ea dash question

[nw_david]

can i switch a digital dash (86 turbo) to a normal dash (from my 91)? can the dashes be swapped?

[GeneralDisorder]

"can" is relative.

 

Physically, yes.

 

Electrically is a different matter. It's been made to work - there's maybe a handful of people (myself included) that have ever succesfully done it (that I've heard about on this board and other's).

 

The plugs are different, as are the pin-outs. Some stuff like the trip-computer simply cannot be made to work with an analog cluster.

 

Basically you need the schematics for BOTH cars. All of them. Lots of circuits run through the cluster for warning lights, etc.

 

And the fuel guage sending unit has to be swapped as the resistance values are different between the two.

 

GD

[nw_david]

i guess i'll take that as a no for me, thanks for the help

[joostvdw]

Some stuff like the trip-computer simply cannot be made to work with an analog cluster.

 

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I agree with everything except this, I have a trip computer in my non-digi dash XT and only the "range" button doesn't work (as you said, fuel sender is incorrect) it was just a matter of figuring out where 5 wires went and with the FSM that's not hard at all

[GeneralDisorder]

I agree with everything except this, I have a trip computer in my non-digi dash XT and only the "range" button doesn't work (as you said, fuel sender is incorrect) it was just a matter of figuring out where 5 wires went and with the FSM that's not hard at all

 

Ok - perhaps partially working then. But only on the EA82's. The EA81's trip computer is built into the cluster so it can't be made to work.

 

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[nw_david]

im going to have to look into this now. i don't care about the trip computer, and i guess i can look up the rest of the wiring