I am wondering if the instrument clusters are interchangeable between the 120mph spedo & SAE gauges and the 85mph spedo & metric gauges. My odometer just went out and I kind of like the idea of SAE gauges. I can get this cluster for about the same price as it costs to fix the odometer if i do it myself. Anyone have experience with this?




Edit: I just realized the SAE cluster is for a diesel because it has the glow plug light.

It would seem sensible that units from the same cars are interchangable with the same gear ratios etc. They would have had great dificulty manufacturing with out interchangability for various markets. I would still repair my present odometer though as the new one might fail and you know what you have now. Unless you preffer one over the other.

Ok, i found that they are interchangeable. The only thing that did not work properly was the the tachometer. I guess that they have different amplifiers.

I ended up repairing my odometer and just using this cluster until i was finished with the repair. The SAE cluster also needed the odometer repaired.

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