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Old 08-09-11, 08:56 PM
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Thanks account il have to wire that in. My car did alredy have the outside temp working. let me the wiring for the ambient temp guage to see if you guys can make it work.
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Originally Posted by ihiryu
Right, I got that, but I have no idea which plug is which. And I don't know the pin direction.

I tried to look at colors but same thing, there seems to be a few of them that have the same colors on different plugs
Do not depend on the color, instead use pin location to do the wiring. If you look at the diagrams, you should be able to find out which connector is which by finding the amount each pin has. a b and c all have a different amount of pins so you can figure it out that way.
Old 08-09-11, 09:29 PM
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the connectors are labeled in the exact same way as the pins. right to left. up to down.

top right gray = a
middle blue = b
left white = c
bottom right orange = d
Old 08-10-11, 09:49 AM
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anyone ever try using the soarer digital gauge cluster from australia? they are all over ebay, i was curious, i wonder if its a direct plug in. anyones thoughts would be appreciated thanks
Old 08-10-11, 10:42 AM
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Yes, it has been successfully done. It's a LOT of work but possible. Search for "digital dash" or "soarer dash" and you'll find plenty of info
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Originally Posted by Onitlex96
anyone ever try using the soarer digital gauge cluster from australia? they are all over ebay, i was curious, i wonder if its a direct plug in. anyones thoughts would be appreciated thanks
Lol, it's funny about how most people hate the digital dash....minus the ones who didn't have it.

There's always complaints all over soarer boards about how half of the cluster will fail. Though I will admit, it looks pretty cool, has that awesome old school effect
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If I swap a 98 sc400 cluster into a 92 sc300, can I just jump the resistor at the rear of the cluster like the 1jz sc400 guys do? So the tach can read correctly.
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You wont have to jump any resistors but ive red that your tach and/or speedometer will be way off. Dont quote me on that though.
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Okay, I'm officially confused.

I took mine out, and my plugs seem to be backwards or something.

Looking at the back, from right to left, I put A, B, and C on them, respectively. When I was doing my wiring (currently attempting to wire up the D plug) it seems like my B is actually my C plug. The wiring on MY "B" plug doesn't match up at all with the excel file.

However my "C" plug does.
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Also one other thing, on the excel document there is;

1c->2d
6c-2d

Is this a typo?
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Excel document?

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/4954282-post36.html
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Yeah, soarer13oy has an excel sheet lol.

Hey account, what year is your SC??

Mine is a 92, so a lot of things didn't hook up.

And does anyone have an idea why my cruise control doesn't work anymore?? It illuminates when I hit the button the stalk, but it doesn't actually work.

BUTTTT man, I'm loving this cluster! Well worth the confusion and headaches
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Originally Posted by ihiryu
Also one other thing, on the excel document there is;

1c->2d
6c-2d

Is this a typo?
6c from the diagram gets spliced to the clock/outside temp guage so i found the wire that went to the clock outside temp guage from the 99 cluster and it happened to be 2d also. Maybe wrong but mines working fine so i cant complain.
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That explains a lot, mine doesn't have an outside temp.

Any luck with cruise control?
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The light turns on when i turn it on but im thinking my cruise control issue has to envolve the wiring done on my swap. As of right now i am going to pull the engine out and put in another block. While im doing this i will go over my harness and make corrections.


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