I picked up a gauge cluster from a 93 vx hatchback in the junkyard today for $12. I don't know if it's going to work in my car or if there's any info already available about swapping different civic model gauge clusters.

I have a 92 cx with a 92 dx engine (D15b7). I retained my original engine wiring harness during the swap, of course the interior harness is untouched. I replaced the P05 ECU with a '92 P06 ECU and upgraded the engine harness to a 4-wire o2 sensor so it would work right with that ECU, but other than that, nothing has been changed. Everything works except the shift light. I guess what's most important about all that is if the interior wiring harness has provisions for this gauge cluster.

My cx has a 3" temperature gauge where the vx has its tach. I'm willing to part with my 100k old cx cluster for this 342,042 mile old piece to avoid buying an aftermarket tach. I cut the harness for the vx cluster just to be safe in case I needed to change wires around or if I needed reference. I'd just like to know if it works before I tear into my dash because I broke the hell out of the cluster's surround panel (black plastic thing with the vents in it) while taking the cluster out of the donor car, so I don't want to destroy mine trying this if it's not going to work. Any tips on non-destructively getting my cx gauge cluster out of the dash would be appreciated. I know about the two screws, I just couldn't get it to pry loose without breaking.

Do the clusters have the same plug-in connectors?

I know the engine harnesses have different #'s of wires, but the pin-outs and even the wire colors are the same, but I don't know how Honda treated the chassis. Are the chassis harnesses the same for 5th gen hatchbacks?

It would be totally sweet if it were just plug-&-play. Somehow I don't think it will be that easy. Will there be a tach signal wire already on my cx harness or will I need to tap one somewhere?

Also and assuming a vx cluster would work, since the speedometers are identical on either one, is it possible to remove the speedo gauge assemblies and swap them between the clusters so I could keep my 100k old odometer? 342,042 is just ridiculous, but big-ups to the previous owner! That's really impressive.

Thanks in advance for any help. And thanks again for the space.

Jafro

If it ain't broke, it's not mine.

 

Very sorry. I posted this in the wrong forum. Please kill this thread.

 

before it dies, in case it hasn't been mentioned yet, the 5G uses an electronic VSS so the speedo won't work.