Go Back   MiniTruckin.ca » Tech Forum » How-To's




Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 02-26-2009, 03:17 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 29
golana is on a distinguished road
1st Gen S10 - 92 to 88 Cluster Swap

I went to the Pick N Pull and got a Cluster out of a 88 Blazer with a tach built in. I had a good idea how to get it to work, but I needed a few more things to get it to work. I didnt want to have to convert my truck to a cable system, so I had to custom fit an electric speedometer into the cluster.

Click the image to open in full size.
I had to get a circuit ribbon from a truck to get my idea to work.

Click the image to open in full size.
Here is the 91 electric 'L' speedometer I had to pull to get my plan to work.

Click the image to open in full size.
The cut-out I made from the circuit rubbon.

Click the image to open in full size.
I attached the ribbon to the speedometer.

Click the image to open in full size.
The speedometer installed into the 88 cluster.

Click the image to open in full size.
Here you can see I had to custom wire the electric speedometer onto the 88 circuit ribbon.

Click the image to open in full size.
I got the cluster in my truck, I think it looks awesome!


Here is a breakdown of the wiring job I did to make this work.

'92
1 Grey 12v (+) Gauge Lights
2 Pink blk 12v (+) Gauges: Volt, Fuel, Temp, Idiot Lights: Check Gauges, Battery, Upshift, Ebrake
3 Brown (-) Battery Light
4 Tan blk (-) Upshift
5 Tan wht (-) Ebrake
6 Green (D) Temp Gauge Input
7 2x Purple (+) Right Turn
8 Dark Purple (D) Fuel Gauge Input
9 Light Tan (D) Oil Gauge Input
10 ABS (not used)
11 Dark Green wht (-) Service Engine Soon
12 Pink blk (+) Gauges: Oil, Speed, Idiot Lights: ABS, Service Engine Soon, DRL
13 Light Green blk (-) DRL
14 Gray blk (D) Speed
15 Yellow (+) Seat Belt
16 White (+) High Beam
17 Black (-) Gauges: Oil, Speed, Gauge Lights, Idiot Lights: Left Turn, High Beams, Seat Belt
18 2x Light Blue (+) Left Turn


'88
1 (D) Fuel
2 (D) Oil
3 (+) Oil, Volt, Temp
4 (D) Temp
5 (+) Right Turn
6 (+) High Beam
7 (-) Battery
8 (-) EBrake
9 (-) Check Gauges
10 (-) Upshift
11 (-) Service Engine Soon
12 (+) Idiot Lights: Battery, Ebrake, Check Gauges, Upshift, Service Engine Soon
13 Not Used
14 (+) Gauge Lights
15 (+) Seat Belt
16 (-) Fuel, Oil, Volt, Temp, Idiot Lights: Right Turn, High Beam, Seat Belt, Left Turn
17 (+) Left Turn
18 (+) Fuel

Conversion:
88 - 92

01 - 08
02 - 09
03 - 02
04 - 06
05 - 07
06 - 16
07 - 03
08 - 05
09 - Couldnt Figure It Out
10 - 04
11 - 11
12 - 12
13 - 14 (i used the empty slot and soldered a wire to the speedometer input)
14 - 01
15 - 15
16 - 17
17 - 18
18 - 03 (spliced)
__________________

1992 Chevy S10 - Ext Cab - 4.3L 5spd - RWD
Shortram Intake, 2.5" Custom Exhaust, Bagged Front, 3" Dropped Rear, Shaved Doors
golana is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-26-2009, 07:39 PM   #2 (permalink)
BNKRUPT
 
Reid007's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Peg City
Posts: 249
Reid007 is on a distinguished road
wow thats intense! good job man
Reid007 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-26-2009, 07:45 PM   #3 (permalink)
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 29
golana is on a distinguished road
thanks

i love to help out with this type of stuff. im good at automotive electrical, so i like to share my knowledge with everyone else
__________________

1992 Chevy S10 - Ext Cab - 4.3L 5spd - RWD
Shortram Intake, 2.5" Custom Exhaust, Bagged Front, 3" Dropped Rear, Shaved Doors
golana is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-27-2009, 07:11 PM   #4 (permalink)
BNKRUPT
 
Reid007's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Peg City
Posts: 249
Reid007 is on a distinguished road
too bad ur not in winnipeg or id get u to re wire everything in the front end of my truck for clearance.
Reid007 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-27-2009, 07:14 PM   #5 (permalink)
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 29
golana is on a distinguished road
hahaa, im still workin on my own. i might be building a new harness for it... so i can move the fuse box over to the pass side. and i dont really like splicing wires... so i'd be running new ones.
__________________

1992 Chevy S10 - Ext Cab - 4.3L 5spd - RWD
Shortram Intake, 2.5" Custom Exhaust, Bagged Front, 3" Dropped Rear, Shaved Doors
golana is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-02-2009, 09:42 PM   #6 (permalink)
BNKRUPT
 
Reid007's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Peg City
Posts: 249
Reid007 is on a distinguished road
sweetness
Reid007 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-06-2009, 02:52 PM   #7 (permalink)
3 Pumped Bully
 
LowLinc's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: wpg
Posts: 377
LowLinc is on a distinguished road
lol@ the home speaker wire for the speedo wires. Not a fan of that style cluster, i hated driving my brothers jimmy that had that one. but good job. neet.
LowLinc is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 02:55 PM.


 
MiniTruckin.ca 2009
MiniTruckin.ca is in no way affiliated nor endorsed by the MiniTruckin Magazine or any of their companies.