Need a new Cluster because I broke my speedo tryign to fix the odometer. lol
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Yeah well. Lost one to get the other I should say. haha, It was totally my fault. Anyway my Odometer **** out about a year or so ago and it would sometimes turn on and off and have weird tetris like things for a while and then back, I would some times hit it and it would change or go back to the normal numbers well after a while hitting it wouldn't fix it. So I decided the other day to rip it out and take a look at it see if there is a bad connection or something lose I could solder up.
Well it turns out there was a bunch of corrosion on the LED's contact points. I cleaned those up a bit and while trying to take apart the rest of the gauge I shifted the servo motor for the Speedo. I was bumming. I put it all together and noticed yeah, It is broke. lol. Thankgod I have a standard though and I pretty much know what speed I am going in each gear but my question is this.
How hard is it to find a digital cluster for these cars with white face? And if I can snag a digital one, Will it set to my mileage or that gauges mileage? I would think it is a ECU related but honestly, Probably not. because my Trip reset when unplugging everything just not the actual mileage.
Also 2nd, If I have too, Will an analog one work? I would hate to get a poopy analog one but I only have a few junkyards around me and I am just so depressed looking at my car not having a working speedo it makes me feel like it is turning more into a piece of poo
Well it turns out there was a bunch of corrosion on the LED's contact points. I cleaned those up a bit and while trying to take apart the rest of the gauge I shifted the servo motor for the Speedo. I was bumming. I put it all together and noticed yeah, It is broke. lol. Thankgod I have a standard though and I pretty much know what speed I am going in each gear but my question is this.
How hard is it to find a digital cluster for these cars with white face? And if I can snag a digital one, Will it set to my mileage or that gauges mileage? I would think it is a ECU related but honestly, Probably not. because my Trip reset when unplugging everything just not the actual mileage.
Also 2nd, If I have too, Will an analog one work? I would hate to get a poopy analog one but I only have a few junkyards around me and I am just so depressed looking at my car not having a working speedo it makes me feel like it is turning more into a piece of poo
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You will need on specifically for a 98 or 99. The analog ones will not work for you without swapping wire harnesses. I am pretty sure your mileage will not be correct on a new cluster as the ecu will not change the mileage iirc. Good luck finding an se gauge.
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Ask for Aaron.
The mileage stays w/ the Cluster, but there are people out there who can reprogram clusters, I dont know any off hand but I've heard of it being done in multiple instances.
Ask for Aaron.
The mileage stays w/ the Cluster, but there are people out there who can reprogram clusters, I dont know any off hand but I've heard of it being done in multiple instances.
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In the 5th gen, the mileage for the odometer is stored in a 8 pin dip IC on the instrument cluster printed circuit board, type 93C56EN. There is a good chance it is the same for the 4th gen. If you know how to solder, you can swap the chip.
see post # 12 in this thread:
http://forums.maxima.org/5th-generat...nt-2002-a.html
In the 5th gen, there are different dash cluster printed circuit boards for the different years but they all used the same chip, just in different locations.
see post # 12 in this thread:
http://forums.maxima.org/5th-generat...nt-2002-a.html
In the 5th gen, there are different dash cluster printed circuit boards for the different years but they all used the same chip, just in different locations.