Doing the SR-5 Gauge Cluster Swap... HOW TO with pictures.

castrolSi · 02-14-2005, 09:27 AM

I am taking pictures, and I'll try and get a good post up for a how to. I
haven't really seen one. There may already be one though. I did some
pretty good searching last night, and saw a lot of tips, and a lot of FAQ's
but no real how to. I don't have my truck back yet (a friend in need is borrowing
it) or it would already be installed.

This is what I have so far...

First things first, this thing has been sitting in a junkyard for no telling how long.
You gotta clean it up while it out of the truck.

I used some plexiglass cleaner to clean the outside glass. It helped with some
of the small scratches and what not. I deliberately took the photos with the
light hitting it to show the difference.

Take it apart and clean the faces with a micro fibre cloth so you don't scratch
them up. They are very delicate. Get all the dust, and clean inside the cover oo.

Put it back together and you get somthing that looks like this.

I'll edit this tonight, when I get done putting the gauges in the truck.

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FilthyRich · 02-14-2005, 09:55 AM

post pics when it's done

Lt. Dan · 02-14-2005, 10:04 AM

Coooooool....! If you get it to work, I will definitely try this one on mine.

wvuviv30 · 02-14-2005, 02:40 PM

don't forget to to change your oil pressure sensor.

castrolSi · 02-15-2005, 06:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wvuviv30

don't forget to to change your oil pressure sensor.

Got it. $27.99 at Autozone. Not too shabby. Got my truck back from my
friend last night after I fixed her car. I can now commence on making my
truck just THAT much better. Should have pics this evening.

Tach may not work right, as the cluster is out of a V6 truck. I may have to
do some work on it.

sabre · 02-15-2005, 07:20 AM

I have that same surge protector. I have tape over the aux1 and aux2 instead of actually on the button. But its the same idea.

cabbage · 02-15-2005, 07:35 AM

Arent the connectors totally different? How are you gonna make it work? Im doing an engine swap from my 86 5spd to a 87 automatic SR5 body and the wiring is sooo different :cry: Can someone explain the oil sensor to me? sorry for the hijack

cabbage · 02-15-2005, 07:38 AM

Never mind... I just did a seach and it wont be a problem for me (Im using my old dash) But are your connectors the same?! Thanks!

Ilovemountains · 02-15-2005, 07:54 AM

I had to find one for a V6 with the automatic to make it work in my 88. I had to buy the sending unit and went ahead and installed new bulbs while I had it out. OH dont buy the autozone brand bulbs, they do not last! My tach works great. My temp gauge is goofy though it doesnt register till the engine warms up, then goes right to the middle!

castrolSi · 02-15-2005, 10:02 AM

Hopefully I will be able to document everything with photos for anyone else who might
want to do this. Oil sending unit and all. I was going to start tonight, but since I worked
on a car all night last night, I have to do the Valentine's Day thing with the wife tonight.

So maybe the day after. Either way, I am going to try and document it all.

edit: Oh, by the way, I didn't realize that this was a v6 truck the cluster
came from until I took it apart. If you look at the top of the speedo, you will
see the number 18. If you look at the top of the tach, you will see the number
19. It is a little smaller than the speedo one. Just to the right of that 19 are
red letters that say 6cyl. Its hard to see in the photo, but its there.

Anyone know the redline on the 22RE?

KING · 02-15-2005, 11:36 AM

I am in the process of tackling the same as well.

My main concern is, where am I going to connect the tach?

Ilovemountains, where did you connect the tach wire to?

Are the odometers interchangeable?

I tried reseting the donor's odometer and was unsuccesful but in the process, I bended and scratched some digits. I am now hoping I can just swap the current odometer for the donor's one.

castrolSi · 02-15-2005, 11:50 AM

I can probably tell you how to do it via PM if you like. You'll notice I rolled 20,000 off
mine. I need to do another 2,000 to make it accurate. I don't know if I will go to the
trouble of doing it. I only put 5,000 a year on the truck.

KING · 02-15-2005, 12:18 PM

Sure, that would be cool.

The donor has 144,457

I have 122,000.

I can spin all the digits in the donor's odometer except the four in the ten-thousands place.

Believe me, I tried.

castrolSi · 02-16-2005, 05:11 PM

Okay, it's complete. Here are the photos and the basic "how-to".

I'll just leave the first post with the preliminary photos of cleaning it up and
making it ready to go in the hole. I kept these photos kind of small. Can you
thumbnail on this site?

#1. The ugly, standard, boring old gauge cluster.

At least I had orange lights.

#2. The new oil pressure sending unit. Autozone $26.99

#3. The stock location of the sending unit. There is a rubber boot covering it.
This is on the passenger side of the engine, just under the oil filter.

#4. Rubber cover removed to expose the stock "idiot light" sending unit. I used
a 1-1/16 socket to remove this after I unhooked the clip for the wire.

#5. New sending unit installed. I used teflon tape on the threads, and the
little clip that was hooked straight on the old unit, slid sideways on this one
perfectly.

castrolSi · 02-16-2005, 05:50 PM

#6. These photos show the locations of the screws to remove. I don't know if
you really have to remove the 2 little tiny ones on the top of the cluster, but
I hate having to find out the hard way. Out they came.

#7. Remove the fascia that surrounds the gauge cluster.

#8. Remove the screws that hold the gauge cluster into the dash.

castrolSi · 02-16-2005, 05:53 PM

#9. Reach behind the cluster and remove the cable that connects to the
speedo. This take a little effort.

#10. Speedo cable and empty dash.

#11. Can you tell the difference? It isn't much. I hope it works. This is where
you do anything like checking light bulbs or swapping your orange ones for the
stock green ones. I did that here. I needed 3 orange ones. I only had 2.

#12. New cluster re-connected with all the stock plugs. Plug n play. Don't
forget to re-connect the speedo cable. Again... it takes some effort.

#13. All connected, and its time to check the lights and gauges.

#14. Lights? Check. Tach? Check. Volts, Oil, Fuel? Check.

#15. Button the dash back up in the opposite order you took it apart. Check
all your screws, and watch the needle on the temp gauge rise. Pat yourself
on the back for a job well done, and grab yourself a beer. You deserve it!!

Take pictures!!! Feel free to contact me if you have any questions...

~castrol

Yota4runner · 02-16-2005, 06:02 PM

For some reason I like that set of gauges alot more then the ones in my truck right now. Great write up and pictures. It looks great!

Extremesolo · 02-17-2005, 12:59 PM

Are there any wires you have to run for the tach or are they already there from the original gagues but not used?

lee · 02-17-2005, 01:11 PM

wow, thats awesome!

KING · 02-17-2005, 01:34 PM

How did you connect the tach and where to?

bflooks · 02-17-2005, 01:41 PM

sabre....did she come with the truck? i lost track of the post because i was too busy starring at her! haha

castrolSi · 02-17-2005, 03:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Extremesolo

Are there any wires you have to run for the tach or are they already there from the original gagues but not used?

Nothing. What you see in the photos is exactly what I did. Nothing any different.
Nothing additional, nothing changed. Pull the old one out, put the new one in.

Bam... done.

The tach did come from a V6 truck though, so its off. I have to do a mod to
the tach to actually make it read the correct engine speed though. I'll do that
when I get that last amber bulb to go in the dash.

Yota4runner · 02-17-2005, 03:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by castrolSi

Nothing. What you see in the photos is exactly what I did. Nothing any different.
Nothing additional, nothing changed. Pull the old one out, put the new one in.

Bam... done.

The tach did come from a V6 truck though, so its off. I have to do a mod to
the tach to actually make it read the correct engine speed though. I'll do that
when I get that last amber bulb to go in the dash.

Speaking of Amber blubs are they hard to change/come by? I'd like to maybe do such a mod to my gauge cluster. (The Bulbs)

castrolSi · 02-17-2005, 03:35 PM

I got em at O'Reilly. I just removed one of the old ones, took it with me to match it
up. They were cheap, and the look a LOT better on the new gauges, as the old
cluster still had a green tint to it. Nobody else noticed it... but you know how you are
about your own truck...

SLC Punk · 02-18-2005, 05:41 AM

Nice writeup and mod! It looks a lot better with the SR5 gauges!

02-14-2005, 10:04 AM	#3 (permalink)
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cabbage Contributing Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Santa Maria, CA Posts: 621	Arent the connectors totally different? How are you gonna make it work? Im doing an engine swap from my 86 5spd to a 87 automatic SR5 body and the wiring is sooo different :cry: Can someone explain the oil sensor to me? sorry for the hijack __________________ Milton 01 Tacoma access cab 4x4 TRD TC Long travel, Supercharged 04 Tacoma Doublecab 4x4 TRD hoes all around!

02-15-2005, 07:38 AM	#8 (permalink)
cabbage Contributing Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Santa Maria, CA Posts: 621	Never mind... I just did a seach and it wont be a problem for me (Im using my old dash) But are your connectors the same?! Thanks! __________________ Milton 01 Tacoma access cab 4x4 TRD TC Long travel, Supercharged 04 Tacoma Doublecab 4x4 TRD hoes all around!

02-15-2005, 07:54 AM	#9 (permalink)
Ilovemountains Contributing Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Shepherdstown WV 25443 Posts: 711	I did this swap a while back. I had to find one for a V6 with the automatic to make it work in my 88. I had to buy the sending unit and went ahead and installed new bulbs while I had it out. OH dont buy the autozone brand bulbs, they do not last! My tach works great. My temp gauge is goofy though it doesnt register till the engine warms up, then goes right to the middle! __________________ 88 3.0 XCab, K&N fipk, Borla cat-back,Magna Flow Cat, Downey frame brace, Downey 2" rear springs, BJ spacers, Aisin manual hubs,B&G Fiberglass bed, extended diff. breathers, Bilstein HD shocks, Rancho RS5000 stabilizer, Brembos & TRD Pads, Revos, Hella 500s, 4 runner bucket seats and console ETC ETC...

02-15-2005, 10:02 AM	#10 (permalink)
castrolSi Contributing Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Spring, TX Posts: 165	Hopefully I will be able to document everything with photos for anyone else who might want to do this. Oil sending unit and all. I was going to start tonight, but since I worked on a car all night last night, I have to do the Valentine's Day thing with the wife tonight. So maybe the day after. Either way, I am going to try and document it all. edit: Oh, by the way, I didn't realize that this was a v6 truck the cluster came from until I took it apart. If you look at the top of the speedo, you will see the number 18. If you look at the top of the tach, you will see the number 19. It is a little smaller than the speedo one. Just to the right of that 19 are red letters that say 6cyl. Its hard to see in the photo, but its there. Anyone know the redline on the 22RE? __________________ 1988 Toyota 4x4 Pickup (gone/sold) 2002 Chevrolet 4x4 Crew Cab 1969 Ford Mustang (for sale) 2002 Ford Taurus 2004 Dodge SRT-4 Silver 13.52@102 miles per hour My tru..er...RIGLINK works now!!! Last edited by castrolSi; 02-15-2005 at 10:06 AM.

02-15-2005, 11:36 AM	#11 (permalink)
KING Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: PEORIA, AZ Posts: 1,853	I am in the process of tackling the same as well. My main concern is, where am I going to connect the tach? Ilovemountains, where did you connect the tach wire to? Are the odometers interchangeable? I tried reseting the donor's odometer and was unsuccesful but in the process, I bended and scratched some digits. I am now hoping I can just swap the current odometer for the donor's one.

02-15-2005, 11:50 AM	#12 (permalink)
castrolSi Contributing Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Spring, TX Posts: 165	I can probably tell you how to do it via PM if you like. You'll notice I rolled 20,000 off mine. I need to do another 2,000 to make it accurate. I don't know if I will go to the trouble of doing it. I only put 5,000 a year on the truck. __________________ 1988 Toyota 4x4 Pickup (gone/sold) 2002 Chevrolet 4x4 Crew Cab 1969 Ford Mustang (for sale) 2002 Ford Taurus 2004 Dodge SRT-4 Silver 13.52@102 miles per hour My tru..er...RIGLINK works now!!!

02-15-2005, 12:18 PM	#13 (permalink)
KING Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: PEORIA, AZ Posts: 1,853	Sure, that would be cool. The donor has 144,457 I have 122,000. I can spin all the digits in the donor's odometer except the four in the ten-thousands place. Believe me, I tried.

02-16-2005, 05:11 PM	#14 (permalink)
castrolSi Contributing Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Spring, TX Posts: 165	Okay, it's complete. Here are the photos and the basic "how-to". I'll just leave the first post with the preliminary photos of cleaning it up and making it ready to go in the hole. I kept these photos kind of small. Can you thumbnail on this site? #1. The ugly, standard, boring old gauge cluster. At least I had orange lights. #2. The new oil pressure sending unit. Autozone $26.99 #3. The stock location of the sending unit. There is a rubber boot covering it. This is on the passenger side of the engine, just under the oil filter. #4. Rubber cover removed to expose the stock "idiot light" sending unit. I used a 1-1/16 socket to remove this after I unhooked the clip for the wire. #5. New sending unit installed. I used teflon tape on the threads, and the little clip that was hooked straight on the old unit, slid sideways on this one perfectly. __________________ 1988 Toyota 4x4 Pickup (gone/sold) 2002 Chevrolet 4x4 Crew Cab 1969 Ford Mustang (for sale) 2002 Ford Taurus 2004 Dodge SRT-4 Silver 13.52@102 miles per hour My tru..er...RIGLINK works now!!! Last edited by castrolSi; 02-16-2005 at 05:49 PM.

02-16-2005, 05:50 PM	#15 (permalink)
castrolSi Contributing Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Spring, TX Posts: 165	#6. These photos show the locations of the screws to remove. I don't know if you really have to remove the 2 little tiny ones on the top of the cluster, but I hate having to find out the hard way. Out they came. #7. Remove the fascia that surrounds the gauge cluster. #8. Remove the screws that hold the gauge cluster into the dash. __________________ 1988 Toyota 4x4 Pickup (gone/sold) 2002 Chevrolet 4x4 Crew Cab 1969 Ford Mustang (for sale) 2002 Ford Taurus 2004 Dodge SRT-4 Silver 13.52@102 miles per hour My tru..er...RIGLINK works now!!!

02-16-2005, 05:53 PM	#16 (permalink)
castrolSi Contributing Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Spring, TX Posts: 165	#9. Reach behind the cluster and remove the cable that connects to the speedo. This take a little effort. #10. Speedo cable and empty dash. #11. Can you tell the difference? It isn't much. I hope it works. This is where you do anything like checking light bulbs or swapping your orange ones for the stock green ones. I did that here. I needed 3 orange ones. I only had 2. #12. New cluster re-connected with all the stock plugs. Plug n play. Don't forget to re-connect the speedo cable. Again... it takes some effort. #13. All connected, and its time to check the lights and gauges. #14. Lights? Check. Tach? Check. Volts, Oil, Fuel? Check. #15. Button the dash back up in the opposite order you took it apart. Check all your screws, and watch the needle on the temp gauge rise. Pat yourself on the back for a job well done, and grab yourself a beer. You deserve it!! Take pictures!!! Feel free to contact me if you have any questions... ~castrol __________________ 1988 Toyota 4x4 Pickup (gone/sold) 2002 Chevrolet 4x4 Crew Cab 1969 Ford Mustang (for sale) 2002 Ford Taurus 2004 Dodge SRT-4 Silver 13.52@102 miles per hour My tru..er...RIGLINK works now!!!

02-16-2005, 06:02 PM	#17 (permalink)
Yota4runner Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Peterborough Ontario Posts: 1,193	For some reason I like that set of gauges alot more then the ones in my truck right now. Great write up and pictures. It looks great! __________________ [-Chris-] 1988 X-Tra Cab 4x4. V6. Stripped to the frame. 1998 Chevy Chyenne Extended Cab, pretty much stock, except for a few cosmetics.

02-17-2005, 12:59 PM	#18 (permalink)
Extremesolo Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Central, PA Posts: 63	Are there any wires you have to run for the tach or are they already there from the original gagues but not used?

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lee Contributing Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: boston, ma Posts: 6,756	wow, thats awesome!

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KING Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: PEORIA, AZ Posts: 1,853	How did you connect the tach and where to?

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bflooks Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: boston, ma Posts: 614	sabre....did she come with the truck? i lost track of the post because i was too busy starring at her! haha

02-17-2005, 03:35 PM	#24 (permalink)
castrolSi Contributing Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Spring, TX Posts: 165	I got em at O'Reilly. I just removed one of the old ones, took it with me to match it up. They were cheap, and the look a LOT better on the new gauges, as the old cluster still had a green tint to it. Nobody else noticed it... but you know how you are about your own truck... __________________ 1988 Toyota 4x4 Pickup (gone/sold) 2002 Chevrolet 4x4 Crew Cab 1969 Ford Mustang (for sale) 2002 Ford Taurus 2004 Dodge SRT-4 Silver 13.52@102 miles per hour My tru..er...RIGLINK works now!!!

02-18-2005, 05:41 AM	#25 (permalink)
SLC Punk Contributing Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: SLC, UT Posts: 5,875	Nice writeup and mod! It looks a lot better with the SR5 gauges! __________________ -Travis 1997 4Runner SR5 V6 4X4 Supercharged Desert Dune SOLD :( 1992 Celica All Trac (AWD-Turbo) #223 of 271 US spec for 1992 FOR SALE 2005 Tundra Double Cab Limited 4X4 2.5" lift 265/70R17 Dueler Revo's 4Runner and Celica Webpage

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