Help! swapped in a le cluster, probs

[celica/camry]

ok so i swaped a cluster from a 90 le rolla into a 88 dx wagon heres the 2 problems im having

problem 1, the tach doesnt work, im guessing ill have to run a wire from one of the dizzy plugs to the back of the cluster but which one and where to? i know i had to do that on a yota truck in order for the tach to work.

problem 2, the temp needle shoots up to red as soon as i have the switch set to only thing i can figure out is the sender unit for the guage is different, i found out they do list different part #s

any imput would be awsome

[SCT]

The tach should work, everything is just plug and play requiring no need for any mods. Chances are that you could've gotten a bad cluster.

[celica/camry]

nope checked 2 le clusters i have, same symtoms no tach and temp just goes up to the red

but this is a 88 wagon build date 1/88 but neither le cluster worked

but the engine is carbed, and differnce in wiring or sensors?

[ayang951]

Originally Posted by celica/camry

nope checked 2 le clusters i have, same symtoms no tach and temp just goes up to the red

but this is a 88 wagon build date 1/88 but neither le cluster worked

but the engine is carbed, and differnce in wiring or sensors?

ill tell you what, you can send me one of them and ill install it on my car and see if its doing the same thing JK wells that sucks though, but if you still want to do it your more than welcome too, ill compensate you $20+ship for a nice one^^

[celica/camry]

Originally Posted by ayang951

ill tell you what, you can send me one of them and ill install it on my car and see if its doing the same thing JK wells that sucks though, but if you still want to do it your more than welcome too, ill compensate you $20+ship for a nice one^^

haha, nah im good, ill keep tryin

i think there does havta be a wire ran to the tach or something though cause its got the same round plug from the dizzy wiring that has a cap on it just like the 80's toyota trucks. Those you must run a wire from the tach to the back of the cluster from that plug.

im going to check the junkyard though from the car i pulled the cluster from to see if the wires are any differnt.

if all else fails ill just mount a mini tach with the stock no le cluster but i really dig the le cluster looks and cleaness off it compared to running a mini tach mounted on the column but thats what i did on my 94 rolla i had a couple of years back.

im still open for ideas though

[ayang951]

LoL! kool man yeah i was thinking about the tach too, but the external ones is too ricey for me, not that im hating but i dont want to race with it, its my ultimate JDM corolla commuter project and im looking into some nice stock cluster with a tack, mine didnt come with one, but ill keep scrapping at the yards looking for one... i found one once, but i didnt have the cash the yard wanted $55+tax for it and all i had that day was $30 =( but yeah it looks way cleaner with that LE cluster...

[celica/camry]

i hear ya, i mainly use the tach for raw tuning purposes, ya know tune by ear, check plugs.

btw ill probally be selling one of the 2 if not both soon so ill let ya know.

[SCT]

Originally Posted by celica/camry

im going to check the junkyard though from the car i pulled the cluster from to see if the wires are any differnt.

Do that, +1. The wirings could be different, though, between the wagon and the sedan, even though the motors are the same and stuff. Don't know why it would be, but chances are possible.

And yea, the distributor does have a single wire that can wire up to an aftermarket tachometer. So you basically do have a choice of factory or "rice".

[ayang951]

Originally Posted by SCT

Do that, +1. The wirings could be different, though, between the wagon and the sedan, even though the motors are the same and stuff. Don't know why it would be, but chances are possible.

And yea, the distributor does have a single wire that can wire up to an aftermarket tachometer. So you basically do have a choice of factory or "rice".

LoL! @ "rice" i mean i love rice for food, but in the car world i have always been more of a JDM oem type of guy, body kits and lights are too much for me... some cars can pull it off but most of them are just fail for me... haha if you ever been to the ontario street races here in SoCal youll know what i mean...

also kool, i would love to buy one offa you, just hit me up and well try and work something out.

[celica/camry]

i may try and look up some autolite or sunpro black face mini tachs and get a black pod and mount it to the colum so that it sit between the gas and temp needle on the non le cluster


id still rather use the le cluster though

[ayang951]

Originally Posted by celica/camry

i may try and look up some autolite or sunpro black face mini tachs and get a black pod and mount it to the colum so that it sit between the gas and temp needle on the non le cluster


id still rather use the le cluster though

you know, if your going to do that route, you might as well as buy the one on ebay, the 5' one with the shift light, its programmable to go to 11k rpm so itll be good for future if your ever guna do a beastly 20v swap or etc... its like $50 shipped too... so might looking into that if the sunpro ones are already $40-$50 at the stores.

[celica/camry]

sigh, i was going to do the mini on the colum so i could still see the gas and temp, worked on one of my toyota trucks and my 94 rolla

[ayang951]

thats true thats very tasteful IMO i was just saying that if you were going to ever plan on swapping out the motor or sumthing, that hugh ass tach is a little monsterous ricey though lol whateva is your cup of tea man, but yeah post up some pics of your ride too...

[RogueMoog]

Originally Posted by celica/camry

i was going to do the mini on the colum so i could still see the gas and temp

Funny, yesterday I was in my wagon and thinking the same thing. I like this tach, it's smallish, and should fit into that space:

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[celica/camry]

i never liked those huge tachs, they are ok on mucsle cars and track monsters but street, not my cup of tea.

if the engine does go boom ill probally just build a 7af, the car is actally a family members im resto-modding to dd status anyways.