I just put in a JDM ITR instrument cluster in my '98 ITR and for some reason the seat belt light does not turn off and the gas gauge doesn't work.

The seat belt light is of little to no concern and can be solved quite easily. But, the gas gauge will take some thought.

If any of you guys have had the same problem or have some insight please let me know. Thanks.

-kenji

 

I'm not sure if what you're experiencing is a normal occurence when installing jdm ITR cluster in a non-jdm ITR or even a jdm cluster in a non-jdm car in general. The reason I say that is because I've seen a couple of people with malfunctioning jdm ITR cluster in their car. However, my Spoon meter functions perfectly.

A friend of mine suggested on swapping the plastic circuitry on the rear of the cluster and to use your usdm one. Let's hope the mechanism of the fuel gauge isn't all screwed up.

 

Thanks for the input spoogen.

I noticed that the yellow plug on my car's interior harness has no corresponding spot on the JDM ITR gauge cluster. I am assuming that is for the fuel gauge.

Anybody else have any input?

-kenji

 

i had this problem...my abs light in my usdm itr cluster would stay on unless i put my seatbelt on and the door open light would also stay on even though all the sensors and everything checked out...then i installed a jdm itr cluster and the seatbelt thing would work fine and now just my abs light stays on...if you look at the clusters look where the lights are positioned and you can see that the positions are related...only thing i can thing of is that i am running a jdm p28 ecu and thats why the lights were reversed with the usdm cluster and the problem is now corrected with the jdm cluster...only thing now is i have to figure out whats wrong with the abs...on the fuel gauge thing...try swapping your usdm fuel gauge into the jdm cluster...all you have to do is change the needles or just swap all the jdm gauges into the usdm plastic housing

 

yellow plug = SRS

 

If I remember correctly, that yellow plug is for the ABS light. I also have a yellow plug that is no longer used with the new meter.

 

kenji,

my friend had the same problem with the fuel gauge when swapping to a UK itr cluster. in the end, all we could do was swap the US fuel gauge into the UK cluster. then it worked, but it needed to be calibrated.

with regards to the spoon clusters, apparently, their fuel gauges will adjust automatically to the fuel level in the car, unlike stock gauges which usually require you to fill fiddle around with filling up the tank and playing with the gauge

 

can you just leave out the yellow plug to disable the abs and srs lights...

 

Why not just take out the bulbs for whichever light stays on.

EDIT: The thing people have to go through just for the sake of a jdm part, crazy


[Modified by Supersonic DC2, 8:00 PM 12/9/2001]

 

if you look, you cant take out the abs or srs light bulbs...at least not on the jdm itr cluster i have

 

when i tried the spoon cluster a year ago "all" the gauges were jumping around, i thought it wasn't meant to be for the US cars...however, upon a friend's suggestion(like spoogen's advice)i switched the plastic circuit template and "voila" it works perfectly...BUT i have a non-srs wheel so can't help with that part of the dilemma.

 

Maybe if you stopped listening to mullet butt rock all day, you could think clearly and solve this problem Kenji..

BTW, Kip Winger emailed me and said he wants his mullet back.

 

which model Spoon ITR cluster did you have? there are two models, one for 96 spec and one for 98 spec (i think). only one of them, 96 i think, is plug and play for US ITR, the other is not, and is probably the one you got

as the others have said, not plugging in the yellow connector is the easiest way to disable the SRS light

 

the yellow plug is for BOTH ABS light and SRS light

if you disconnect it, both light will not show.

 

Mine was plug and play. Then of course i have a 94 GSR. Not a knew one. I am also using the JDM ITR cluster. Everything works perfect. Had to swap the yellow unit off the back of mine though into the JDM one for the SRS light.

Also the SRS and ABS do NOT run off the yellow plug. Only the SRS. I ran my car without the yellow plug and the ABS worked perfect and read properly.

 

The problem is the wiring. The wires for the fuel gauge and the seat belt light are different on the JDM cluster then on the USDM cluster. My friend wired my USDM cluster up like the JDM cluster so for a long time I had no working fuel gauge and no seat belt light. Then I got a factory manuel and fixed the wires.

 

I think Mike K got it right.Sometimes the truth hurts.

 

Strange, I have a JDM ITR cluster in my 95 GSR, no problem, even the dimmer works. Just plug-n-play

 

Merritt, good to hear you got it fixed. Its also nice to know my wiring wasnt the culprit, it was just the fact that you procured the wrong insterment cluster for my wiring job

ceas..

 

I had this problem yesterday on a friends Ek,swapped in a jdm ITR cluster and the fuel gauge would read full with a half tank of gas.I suggest you go over the wiring you may have to add or re-pin some wires.

 

take the gauges off the jdm cluster..and put them onto your usdm circuit board..
also remember to put the gauge overlay from your usdm cluster..

different years put symbols in different spots..i.e. seatbelt, srs...you may think you have a srs light..when it just a seatbelt light..hope this helps..

 

The JDM ITR cluster and USDM cluster circuit boards are the same. There is however a brown plastic connector at the bottom (near the center) of the USDM cluster that is not on the JDM cluster. I have not had a problem with the cluster with this attached or not. IMHO you have a BUM fuel gauge. Don't know if the guage face or needle can be removed safely but that is the direction I woould go.

GOOD LUCK.......... BTW would you be interested in selling your MPH gauge face? I am sick of the KILO's now.

 

I will sell you a whole USDM instrument cluster. I have an extra one laying around besides the one that came with my ITR. You want it?

-kenji

 

kenji: I'm shocked you just didn't call me and ask. j00 should know better.

 

If the price is right I could be interested......... and when you are able to figure out whats is wrong and fix your fuel gauge be should and lets us know cuz I never see threads on JDM clusters and it could be helpful