Just got back from the Chevy dealer to figure out why my check engine light was on. got raped the $30 to run the code and find out its because I spliced the O2 sensor wire to extend it to the new down pipe. (which oddly enough was close to 1 month ago and no CEL till now) anyway he cleared the code and told me it would pass inspection so I left, but not before explaining to him my plans to do a cluster swap to a gauge with a tach from an 04. He said that that would not work. TELL ME HE"S WRONG! I just bought a 2004 cluster (in awesome shape) and a reverse glow overlay for my 2001. will it work? Is this guy just blowing smoke because he is an all-knowing chevy garage attendant? any help please?
I'm not sure, but it's easy enough to find out. Just plug 'er in and see what happens, assuming the plug is the same, which it likely is.
there are soooo many things that people "think" they know, i mean just yesterday a guy at car toys SWORE to me that if i took out the stock deck my airbags wouldnt work, like weasel said, plug it in, try it out, im not quite sure on this one, but dont trust that guy
Circuit city tried to tell me that my dome lights, horn, airbags, low beams, and hvac lights all depend on my stock radio. BULLSHYTE! I corrected him, so hopefully he won't mislead other customers.
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he is wrong. you can plug it right in, and it will work. my buddy just did the same thing to his cav to get the tach, and it IS a plug and play setup.
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awesome...thanks guys. I can't wait. I got a killer deal on a like-new cluster ripped from an 04 with less than 3,000 miles. should be here this week sometime i'll post pics when i'm done. thanks
navycav3 wrote:there are soooo many things that people "think" they know, i mean just yesterday a guy at car toys SWORE to me that if i took out the stock deck my airbags wouldnt work, like weasel said, plug it in, try it out, im not quite sure on this one, but dont trust that guy
Man... I haven't heard that one in years!!
I don't know guys...it came today and doesn't look pretty...I can't be sure but I think the electrical connector on the 00-02's were wider and a different shape! (it has been a week or so since I have had the dash apart) is it possibe to splice an 04 connector onto the exsisting wires? It sounds good...but....i'm just not sure
does anyone have any pics of their 00-02 cavy gauge cluster connection? I'm not even going to rip the dash off just to find out the connection is different on the 04's
he's WRONG and I think I may ride out and show him...it swaped in there like swim wear baby!
well I knew it was too good to be true...2 hours later and WTF? has this ever happened to any others out there?
It really p*ssed me off!
all the needles went off!!!! why? (i'll post a pic later)
Holy @!#$, you overfilled the car with gas, and are doing mach speed while hitting VTEC!
bro u must be flying in that picture, looks like ur speedo is at 16mph, and ur tach is redlined all to hell and JEEZEE how much gas u put in that thing!!!!, but on a serious note, that is strange, i did a swap in mine i have an 01 tho, i put a sunfire cluster in my cav, w/no problems, so i dont know what to tell u, maby they changed some wiring some time down the road.
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navycav3 wrote:there are soooo many things that people "think" they know, i mean just yesterday a guy at car toys SWORE to me that if i took out the stock deck my airbags wouldnt work, like weasel said, plug it in, try it out, im not quite sure on this one, but dont trust that guy
HAHAHA wait his a dumb Honda poss im sure.
Anyway ive been running on my Cavy 03 without the stock Player for 1 and half year and anyone said about a thing about airbag... Anyway i got a good dealer and a friendly mechanics.
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Oddly, that is one of the coolest things i've ever seen.
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i think you just got a bad cluster. I have heard people swap out cluster all the time. But i have always heard to make sure you get a cluster from the SAME YEAR car as yours. Maybe since you got one from an 01 thats your problem. Try to talk to someone who lives near and has the same year car as you do and try their cluster in your car.?
Jim
^^ agreed
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you might want to become friends with a gmtech.itsallways good to know gmtech's who are willing to work for beer
well problem resolved...the PCM was sending the signal that the old cluster would be expecting. all I had to do is disconnect the neg bat cable and reset the needles...works like it was meant to go there now. just waiting on my new reverse glows
i wanted to know if a sunfire cluster would go in my 97...the one with the tach. i like it better then the cav one with the tach... will this work?
what's the deal here? I put an 04 cluster in my 01 and the tach will read right for about 2-3 hours. THe pic above shows all the needles going screwy but I reset them all and now just the tach goes off. after the engine reaches a certain RPM it seems like it gets stuck or something and zeros out @ 4,000 when I shut my car off. why is this?
i'll post a pic later. anyone have any relevant feedback ( I don't want to hear it is a bad cluster because it swaps/works fine in my friend's 01 cav)
