gauge cluster question

[seanman]

ok so i've been searching and coming up with stuff but i cant put any of it together. i thought i read on here a little while ago that if you have a 90 or 89 s13, the gauge cluster wont work with the sr20.. is that true? i went to pull off my gauge cluster from the front clip then from my 89 s13 and the harness plugs dont match. can someone just make sense of all of it for me? thanks

[Hijacker]

Oi...It's not the cluster itself, it's the tachometer. The single cam KA has a different tach signal than the dual cam KA and SR. Just swap the tach from the SR cluster you have into your US cluster.

[duffman1278]

Even than, I just swapped a JDM cluster this week, and it should be a direct plug in. You can also just remove the tach itself, but can you take a pic of the JDM unit??

[seanman]

yeah ill take a pic when i can. But it isn't a direct plug in. i took both out and they dont match up. hijacker you said i can just swap the tach? how do i do it?

[tercel drifter]

i just took the whole cluster out of a 180sx a swapped it, it should be direct

[CMG]

JDM Cluster will work directly with sr swap, otherwise use stock cluster and jdm tach, very simple. Sometimes tachs and odos stop working too.