VC instrument cluster swap

[VC Lplater]

we would like to swap a standard vac gauge cluster in a 6 cylinder VC to one from a V8 VB sle with tacho ect, can the taco be recalibrated to suit?

[IvanTheTerrible]

Yes. It can. Howard Instruments in Hiedleberg can help.

[MkyHnly]

i have just pulled an sle cluster out of a vc at the wreckers, and was hoping to do the same thing... my car being the pov pack didnt have the oil or volts but the sle one does... can they be hooked up too? thanks

[IvanTheTerrible]

i have just pulled an sle cluster out of a vc at the wreckers, and was hoping to do the same thing... my car being the pov pack didnt have the oil or volts but the sle one does... can they be hooked up too? thanks

oil guage needs a pressure sender to be fitted the engine instead of the oil pressure switch.

[VC Lplater]

Thanks Ivan, in WA (wait awhile) so vico recalibration hard work, do you know what they do to it?

[MkyHnly]

oil guage needs a pressure sender to be fitted the engine instead of the oil pressure switch.

thanks mate, anything about the volts? or is that straight forward?
do you know any places around VIC that could do this conversion for me? or should i do it myself and just get an auto-elec to wire it up for me? cheers

[IvanTheTerrible]

thanks mate, anything about the volts? or is that straight forward?
do you know any places around VIC that could do this conversion for me? or should i do it myself and just get an auto-elec to wire it up for me? cheers

It's easy. I pretty sure the oil sender is the only thing you have to do. Unbolt the old oil switch and replace with the guage sender. It uses the same wire. I'm pretty sure the volt wire is already in the loom. So all you do is plug the dash in and hook up the speedo.



VC Lplater: They change the value of some of the electronic components inside the tacho. Hunt down an instrument fitter in WA and see if thay can help.



Ian

[MkyHnly]

It's easy. I pretty sure the oil sender is the only thing you have to do. Unbolt the old oil switch and replace with the guage sender. It uses the same wire. I'm pretty sure the volt wire is already in the loom. So all you do is plug the dash in and hook up the speedo.



VC Lplater: They change the value of some of the electronic components inside the tacho. Hunt down an instrument fitter in WA and see if thay can help.



Ian

Thanks for the help mate,

Where would i find the the old oil switch on my standard gauges?

Cheers

[IvanTheTerrible]

It's on the engine. It's on the oil pump in a V8 or the drivers side of the straight six block

[Fobbins]

hey im doing the same conversion do you know what color are wires are that conect to the oil gauge. and im having troble getting the taco working. any help would be grateful.

[IvanTheTerrible]

hey im doing the same conversion do you know what color are wires are that conect to the oil gauge. and im having troble getting the taco working. any help would be grateful.

Dark Blue from memory.
What motor?

[Fobbins]

its a 253 in a vb pov pac, the gauge cluster is out of a VH and i can only see some light green wires in the dash area that coud b for the oil, but im realy want the taco going is there a way to rewire the taco or test if it works.

[jakbob]

The oil pressure sender needs a different wire as it uses an extra connection on the back of the cluster. Or it did on mine at least. You could pick the idiot light wire out of the loom or just run a new wire like I did. I also had to run a wire for the tacho because there wasn't one in the loom.

[Fobbins]

cool thanks mate. where did you connect the wire for the taco in the cluster. and the oil has 2 connections where do they run?