Tach conversion

[blackmaxima88]

I know this is a shot in the dark, but the Sentra doesn't have a tachometer. It has the standard cluster with the speedometer, fuel and water temp. gauges. If I can get an instrument cluster that fits, say off an SE or SE-R, what are the chances that the conversion will be painless? my speedometer is computer-controlled and there is no cable. on each side I have the warning lights (check engine, oil, charge, etc). Nissan used a similar cluster on sentras from 1991 to 1993, where the speedo and water/fuel guages were on opposite sides of what mine is. but on mine, they used the same instrument cluster from 1994 until 1999 or 2000 I think. I think the standard sentras didn't include them, unless you bought an SE or SE-R model. so it's not like it's uncommon. my main concern is (1) no existing wiring for the tachometer, and (2) the harnesses being different, causing stuff not to work right. I guess my best bet would be to look at a FSM for the vehicle I'm taking one off of. I don't have a FSM for the sentra yet, and I don't know where to get one except E-bay, which is where I got the (now retired for service) FSM for the maxima I no longer have.

I know a tach isn't absolutely necessary, cos my 89 sentra didn't have one, and that's the car I learned stick on. but it's a pretty good thing to have and it adds a sporty look.

let me know what you think, if it's even worth trying to do.

Dan
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Not a Ford fan?

[maximase86]

Likely the wiring for it is there, or it's a straight plug and play. To save costs, cars that didn't have that option had the wiring for it, because it cost more to make two type of harnesses. So I think it's probably doable.

S

[blackmaxima88]

sweet. I went junkyard hopping but their sentra supply (actually, their whole nissan supply) is extremely limited. they had one 1st gen maxima, a newer stanza, and 2 sentras like mine, basically gutted out. however they must have had over an acre of GM cars, mostly cavaliers, piled up there. LOL. what does that tell ya?

anyway, I was looking and the instrument cluster pre-1994 was not only backwards, but the warning lights are all scattered different from mine. I don't wanna buy one from a different year and risk it not working. but there's one off a 94 SE-R on e-bay. one of these days I'm gonna try it, but a FSM would definitely serve me good. I thought about getting an aftermarket tach, but I think they look queer, and if I'm gonna do that, I may as well buy a civic to go with it, drop it 1/4" from the ground and put a coffee can on the end of the muffler.

Dan
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[turboast4]

How bout a G20?

[ASHURA]

94 sentra XE if not mistaken came only with GA16DE engine.. so in that sense, only GA16DE clusters will work.

the G20 and old B13 sentra SE-R came with SR20DE, not too sure if they'll work.

funny how nissan usually make the tachometer standard feature in auto tranny models.

[blackmaxima88]

lol, tell me about it. my mom had a '98 200SX and it was an automatic. it had a tach. then again, it was an SE.

[ASHURA]

lol... in anycase, the auto cluster should bolts on into the manual car (well, in the case of my U12, it did)..