new instrument cluster question
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new instrument cluster question
i have a 1st 4runner with an a/t. my cluster has the ECT/normal indicator in the top right corner. Im looking to replace my current cluster, but some most of the ones im seeing are with the volt meter in that location,
i guess which are from manual trucks. Will i still beable to use one of those? or will i need one with the ECT
i guess which are from manual trucks. Will i still beable to use one of those? or will i need one with the ECT
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should be fine i think as i have the same cluster in mine but again mines 5-speed all you can do is put it in and see if anything the cluster fuse will blow and then you know it wont
but i say yes it will be fine there wired so that they can have both same harness as a 5-speed and an auto hope it helps you out buddy
but i say yes it will be fine there wired so that they can have both same harness as a 5-speed and an auto hope it helps you out buddy
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and some clusters have functions, particularly the idiot lights, built into them anyways. so maybe the new cluster doesn't have the bulb, but might have the provisions for it. shine a light into the new cluster and see if you can make out the hidden features.
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if you look close at the pic you posted, you'll notice that there's about 1" space between the edges of the gauges and the sides of the cluster... just about enough room to put an idiot light, or 5, down each side.
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okay, something new to me.
so you're saying the 1st gen automatic equipped speedometer is electrical and not mechanical? that's odd. my wife's 91 is mechanical and an auto, but basic cluster. hmmm.... wonder if that would be something related to the options for the turbo digital cluster...?
so you're saying the 1st gen automatic equipped speedometer is electrical and not mechanical? that's odd. my wife's 91 is mechanical and an auto, but basic cluster. hmmm.... wonder if that would be something related to the options for the turbo digital cluster...?
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okay, something new to me.
so you're saying the 1st gen automatic equipped speedometer is electrical and not mechanical? that's odd. my wife's 91 is mechanical and an auto, but basic cluster. hmmm.... wonder if that would be something related to the options for the turbo digital cluster...?
so you're saying the 1st gen automatic equipped speedometer is electrical and not mechanical? that's odd. my wife's 91 is mechanical and an auto, but basic cluster. hmmm.... wonder if that would be something related to the options for the turbo digital cluster...?
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anyone want to donate a few trucks to test?
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The instrument cluster contains speed sensor no. 1. The tranny has speed sensor no. 2 on the driver side. The ECT unit for the tranny uses signals from both sensors.
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goodie, so i have to find another a/t cluster. honestly i dont NEED a whole new cluster, i just wanted to get another one cause some of my gauges dont work in the cluster i have now. i just didnt know how much trouble it is to switch out the gauges to my current cluster.
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just scoped out ECU codes for 85-88 engines and none of those codes are mentioned until the 88 3VZE. prior to that, the only code referencing any speed sensor is a code 10....
But I have to take back my previous comment about not finding them on schematics... I found them.
Now I'm really getting confused. But I guess we'd have to know if the automatic gauge cluster came from an a-43d (non ecu controlled) or a340e/h.
we are still talking about 85-88 cluster, no?
But I have to take back my previous comment about not finding them on schematics... I found them.
Now I'm really getting confused. But I guess we'd have to know if the automatic gauge cluster came from an a-43d (non ecu controlled) or a340e/h.
we are still talking about 85-88 cluster, no?
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abecedarian, engine codes and tranny codes are not the same thing. The check engine light blinks codes from the ECU, the OD light blinks codes from the ECT unit.
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