I am in the process of installing a 98+(LS1) Camaro dash and cluster. I have everything working, but the fuel gauge. Anyone get it working? Kinda important.

 

How did you get the digital milage to work?

 

just hooked everything up I could, illumination, power feeds, grounds, oil press., temp., voltage, etc. It just worked. mileage is stored in the cluster, so whatever you get it out of that will be your new mileage. hehe. Mine is 43K. just have to get the dakota digital box for the speedo & tach. now.

 

Supposedly the actual guage itself won't work with thirdgens but theres a way to modify it. Check this thread out for the only way I have ever seen someone get it to work. http://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum1/HTML/023174.html When I ever get aroungd to putting my my 2000 T/A dash in, I will probably just buy an Autometer guage.

 

put in a 4th gen gas tank hehe and youll get a newer fuel pump

 

I took the fuel gauge unit out of a 98 T/A cluster and one out of a 92 camaro cluster. they have the same mounting points. so it should be pretty simple to swap them. I work at a pretty large Camaro and Firebird salvage yard in OklahomaCity and I will have to check it out towmorrow and see if they have the same sweep area.

 

Dude you work at American Camaro & Firebird? Awesome! You guys should advertise on here.....I sure could use a discount there!

 

why cant you just use the same sender unit that the LS1 uses??


whats diffrent?

 

Yea Im trying to get Gary to expand more to the net. they have an email for parts request but that only goes so far. Doesnt everyone need a discount there lol. Im getting my 02 dash from there.
It was said on some other postes that the LS1 gauge unit gets a different signal from the computer. as in the thirdgen we get the signal directly from the sending unit. Does anyone know more about this?

 

BTW, I was considering doing the swap too.....how much did it cost and how was the install? Time?

 

a digital signal or is it just a analog sweep thats diffrent then the sending unit?


if you can tell me the signal, im sure we can make or find somthing to convert the stock sending unit signal.

 

Im not sure whats the difference. I just heard that out signal will not register with the 98+ fuel guages. Im 99% sure that a 90-92 fuel gauge unit will work. It mounts up fine and i belive that the sweep area is the same. I think that would be easyer than making a converter. I will already be needing 2 one for the tach one for the speedo.

 

i would like to know how u got the class 2 serial data to work, as it controls the tachometer, fuel gauge, and coolant temp gauges. how did you splice the wiring into the thirdgen connetors.

 

My friend just swaped the 00 camaro dash in his IROC. He tryed to use a ls1 cluster but it wouldn't work. You need to use one from a 97 camaro. The ls1 cars have to have some sort of power supply or sumthing? The 97 cluster in his has everything working on it. Adam :-)

Link to his post. https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/body...dash-done.html

 

figures, thanks