1992 VP Cooling Problems

[Darcy Warhurst]

Door locking wiring may take a bit of sorting out like the cluster. In the meantime can you deadlock the driver's door by turning the key until it is flat- this should mechanically lock the drivers door and electrically lock the other 3.

When I do that, it locks the drivers door, but the rest lock and unlock. I was speaking to my uncle today and said i should get a new gauge cluster, is it possible to put one in that has a tacho etc, or does that require different wiring? In the meantime i'm gonna try to resolder the gauge cluster.

 

[MikeC]

It is, the best cluster is called the level 3. What's your present cluster got? You need to to look into the how to's on this forum to see what's involved. Be careful , level 3 clusters are getting expensive as you need to find one with all of the LCD's along the bottom & the trip computer working. These are expensive to fix unless you know what you are doing- a bloke on ebay used to charge around $ 400 to fix them.

If you just want a tacho maybe settle for a less expensive , lower spec'd cluster- it should just plug in.

 

[Darcy Warhurst]

It is, the best cluster is called the level 3. What's your present cluster got? You need to to look into the how to's on this forum to see what's involved. Be careful , level 3 clusters are getting expensive as you need to find one with all of the LCD's along the bottom & the trip computer working. These are expensive to fix unless you know what you are doing- a bloke on ebay used to charge around $ 400 to fix them.

If you just want a tacho maybe settle for a less expensive , lower spec'd cluster- it should just plug in.

Its just the stock executive cluster (temp, fuel, speed), i have about 250 bucks to fix as many problems as i can, i will just try to get this cluster working. Also here is a photo of it.

 

[MikeC]

The body looks good- that's what costs real money to fix. You want to check out the nearby wreckers for parts- to get an idea of where best to spend your $250 on parts. And a good wrecker can give you free advice- try and find one with gray hair.

 

[Darcy Warhurst]

The body looks good- that's what costs real money to fix. You want to check out the nearby wreckers for parts- to get an idea of where best to spend your $250 on parts. And a good wrecker can give you free advice- try and find one with gray hair.

I know a good one, but he treats us young guys like ****. The only body related parts that are missing is the funny plastic thing in the centre of the front grille, the rear bumper, muffler, the rear right tail light (Dad reversed it into an orange tree :/ ) and the parts of the front headlights.

 

[Darcy Warhurst]

I know a good one, but he treats us young guys like ****. The only body related parts that are missing is the funny plastic thing in the centre of the front grille, the rear bumper, muffler, the rear right tail light (Dad reversed it into an orange tree :/ ) and the parts of the front headlights.

Update, I took the dash out and did the regulator fix, that didnt work, im going to try and get a new cluster.

 

[MikeC]

Update, I took the dash out and did the regulator fix, that didnt work, im going to try and get a new cluster.

Did you bridge & check the ALDL for any codes?

 

[Darcy Warhurst]

Did you bridge & check the ALDL for any codes?

Sorry Mike, I havent yet, I almost broke my nose with the wheel situation, so it slipped my mind.

 

[Darcy Warhurst]

Did you bridge & check the ALDL for any codes?

I got code 12 which i know that everything is ok.

 

[gtrboyy]

You get code 3 times then fault codes come up if there are any.

Get level 2 dash basically same as what you have with rev tacho...level 3 needs patch harness for extra lcd windows/functions to work.

Keep it simple.Level 2 dashes are cheaper & more available.