I just bought a 94 T/A with a canadian (metric KM) instrument cluster. Is it just plug and play if I replace it with a standard (MPH) instrument cluster or is there more involved? -Thanks, Nick

 

I would guess that there is more to it than that; one item that comes to mind is the odometer . . . but maybe I'm wrong about this

 

It should be plug and play.

If you mathematically convert the odometer reading to miles, it is possibly to dial your new odometer to read the correct reading in miles. You can remove the number wheel and once it is out there is a plastic strip along the back side of the number wheels you remove. Once that strip is removed you can manipulate the odometer to read the exact amount of miles the car has on it. Replace the plastic strip, place the number wheels back in the housing and you are set with an accurate odometer reading miles.

I wonder....

If you scan the PCM on your car will it display MPH or KPH?? Do the canadian cars have a different program in their PCM, or is the reading just an interpretation of raw VSS data by the scan tool? I'd vote the ladder, the scan tool simply displays the VSS data as MPH.

 

It should be worth noting in case blueformula ever plans on selling the car, that it is usually very easy to tell if that sticker on the back of the odometer has been tampered with (designed that way), so to avoid any monkey business down the line make sure the seller knows what the deal is.

Of course, that is only if he ever plans on the selling the car.

 

It's not a sticker, it's just a strip. There is no way to tell it's been "tampered" with. As long as he accurately represents the miles on the car, it is not "tampering" anyhow. I've got a spare 1994 gauge cluster on the shelf. I've torn it down and played around with it, changing the odometer reading is totally transparent. There is no way anyone could ever tell it's been reset, unless maybe if they dusted for fingerprints. lol.

 

Well, that is why I said that it is usually easy to tell if the sticker has been messed with, because I am unfamiliar with 94 LT1 fbody dashes.

Besides, I am pretty sure that any time you play with the odometer, even if the miles are correct, it is still "tampering". At least, that is probably how a lawyer would see it. Didn't mean to get sidetracked on this.

 

I'm sure you are correct. People get really "touchy" about any work involving the odometer, even if you are not commiting fraud.

 

Plug and play.

 

I appreciate the info guys.