k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,944 Member For: 16y 7m 4d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 18/05/22 12:07 AM Share Posted 18/05/22 12:07 AM yeah, sick leave... not the end of the world. The missus came back to the house last night when I tested negative haha, but we're still staying apart and masking up when in the same room (but apart) until I get rid of my symptoms completely, just to ensure she doesn't get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Andrew Gold Donating Members 2,035 Member For: 9y 6m 23d Gender: Male Location: Canberra ACT Posted 18/05/22 12:14 AM Share Posted 18/05/22 12:14 AM Thanks @biddie_fiddler Keep meaning to ask you due to your recent cluster experience. The lower left LED on the speedo keeps playing up. Sometimes it's on with the others, sometimes it's off and sometimes it flickers. I'm guessing it's just a dry solder joint or something. If I pull the cluster out am I unlikely to be able to access that from the rear of the cluster and dials only come off to remove an LED, or are they completely inaccessible with the dials in place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biddie_fiddler [IMPULSIV3] Donating Members 1,374 Member For: 5y 7m 17d Gender: Male Location: Perth, WA Posted 18/05/22 12:31 AM Share Posted 18/05/22 12:31 AM @El Andrew sadly you won't be able to access the LEDs without removing the front face plate of the cluster. This is plastic face place that has the lexan vinyl sheet that shows your revs, speed etc. To remove this you need to remove the dials off the stepper motors. Its built like this from factory because, I'd imagine, they would of had a jig to line up the needles, and then they calibrate them afterwards. I mentioned this a while ago and it still stands. If I can work out how to calibrate the needles, I'd be happy to do a complete rundown on fully disassembling and reassembling the dash. Until then, there is no point because you will never get the needles back into the exact same place they were before. If only they were keyed 😞 On that note. I remember when I reassembled the dash I managed to yank the tacho needle with a cloth when I was cleaning the front of the dash. Turned out I f*cked the stepper motor. Got a 2nd hand dash for $50 and took it apart to use the stepper motors. Replaced it and now its all good again!! Found a brand new replacement online that looks identical but figured I'd use factory parts because at least I know that they'd work. The dash was also an xr50 too, which was a pleasant surprise (identical to mine). Again, if anyone knows anything about cluster calibration, or knows someone who may now, please let me know. I'd really like to learn how to do it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biddie_fiddler [IMPULSIV3] Donating Members 1,374 Member For: 5y 7m 17d Gender: Male Location: Perth, WA Posted 18/05/22 04:13 AM Share Posted 18/05/22 04:13 AM I messaged clustermods on FB, the guy that used to (not sure if he still does) mod ba/bf clusters about how he calibrated the speedo. He has seen the message and never replied 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Andrew Gold Donating Members 2,035 Member For: 9y 6m 23d Gender: Male Location: Canberra ACT Posted 18/05/22 09:41 AM Share Posted 18/05/22 09:41 AM Thanks mate. Yeah sounds like I should either leave it, get a crappy cluster to practice on, or get a decent one to program to the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,944 Member For: 16y 7m 4d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 19/05/22 12:07 AM Share Posted 19/05/22 12:07 AM morning all, happy Thursday 🍾 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biddie_fiddler [IMPULSIV3] Donating Members 1,374 Member For: 5y 7m 17d Gender: Male Location: Perth, WA Posted 19/05/22 12:45 AM Share Posted 19/05/22 12:45 AM I got some info from cluster mods and its exactly what I suspected!!!!!! He created a custom software that has the CAN data for speed and revs. BA/ BF and FGs all use CAN for this. The service manuals even have the CAN information you need to do this. My only concern is that if I connect a dash to external power, a bench power supply for example, that the FG dash will freak out because it won't be able to read any data from the PCM, TCM etc. Creating a device that goes from USB to CAN isn't all that difficult. But I don't want to lock out my dash, if that's even a thing. luckily I have a spare dash now to try this on, so hopefully I can make a test jig that mimics the speed, revs, fuel, coolant temp, etc so I can properly set the gauges. Seems like the process he used was to set a specific rev and speed, and adjust the needle manually until it matches. Slow process, but it'll work. So far, my dials aren't far off. If my digital speed shows 50km/h, the dial reads 49 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,854 Member For: 9y 9m 16d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 19/05/22 01:17 AM Share Posted 19/05/22 01:17 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,944 Member For: 16y 7m 4d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 19/05/22 01:21 AM Share Posted 19/05/22 01:21 AM caricatured yourself in cartoon form? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,854 Member For: 9y 9m 16d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 19/05/22 01:28 AM Share Posted 19/05/22 01:28 AM Yeah pretty much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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