i got a 1990 hf with an ls vtec bought the car that way original cluster that it came with rmp didnt work nor did the fuel temp or speedo now i got a decent cluster and i thought it would be plug and play everything fit but no luck still all gauges are dead so being plug and play is definitely not the case so my question is where do i go from here ???

 

the question about where you go from here can be answered if you give us information on what cluster you bought, what OBD you are running, and what exactly was messed up with your old cluster..

My guess is that your speedometer didnt work because the previous owner set it up to use the electric vss from the OBD1 or 2 transmission,which is dumb. If you want to make your life easy, what you should do is install a mechanical VSS into the transmission, then put your stock EF guage cluster in, and run the vss cable to the cluster. Then route the wire that is the vss signal from the cluster to the ecu to the correct pin on whatever ECU you are using for ls/vtec (which should also be the wire from the Electric vss that is probably in there now). I say this is the easy route, because you are probably going to have to do a lot more "creative wiring" than what you already would have to do to wire up the stock guage cluster.

You should reply with more info, and we might be able to help you more.

 

its a b18a with a b16 head not sure about the ecu its a cable tranny and all if that makes any difference

 

what clusters have you tried? It sounds like the original HF cluster was flakeing out, if I am reading that right, so what cluster did you go to? If you switched to another EF cluster, it needs to be a 90-91 so you dont have issues. If it was an 88 or 89, then the wiring is a bit different I think.

 

good luck!!!!

 

well got the speedo to work its still cable and i have a 90 crx cluster my ecu is a pr4 umm speedo works temp is connected to aftermarket gauge umm tried like everything to get the tach to move im thinking its a 90 integra wire harness but not sure and cant find a wire diagram for the integra i know pin 12 is supposed to be for the tach on the crx cluster or 11 on the 89 cluster and tried almost every wire cant get the tach to move... umm check engine light is on no matter what and the lights that indicate the brights are on used to be on all the time even when the lights were off untill i just cut wire on pin 2 also when i turn on my lights my door ajar and hatch are supposely open i gotta real mess here speedo is pretty accurate though just seems kinda laggy... both turn signals work and the speedo thats about it umm i gotta real mess here......

 

i saw both diagrams for 89 and 90 crx cluster and the wires behind my dash no match up to either of these

 

i need some help...

 

up need some help like to get the tach working this weekend someones gotta have some answers for me??

 

i had the same problem when i tried to put a 89 crx si cluster in my 89 hatch. none of the pics in the faq really matched any of my wire positions....well some did some didnt. i got everything to work correctly but it was kinda trial and error. i remember some wires had to be extended so they would reach the other plug. it only took me about 2 hours to get it all figured out and i suck at wiring so........hope this helps

 

well i was using this diagram http://crxcommunity.com/viewtopic.php?p=65118 but seems like everything in my car is from a 90 integra so i figured since none of the wires are the same color i had a 90 integra harness but i cant find a diagram of a 90 integra gauge cluster harness so i was just trying to see if i could get that tach to do anything but no luck yet and today when i parked at work i pulled the ebrake and the ebrake light came on i was like cool that works too but when i turn my head lights off the brake light doesnt light up then i turned them back on and the brake light came on but it only reads the ebrake when the head lights are on also the tach just jumped up to 4000 when my engine was clearly at idle i revved it up nothing then i turn the lights off and tach goes back do 0 and havent seen it moved since.... im getting really frustrated with it

 

also sometimes car wont starter dont know if the starter is going out or just bad wiring gonna pull the starter out and get it tested this weekend i really dont feel like spending 150 on a new one though or the head ache of wiring....

 

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any other advice besides the whole trial and error method?