Analog Cluster Interchangability???

[wreckless123]

I have a Canadian 86 Daytona Turbo Z that I bought and I am trying to swap in a English cluster. I bought one from a member and plugged it in. Everything worked but the tach and none of the back lighting. I noticed that this cluster only goes up to 85 MPH, didn’t the Turbo Z clusters go up to 120? Could it be that I bought a base model cluster and that is why it is not working? I checked all the back lighting bulbs and that’s not it... Any ideas?

[1986_TURBO_Z]

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Originally Posted by wreckless123 I have a Canadian 86 Daytona Turbo Z that I bought and I am trying to swap in a English cluster. I bought one from a member and plugged it in. Everything worked but the tach and none of the back lighting. I noticed that this cluster only goes up to 85 MPH, didn’t the Turbo Z clusters go up to 120? Could it be that I bought a base model cluster and that is why it is not working? I checked all the back lighting bulbs and that’s not it... Any ideas?

They are all the same style plugs, the cluster must not work, if you had a CDN car it would have been in km/h, instead of mph.

I can't remember off hand what CDN ones go up to (haven't looked at some of mine in a while) I think 84 and possibly 85 they only went up to 85 mph, and in 86 they went to 125 mph

[1986_TURBO_Z]

also check your fuses and dimmer switch, that might cause the lights not to work

[wreckless123]

Yea, it came with a KPH cluster that went too 200 KPH. I figure that all the conversions are handled in the cluster so I bought a MPH speedo from a guy here, that came from an 84 Daytona and it goes up to 85 MPH. When I got it, it is obvious that it HAS been opened up. Everything on my KPH cluster worked but was not always very accurate. When I swapped in this one only half of the gages worked. Then I got to thinking that usually a 86 Turbo Z speedo usually went to 120. I guess I will just have to get another speedo and try again...