Analog Instrument Cluster => HUD Instrument Cluster Swap; Questions

[masticatingcow]

Hey NICO,

I've done some searching and have not found any threads that really go over how simple or complicated this swap is. Has anyone done one? If so, what parts are needed besides the cluster? Can it be installed without the HUD unit and still display speed in the dash?

[slow s13]

All you need is the small sub harness that goes between the cluster and car. Yes you can run the digital cluster without the HUD.

[masticatingcow]

Thanks, slow s13. By between the cluster and "the car" do you mean the cluster and the main harness? I haven't been behind the dash yet, so thus far, I'm working in the dark, and am only assuming the subharness will connect directly to the existing main harness.

[wangless]

when you take out the cluster theres a harness connected to the cluster. follow them back to 2 connectors, one is easily accessable, the other one is like in the center of the dash, underneath. gotta have some small *** fingers lol.

anyway, where you getting the cluster ?

[masticatingcow]

I haven't purchased one yet, but I wanted to get an idea of how easy or hard it would be to make the swap. As much as I hate to say it, I think eBay is going to be my best option. Everyone I know with a HUD has serious problems with them, and while buying on eBay is still a gamble, it's better than paying out for something you KNOW needs serious work.

[azncorruptedo17]

hmm... does anyone know if the HUD will work on a SOHC? or does it matter?

[masticatingcow]

Nissan made HUD dashes for the 89-90 coupes, so if you can get ahold of one of those, then I would assume it would be just as straight forward.
Modified by masticatingcow at 7:14 PM 1/15/2005

[masticatingcow]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...=WDVW

Here is an eBay auction for an 89-90 HUD cluster.

[wangless]

thats WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY to risky. fuctionality UNKNOWN. and plus, the tach wont work, its a sohc.

i THINK, you can put your analog tach on the digi cluster, but it might be the other way around. someone asked about this last month or so... and i posted about it lol. i completely forgot though.

search ??... i might just go back through my subbed topics though

[masticatingcow]

thats WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY to risky. fuctionality UNKNOWN. and plus, the tach wont work, its a sohc.

i THINK, you can put your analog tach on the digi cluster, but it might be the other way around. someone asked about this last month or so... and i posted about it lol. i completely forgot though.

search ??... i might just go back through my subbed topics though

Yeah, wangless, you CAN swap the analog tach into the digital cluster. And actually, I was just linking it for azncorruptedo17, who asked if one could swap a HUD unit into a SOHC car.

The DOHC and JDM CA and SR units actually seem easier to find, though...

[wangless]

so you CANT swap the digi tach to the analog tach ?

[masticatingcow]

Well, I would assume that the logic would work both ways. Of course, that's a big assumption to make, but knowing that the tach operates independently of the rest of the cluster makes that assumption pretty solid.

[black s13]

sohc and dohc speedos are the same, works on both. the tacks are interchangable within generations, ie dohc to dohc and sohc to sohc. the sohc tack is smaller, and most likely would look stupid in a dohc cluster. dohc tach in a sohc cluster blocks the outside "dashes" of the tach, all you can see is basically the number.

[wangless]

youre not online cow... so heres a better cluster

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...62810

[ruthlesstyper]

sohc and dohc speedos are the same, works on both. the tacks are interchangable within generations, ie dohc to dohc and sohc to sohc. the sohc tack is smaller, and most likely would look stupid in a dohc cluster. dohc tach in a sohc cluster blocks the outside "dashes" of the tach, all you can see is basically the number.

sorry to say this but the is wrong. When i swapped my sr i had to swap a dohc tach into my sohc. They are both the same size....

[black s13]

dohc tach face is defenitly larger than sohc tach face, so much so that it annyoned me to the point of swapping tach faces. ie i have a dohc tach "motor" with a sohc tach face, just so it fits properly in the sohc cluster.

eidt: or maybe the size differance is between HUD and non HUD? all i know is non hud dohc tach is considerably larger than a hud sohc tach.

[wangless]

analog tachs are the same, regardless of sohc or dohc

analog compared to the digital tach is different

[wotandsdwys]

for some reason when I tried to swap my clusters between my 93 SE coupe, and 92 base hatch, the digital cluster did not work in the hatch.

everything was fine, except the digital speedo got a tach signal, and would raise and lower with my RPMs. And I used the subharness.

But the analog cluster worked fine in the coupe.

[masticatingcow]

Yeah, that's bizzare. Welcome to NICO, mighty thread necromancer! I hope we can help!

[amolao]

Holy thread revival, Brother!!!

Thats a first one for me, if it work in one car and you are using the same assemblys (cluster,harness,etc..)it should work in both cars...the only thing I can see causing this is that one of your cars is DOHC and the other SOHC....possible swap??? or possible wiring problem...??? I see the years of the cars are '92 and 93'....so that makes it both DOHC's.....YOur cluster is for a DOHC and they were designed and an option on the coupes only....I will say try to get another cluster and try it again on the hatch...

OH, Welcome to NICO, man......

[project240.info]

I am confused. Can somone tell me if this will work?

Swapping out HUD in 92 vert with analog from 90 coupe?

I have all the wiring from both cars.

Thanks.

(can I swap the tach from the dohc hud cluster to the analog sohc cluster?)
Modified by project240.info at 9:44 PM 8/1/2006

[project240.info]

Just so you know, you can swap the tachs, the face is smaller. you can swap the faces.

(Swapping out HUD in 92 vert with analog from 90 coupe works!)
Modified by project240.info at 11:08 AM 8/6/2006