speedometer

[NofStein]

hello i am new here.

my question: is it possilbe to put a speedometer from the 2.0 sportive in a 1.6 BJ ? i want a boardcomputer 8-)

my BJ is build in 2001, its a facelift...

sry for my bad englisch :sorry:

[TheMAN]

no, not possible as the wiring is different.... you can however put in the non-trip computer gauges in though

[NofStein]

but some 1.6 BJ have a speedometer with a BC. an i also have wires for de buttons.

[TheMAN]

if your car originally came with it, then you can swap it over... otherwise, you can't... sorry

[NofStein]

damn shit :(

[NofStein]

soo... and it works ! i have changed the speedometer. now i have a boardcomputer. pictures in a few days...

[TStarGermany]

nice try. get some good pictures and some more detailed description of the swap.

[protege]

what about the mileage?

[NofStein]

http://s5.directupload.net/images/071111/temp/wjpbed2j.jpg (http://s5.directupload.net/file/d/1243/wjpbed2j_jpg.htm) http://s4.directupload.net/images/071111/temp/2ivuhnp2.jpg (http://s4.directupload.net/file/d/1243/2ivuhnp2_jpg.htm)

[TStarGermany]

nice, now you need some dave b rings

[kansei]

oh what I would do to have a nice trip computer like that!

I won't even entertain the thought of that plugging right in to a USDM BJ. Plus I'd lose my board and I can't legally have an odometer that reads in km/h.

I'll just stick to my USDM board with my original odometer reading + canadian gauges to have km/h readouts.

[Z]

i was just thinking about this the other day. I'd love to have this. too bad it wont keep my odo count (at least i dont think it would)

[kansei]

i was just thinking about this the other day. I'd love to have this. too bad it wont keep my odo count (at least i dont think it would)

You would definitely have to transfer chips from one board to another.. I don't at all remember where the odometer reading is kept though. Plus who knows, that board probably operates completely differently.

I should plug my "least-desirable gauge cluster ever" (canadian km/h board but u.s. gauge faces) in and see if in fact the odometers do read in km/h. I would assume it was all controlled by the board on the gauges and not by some computer elsewhere in the car.

[TheMAN]

oh what I would do to have a nice trip computer like that!

I won't even entertain the thought of that plugging right in to a USDM BJ. Plus I'd lose my board and I can't legally have an odometer that reads in km/h.

I'll just stick to my USDM board with my original odometer reading + canadian gauges to have km/h readouts.

no, it IS legal to have only km/h as the speedometer.... read FMVSS 101

well it's cool that nofstein figured out it works... so now I want one too 8-)

[kansei]

oh what I would do to have a nice trip computer like that!

I won't even entertain the thought of that plugging right in to a USDM BJ. Plus I'd lose my board and I can't legally have an odometer that reads in km/h.

I'll just stick to my USDM board with my original odometer reading + canadian gauges to have km/h readouts.

no, it IS legal to have only km/h as the speedometer.... read FMVSS 101

well it's cool that nofstein figured out it works... so now I want one too 8-)

Since you know the regional differences more than I.. would it seriously work in a USDM BJ? I know everything will be metric but I can swap my current speedometer on to keep the dual km/h mph readouts.

It would be a lot of paperwork and explaining when/if I wanted to sell my car though (obviously I'd return to the original gauge cluster but the odometer would be off by thousands of miles).

[TheMAN]

or you can just not go through that hassle and get a UK gauge cluster as it reads in miles! but of course you'll have fun trying to figure out UK MPG over US MPG ;)

there's a good possibility of it working though as the wiring differences are minimal in different regions... it IS different though