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Old 02-06-03, 10:13 PM
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'83 Gauge Cluster into '80 Dash?

Will it work? If it makes any difference, the motor is from 83 too, so i guess it would have the oil temp sender on it somewherere.

Basically, i want the 130mph speedo, and i like that cluster better overall... not to mention the speedo in my cluster dosent work anyway.
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yeah should work from what i know. ive got an 82 with an 83 cluster in it, the speedo is inaccurate as hell though. dunno why

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my only concern is that mine is an SA... and i'd be putting in an FB cluster... personally, i think it'll work too, but i just wanna make sure first.
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Re: '83 Gauge Cluster into '80 Dash?

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Will it work? If it makes any difference, the motor is from 83 too, so i guess it would have the oil temp sender on it somewherere.
Its oil pressure, and the sender for it is that big *** thing right under the oil cooler. Guess you would have to wire it up somehow in order for that gauge to work.
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Originally posted by gamble302
yeah should work from what i know. ive got an 82 with an 83 cluster in it, the speedo is inaccurate as hell though. dunno why

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They only had like 85 MPH speedos or something in 81-82. They went up to 130 or something in 83. So basically, its pointing at the wrong numbers...I think?

~T.J.

EDIT: I think that this might apply to the SA also. If it has the 85 MPH speedo. Im not sure what they have though.
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Originally posted by RotorMotorDriver
They only had like 85 MPH speedos or something in 81-82. They went up to 130 or something in 83. So basically, its pointing at the wrong numbers.

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yes i know its pointing at the wrong numbesr, but not thattttt wrong. its only about 10% off maybe. im thinkin the speedo gears used were different in the 83's?

but yes basically it is pointing at the wrong numbers lol
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The '79 LE model also had a 130 mph speedometer. That's what I put in my '80. I originally swapped out the entire cluster because I liked the digital clock, but the damn thing didn't work, so I just swapped out the speedo itself.
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well if u have the 80 manual and 83 it will make your life mucch easy, anywhere there is some difference with the 80 cluster and 83, mazda did some changes on the gauge's, I swap out my 80 for the 81 speedo but I still had to cahnge wire position so everything will work like factory, if I did not do it this will happen whenever I turn on my headlight my blincker will work and all other weir stuff, basically u need rewire some of the pins from the white plug to the black plug.
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My 82 has a 120 mph speedo.
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I put an 83 speedo in my 81. Not the entire cluster but just the gauge and gauge face and needle, thereby keeping the correct oil pressure gauge, voltmeter etc. It worked perfectly and moved much smoother.
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