I was wondering if i remove the needle on my cluster how would i make sure that the speedo doesnt get all messed up. How do i mark it and make sure that it stays in the same spot before i took it off

 

its a bit tricky, but what ive don is have the clear face off when you plug the cluster up. and turn the car on and when you are stopped you are at 0 MPH.

you kinda gotta put the needle on under that little stop peice, then try to lift if above the stop peice.

it sounds complicated. but i did that on 2 integras and it was pretty darn accurate.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by baonest &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">its a bit tricky, but what ive don is have the clear face off when you plug the cluster up. and turn the car on and when you are stopped you are at 0 MPH.

you kinda gotta put the needle on under that little stop peice, then try to lift if above the stop peice.

it sounds complicated. but i did that on 2 integras and it was pretty darn accurate.</TD></TR></TABLE>

lol, sounds confusing

 

Baonest has the repostioning of the needles correct. But you will really need to be careful removing them. I have had a few clusters where the needles were very stubborn. It would be best to use a needle remover if you could. AS far the temp and fuel, I would fill up before the project so you know where to place the fuel level. Warm up the car until it shuold be a normal operating temp and replace the needle postioned where your temp normally reads.

 

^ yeah.

i forgot to mention they are a bit fragile and PITA

 

I usually use a fork to pull the needle off. Just pull up on the tips of the fork and the rear of the fork at the same time. It comes off easy every time.

You'd think that you would just have to key the car on to get it to go to zero and then you just place the needle. But the weight of the needle causes it to sink below zero. I would calculate the speed according to rpm and put the needle on as I drive (in a safe stretch of road of course). If your car is not an R and has cruise, it is much easier. But that technique assumes your tach is accurate and that your tires are the stock. The best way is to find one of those police radar things that display your speed. Just do the same technique as you drive by it. Either that or you can write down your speed/rpm/gear as you drive by it and put the needle on in a safe area.

BTW, I know this is pretty obvious but I was walking by a 96-97 Del Sol today and saw that the front fascia is identical to the JDM Integra front. Duh