80, 90 odometer/ instrument cluster question

[Tom Nas]

"EBavely" <veetesse at hotmail.com> wrote:

>The odometer in my 1988 4cyl 80 had stopped after 200k+ miles, so I found a
>replacement locally this weekend and put it in. The replacement cluster came
>from a 1989 90 (auto) and once hooked up, everything except the odometer
>seems to work when installed in my car.
>
>er could have the same problem as the original and I know that
>type 89's use an electric signal instead of a speedo cable, but I'm
>wondering if possibly I have a problem with my wiring / transponder on the
>transmission.
>
>Interestingly enough, the speedometer does work...Do these clusters use the
>same signal/wiring to operate the speedo needle as well as the odometer?  Is
>there anyway of testing the transmission component?  The idea would be to
>tell whether or not the cluster is indeed the problem...

I *think* these use the same sender.

>Also, since the "new" cluster came from a 90 with the autocheck feature, now
>that it's hooked up in my 80, the oil and brake light warnings flash and
>beep since that system did not come on my car.  Is there any way of
>disabling the autocheck feature?

They're integrated. Better take the speedo bit from your new cluster and
mount it in your old one, did the reverse when I installed a cluster with a
rev counter in my 80 instead of the huge clock. Works great!

Regards, Tom