New 240 car.. Cluster Problems!?! - Zilvia.net Forums | Nissan 240SX (Silvia) and Z (Fairlady) Car Forum

Dream240 · 02-22-2007, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by chasekeaton

i am in class right now, and i have not really gotten the chance to glance at the cluster and see how hard it is to remove.

so how hard is it to remove? does the dash have to come out?

1. Remove the driver side kick panel and door sill.
2. Remove the lower dash piece under the steering column (6 bolts)
3. Remove the steering wheel surround trim (6 screws)
4. Loosen the back two steering column nuts till they're almost off, but dont take them off! <=important (12mm)
5. Remove the two front bolts holding the steering column up. (12mm)
6. Lower steering column until it comes to rest on the two nuts in the back.
7. Remove screws holding the guages in. (2 screws)
8. Carefully tug at the guage trim by the black plastic area until it pops out.
9. Carefully disconnect all the switches on the backside of the trim panel.
10. Remove the screws holding guage cluster (3 screws)
11. Pull the cluster out and disconnect the 3 connectors on the back.
12. Done, reverse order for re-install.

Hope this helps.

projectRDM · 02-22-2007, 03:35 PM

All the above except #4. You don't need to loosen the rear nuts that support the column.

Dream240 · 02-22-2007, 03:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by R240NA

All the above except #4. You don't need to loosen the rear nuts that support the column.

I just do it so that it's not so hard to line it back up again. The rear studs are always a bitch for me. Removing the nuts will let the column go lower. Needed for the auto-manual brake
pedal swap.

original poster, the fuses are all good?

chasekeaton · 02-22-2007, 04:11 PM

i didnt check ALL of the fuses i am about to go back out and do that.

next question: i am going to swap the car soon with the sr20, and if this cluster is worthless, should get a new hud cluster ? will this work corectly with the sr20 swap? (i thought i read somewhere that, they are not accurate with the sr20 swap... thanks

chasekeaton · 02-22-2007, 03:42 PM

thanks for that... i got it out already... simple..

all of the plugs were plugged up, so i am guessing the cluster is just shit??

02-22-2007, 03:35 PM	#2
projectRDM Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Atlanta Age: 51 Posts: 13,812 Trader Rating: (12) Feedback Score: 12 reviews	All the above except #4. You don't need to loosen the rear nuts that support the column.

02-22-2007, 04:11 PM	#4
chasekeaton Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: NC Posts: 20 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i didnt check ALL of the fuses i am about to go back out and do that. next question: i am going to swap the car soon with the sr20, and if this cluster is worthless, should get a new hud cluster ? will this work corectly with the sr20 swap? (i thought i read somewhere that, they are not accurate with the sr20 swap... thanks

02-22-2007, 03:42 PM	#5
chasekeaton Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: NC Posts: 20 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	thanks for that... i got it out already... simple.. all of the plugs were plugged up, so i am guessing the cluster is just shit??