I Went to the wreckers and asked for a 96-00 Honda civic cluster the guy gave me one (has a tachometer, mine didn't) I tried to install it but it doesn't have a slot for the orange pin, if i need to plug that in..
pics here
Help is greatly appreciated

 

Just took another look, Is the plug for the orange clip under that thing next to the yellow clip?/if so howcome it hadn't been used

 

the yellow plug is for srs, you should have a yellow connector for it. plug the other two wire ends into their respective places, make sure theyre connected securely. fyi- you can put your odometer/speedometer into that cluster to retain accurate mileage

 

ok it's me from the other post,
I plugged everything in but no rev and stuff.. could the cluster be broken?/ what is that orange cable for

 

that plug is for abs, which i dont think you have. unless you yanked on the harness or have some other wiring issue, the cluster is faulty.

 

The lights come on on the cluster accept half of the tachometer gauge,
Could the thing down the bottem left on the second pic be a possible fault?

 

i didnt notice that, that is almost certainly your problem. those copper leads are the circuitry for the cluster, those two are shot.

 

It isn't like completely off tho,
It's still there just not stuck down
will take it back thursday and report back

 

replace the missing screw as well, those need to be in there. (1st pic)

 

Just going to take it back and get a newie

 

good idea. the screw is probably why your tach doesnt work.

 

Really? If i had one that fitted/same washer should i try that?

 

sure, cant hurt. borrow one off your old cluster

 

Yes they look bad (the power + and - trace might be broken). If the temperature gauge don't work, you can jumper the temp + to the tach. + and the temp - to the tach -.

 

The right indicator doesn't work, nor does the tachometer itself lol.
Taking it back for a replacement

 

Yes, cluster is broken. You got a dud.