it. I suspect my hands will shake too much but its already broken so might as well try.

Becuase i didnt know what i was doing no point me taking DIY pics, but if you want to redo it, that defo be great!

I do have some random pics of it, took a phone pic with a magnifier glass! seemed to work haha will get those up shortly

[crazymikey]

Glad you got it sorted out.

I was able to get a new cluster today, but it's for an automatic, so I need to swap the face plate by removing the needles again.

[dj_ender]

Glad you got it sorted out.

I was able to get a new cluster today, but it's for an automatic, so I need to swap the face plate by removing the needles again.

Didn't you get schooled on NOT removing the needles earlier? Just swap the entire gauge.

[crazymikey]

yeah, but the faceplate is from an auto, and I have a stick. So I don't want a fuel/temp faceplate with PRND12 on it.