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Instrument Cluster Swap ~► Tachometer

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#1 · (Edited)
Good Day,

I am in need to Swap the instrument cluster on a 2000 Kia Sephia, which came without Tachometer, for another Kia Instrument Cluster which have Tachometer; so the Questions are:

~► Does the Wiring is the Same on the Car without Tachometer, for the Instrument Cluster with Tachometer?

~► Does that Swap will need extra Wiring / Sensor? :confused:

Any CONSTRUCTIVE advice is very Welcome. :D

If such a project has already been done, please post a link, or point me in the right direction.

Kind Regards & Blessings.
 
#54 ·
After this:


I tried the old instrument Cluster on the Car, only to find that now the mere Speedometer is completely Dead; but the Rest is working alright. So I swapped the Newer instrument Cluster back in Place.

I can repair the Old instrument Cluster, by changing the mere Speedometer assembly shown above, it is sold separately by Kia, and has the part number: 0K2AA55471, you can see it here:

~► #0K2AA55471: Kia. Speedometer. Speedometer Gauge.

But the new part, which comes with Zero miles on the Odometer, is quite Expensive.

I will keep the Old instrument Cluster as spare parts' source.

By the way: Removing the Needle is not as hard as to Place it back in place, accurately.

Kind Regards.
 
#56 ·
The clusters should be interchangeable with minor differences... the automatic cluster would not light the DRNL lights as a manual transmission wouldn't supply the needed wiring...

The temperature gauge electronics should be swappable unless they are physically different in size because of a added tach gauge...

I replaced the speedometer cluster in my 97 Ford Ranger with one from a 98 so as to add a tach and everything worked properly with the exception of the "door ajar" circuit lights a "fuel cap loose" light... The tach circuitry was all ready pre-wired ... The odometer had a thousand miles more on it so i didn't bother trying to readjust it to a lower reading...

Most circuitry between the same model years will remain the same between manual/automatic, Tach/NoTach, ABS/NoABS, etc.... It just makes sense to leave the wiring the same and change the cluster...The early Sephias/Spectras (before 2004.5) sould work just fine...
Dave
 
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#57 ·
Update: the instrument Cluster is working flawlessly, thanks to God.

When I did the Swap, the only thing lost was the function for the low fuel warning Light.

Lost it for years, until I had to change the Fuel Pump assembly.
(More info ~► Here)

Something pretty interesting, regarding the new fuel Pump assembly swap, is that, somehow the Low Fuel warning light, at the instrument cluster, came back again to function; because I've lost that warning light function when I did the instrument cluster Swap, years ago...

I did that cluster swap then, (without the need of changing anything on the wiring nor plugs), to gain Tachometer which the original cluster didn't have; and the only thing lost then, was the warning light for the low fuel.

Since such warning light came back to life Flawlessly with the new Fuel Pump Assembly, I believe that the wiring is different between the fuel pump assembly for the basic model and the fuel pump assembly for the luxury model... somehow.
 
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