i have a 98 cavalier for my winter car. i does not have a tach on it. i was at the junkyard yesterday and theres a 97 cavalier LS with a tach in it. can i just swap and have it be plug and play? both cars are the 4 speed auto. only thing is the junkyard car has 125K on it mine only has 108K

First of all....

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Second, that cluster will work fine since the interchange is 97-98. Just install it in place of your old cluster and then start the car. If the car stays on, congratulations, you now have a tach. If it cuts off you'll have to do the security relearn...

KickAzz98Z wrote:1. Start the car and let it die. The theftlock light will be on, DO NOT TURN THE KEY OFF, OR OPEN ANY DOORS, OR TURN ON ANY ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT. Just fold your hands under your arms and wait 10-15 minutes...
2. After the car stalls, the theftlock light will blink. wait until it stops blinking.
3. Wait 1 minute after it stops blinking.
4. Turn the key to off, wait 10 seconds, then start the car again.
You may have to do this 3 times for it to work correctly.

If both of the odometers are mechanical, you can swap them....

John W(Ranger1316) wrote:Once you have the tin-foiled cardboard piece off, carefully pry the circuit board up(slowly go along with a small flathead screwdriver). Then you'll have access to the odometer. There are two screws from the back of the cluster and one from the front. Then you just unplug it and you've got it. I'm not completely sure since I'm going off the top of my head but that should be enough get you in the right direction.

It's really self-explanatory if you take it one step at a time.

I got mine for $50 plus tax just to give you a price to go off of.

so long as both have a mechanical odometer, you can swap your odometer (super easy), do the relearn procedure (shut the door after installing your new cluster, reach in through the window to start it [if its a manual car, use a long stick to push the clutch pedal down]),walk away, make a sammich, eat sammich, and when the theft light is steady on, start your car, and drive away with your new tach.



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im not sure if this car even has the theft. ill have to look tomorrow. ok so thats good ill go get that cluster. nope the cars a auto. so its not 100% if the car will need the security relearn or not just start it and see what happen?

Your car definitely has Theftlock. Sometimes people start the car and the cluster works fine with no relearn procedure needed. Sometimes people have to do it three times to get the cluster to work. There's no way to tell if you'll have to do it, you just have to install the cluster and start the car. I only had to it once to get mine working.

alright thanks man. im going this week to pull a bumper off a 02 ls sport for my cavalier im going to get a cluster also.