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aj2burrows
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 Posted - 23 Mar 2007 : 6:03:26 PM
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Hi
Does anyone know if its possible to get a fully digital readout dash board for a vn??? Either custom made or otherwise?
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Joogie
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Posted - 23 Mar 2007 : 10:47:14 PM
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| I would say its definatley possible, with enough money and time that is. |
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mouce
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Posted - 26 Mar 2007 : 8:27:44 PM
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Shouldn't be too hard to knock one together at home, so long as you can use a soldering iron, can do your own fiberglassing and a little bit of electrical engineering. There's a few people here who could probably do it for you if you wanted to pay them.
Failing that I'm pretty sure that you can get a full Motec dash display, but I'd have a hard time justifying the several thousand dollars it would cost.
A digital Fuel gauge wouldn't be too hard, a digital temperature gauge (that's just a freaking thermometer), digital speedo (that will just need to be a frequency counter with an altered multiplyer in the back so that it is calibrated properly) and digital tacho's are a dime a dozen at places like Jaycar.
A full L2 cluster could be replaced with full digital readouts for less than $200 if you can do the fitout yourself. The time is going to be the real killer. |
Bite off more than you can chew, and chew like hell - Peter Brock (1945-2006) |
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Madness
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Posted - 27 Mar 2007 : 11:12:52 AM
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| Does anyone know where we can get a wiring diagram for the instrument cluster? |
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aj2burrows
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Posted - 27 Mar 2007 : 12:02:28 PM
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Thanks for that.
Do you know of anyone that could knock up the digital gauges?
Do you know of anyone that has anything like this. |
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Butcha
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Posted - 28 Mar 2007 : 11:01:19 AM
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Originally posted by Madness
Does anyone know where we can get a wiring diagram for the instrument cluster?
Usually you can pick up the wiring diagram from a vn commodore manual, gregories and haynes just say "refer to vn manual" |
VN COMMODORES JUST HAPPEN TO BE THE BEST CARS EVER |
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mouce
National Driver
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Posted - 29 Mar 2007 : 8:51:01 PM
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Putting the actual gauges together would be fairly simple, you can buy the kits at places like Jaycar and Dick-Smith Electronics. They have Digital Tacho kits that can be put together by anyone who knows which end of a soldering iron to hold on to.
A digital speedo would be an almost identical kit, and I think I've seen a few of them around too. After that...all you'll need is a digital volt meter (that's going to be the fuel gauge, the fuel sender is just a variable resistor, I think from memory it's about 5V for Full and 13.8V for Bone dry). And if you want it a digital thermometer (easy enough to find).
Call around, I'm sure you'll have at least one mate who can solder electrical stuff.
As for the wiring diagram, I'm not 100% sure, but i don't think you'll need one for the cluster itself, what you WILL need is a diagram of the connectors in the dash, so that you know where to grab which sensors from,
This actually sounds like a fairly cool project, I'm tempted to try it myself. |
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aj2burrows
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Posted - 31 Mar 2007 : 12:05:02 AM
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| Thank you so much for that i think i'll go around and have look for some stuff. If you have a go tell us how you go mouce. |
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mouce
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Nevyn
Learner
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Posted - 05 Aug 2007 : 3:59:59 PM
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| If you have a good Holden dealer they might be willing to photo copy the wiring diagrams from their Workshop Manuals. I went to Colin Watsons Holden in Traralgon, Vic, and they were helpful. Having said that, they can be a bit of a pain to read at times....have you completed this job yet?...best of luck if not |
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SWEET
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Posted - 05 Aug 2007 : 4:59:45 PM
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| hey lol i got that car voltage and stop watch meter |
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trizo
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Posted - 05 Aug 2007 : 6:48:16 PM
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| old topic |
3 can keep a secret if 2 are dead |
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