ok i know some will tell me to search but i have and dammit there are so many different years and different clusters and i just need a straightup answer....heh thanks
my sport coupe has the 85 mph, dummy lights, and large fuel.....i am able to get an 85 140(?) mph with tach.......is this swap do-able? if so how hard is it to do and where can i find some info on swappin these.....any other information on this would be helpful.....thanks a lot

 

Happen to know if your Speedo is cable driven?

From what i know most 85-89 are cable driven (dont quote me) as for the dummy lights im not 100% sure but i dont see a reason why the tach wouldnt work and such....for the dummy lights on gas and temp and stuff...how do you knwo when you need gas?

 

Dont know if the 85 part will work but 87-89 parts will!!

 

the only issue is with the dummy lights, both the 85 and his 87 are cable driven, and 82-89 gauge clusters can be swapped. if you read the tech article on swapping in an iroc cluster, it says you need to take out the dummy light sending units for ones made for gauges. then you should be all set.

 

u happen to know if that is that hard to do?
hamspiced....my dummies are temp oil and volts....i have a large fuel....heres a pic

thanks for the help....keep it comin tho if u have anymore answers

 

i honestly don't know how hard it is, luckily my lt had real gauges when i did the swap. i wouldn't imagine it to be too hard though.

 

that gauge makes more sense.....I can vouche for the oil sending unit..that is easy to replace you got to buy a special socket for it cause its a bitch to try to get off with a normal deepwell or cresent wrench.. but the oil sending unit is a breeze.

 

buyin a tool isnt a prob, my dad would prob buy it, he is a tool nut and needs everyone.....well if the oil one is easy then i would suspect the othere ones to be too

 

Its an easy swap I went from idiots to actual gauges. All you have to replace are the oil, and tempature switches to sending units. That should only take 10 mins to swap out. The cluster will be a direct bolt in. Your new cluster should have a 60 PSI oil guage, a V6 uses an 80 PSI gauge.

 

finally, something EASY! thanks for the info....i was waiting for u to reply cuz i knew u did some sort of swap

 

No problem
The only hard part about the swap will be releasing the speedo cable, such a pita unless you get on your back with a foot long extension bar and press the release tab. Other than that the whole project should take less than an hour.

 

I don't mean to be a pita but...When I did a similar swap in my 84 Firebird I had to re-wire the dash ! I don't know if it is the same in Camaros. The easiest way to see is pull the old cluster and match up the board with the new one. I hope, for your sake, it's a direct swap.

 

is the release right behind the speedo gauge?

 

Yes, it's on the back of the speedo itself.

This post might help you out as well...https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...=cable+release

 

thanks deadbird....now i gotta track down the guy so i can get the thing...i have no contact with him