84 instrument panel to 89
 

hey guys im doing a swap to my 84 camro v6 from my 89 rs 5 speed 305 (body is too far gone) so im swapping everything over from ground fx to the motor and trans, but the instrument panel in the 84 is the kmp and mph on the other side and only goes to 140, and my 89 goes to 185, how far is it to switch everything over? what will i need? or will it not work cause of computer would like some adivce please

Re: 84 instrument panel to 89
 

There were no OE 185's. Is this an after market?

JamesC

Re: 84 instrument panel to 89
 

it looks stock, its got the 180 and then a half mark and says 185 so as far as i know been in there for 260k it looks like lol

Re: 84 instrument panel to 89
 

I'm guessing he has a Canadian speedometer. 115mph = about 184kph. His profile says Ontario. Speedo head swap should be plug & play.

Re: 84 instrument panel to 89
 

didnt they change the design or something in 88?

Re: 84 instrument panel to 89
 

1st design (mechanical), 82-84
2nd (mechanial), 85-89
3rd (electrical), 90+

JamesC

Re: 84 instrument panel to 89
 

You will need to pull the gauges, speedo, and tach ( Anything that you want to use ) from the 89 cluster and install them into your 84 cluster.

The 1989 clusters printed circuit is not completely compatable with the 1984 dash harness. If you try to simply plug the 89 cluster into the 84 dash than you will have problems with the backlighting as well as the BRAKE warning light. ( look where the BRAKE light is located on Each cluster ! )

:driving:

Re: 84 instrument panel to 89
 

so will it not work? or if it will just switch the gauges in the pods to make that work?, and yes my car is a canadian car,

Re: 84 instrument panel to 89
 

Note John's first paragraph.

JamesC