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3rd Gen Facelift Digital Dash (Green) MPH to KPH


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Hey Guys,

 

Thanks to this forum. I got some help looking at changing my 3rd Gen Leone Digital Dash from MPH to KPH.

 

I'm in New Zealand, so having this option would be nice.

 

The old Orange dash's had a button to switch it. However on the green style ones, there is a jumper with a red wire. Lucky it's not too hard to get at.

 

Connection status:

Connected = MPH

Disconnected = KPH

 

I removed all of the screws around the cluster face plate. Then popped off the front cover.

 

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IMAG0882 by Mitchell Lindsay, on Flickr

 

 

Next step was to remove all the plastic clear filters to get at the inside of the unit.

 

Once inside, you can see the red jumper wire at the bottom.

 

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IMAG0875 by Mitchell Lindsay, on Flickr

 

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IMAG0876 by Mitchell Lindsay, on Flickr

 

 

Plugged in:

 

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IMAG0877 by Mitchell Lindsay, on Flickr

 

And not:

 

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IMAG0878 by Mitchell Lindsay, on Flickr

 

Hopefully that helps someone out. I wasn't sure if it was possible to do this. But know you know!

Cheers

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Just want to put a warning out there when messing with things that use a vacuum fluorescent display (VFD), such as those used in this dashboard. They work similarly to a fluorescent tube and have a ballast that produces, often in excess of, 100 volts. It's probably not gonna kill you if you touch the wrong stuff in there, but it'll give you a nasty surprise.

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Yeah very nice work there. Hope you saved the old digidash threads for future reference.

My Photosuckit acct with some of the digidash pics could be closing.

 

Cheers!

Do you happen to have some more info on these? I will be needing to sort the fuel sender unit out.

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Just want to put a warning out there when messing with things that use a vacuum fluorescent display (VFD), such as those used in this dashboard. They work similarly to a fluorescent tube and have a ballast that produces, often in excess of, 100 volts. It's probably not gonna kill you if you touch the wrong stuff in there, but it'll give you a nasty surprise.

 

Yes, Good point. Those things are quite old how they supply light and the screens etc

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Cheers!

Do you happen to have some more info on these? I will be needing to sort the fuel sender unit out.

All can be done is point you to this thread -

http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/topic/145258-need-help-swap-analog-to-digital-dash/

 

There may be more threads so change your search terms to find them.

 

Edit: Scanned GL electrical digidash & fuel sender pages in 87 FSM

See attached files87 GL fuel gauge.pdfInspection 2.pdf

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All can be done is point you to this thread -

http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/topic/145258-need-help-swap-analog-to-digital-dash/

 

There may be more threads so change your search terms to find them.

 

Edit: Scanned GL electrical digidash & fuel sender pages in 87 FSM

See attached filesattachicon.gif87 GL fuel gauge.pdfattachicon.gifInspection 2.pdf

 

Many thanks, I will have a look into it.

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