You guys just need to put all the parts in a box and send it all down to me. You aren't fooling anyone. This project isn't going to be finished.
LMAO, it is already all in a ugly blue box known as a 87 civic "wagon". it's no longer the scattered mess you saw sitting in the garage when you were up here. you'll see...
i can add one really cool update... when i started this project last summer i wanted keep wiring changes to a minimum and bigorange was telling me that he thought you could just put the 86-89 integra cluster behind the wagon's cluster hood and glass. he was correct to an extent, it can be done but takes a little bit of customizing. after about 5-6 hours of playing with it, i got it to work.
here's how.... i took the wagon cluster, glass and hood apart and at first it looked like it wasnt going to work because the teg cluster is slightly taller. i didnt measure but im going to say about 1/4 inch or so. i had to break off 3 of the tabs and do some slight trimming on the wagon glass surrounding and at that point the teg cluster would fit into the wagon glass but the tabs didnt snap in place and the wagon glass surround covered half of the warning lights at the top of the teg cluster. next step was to find a way to lower the cluster so these lights werent half way covered. this was an easy fix. i put the lower 2 tabs in place as they should be and the one remaining on top i put on the outside of the tab instead of inside the tab slot where it originally was. at this point the top of the glass face matches up very nicely with the top edge of warning indicator lights. next step was to make it all stay in tact since the snaps are different sizes. this was easily fixed with 3 very short (probably 1/8 inch long) screws going through the glass surround and tabs and into the cluster itself. hard to follow i know but pic's at a later date will clear it all up.
during all of this another issue was the pin that sticks out of the odometer to reset trip meter. since we are using the wagon glass with teg cluster we run into an issue with this reset pin being in different locations. on the wagon it is about 3/4 to the right compared to the teg's cluster where it's almost dead center. to fix this i simply drilled a hole for the new location of the teg reset pin and then put another rubber grommet in the hole. so now when you see the whole assembly put together, the only indication that it doesnt belong there is an extra hole and grommet in the glass with no reset pin sticking out but it really isnt even noticable and we might even find a clever way to hide it..... but you all know it's there now anyway
i just tried taking pictures of it all complete sitting on my kitchen table but my phone just wont capture a good image with the glare of the glass so pic's will have to wait till the install when sindrlla gets some better pic's since she got custody of the digital camera.
if only my OBD1 B18B1 swap in 86 crx HF would have been this easy...
When I die, i want to go asleep peaceful.......... not screaming and freaking out like everyone else in the car"i left the bar a little after you and ended up flipping my car in the arbys drive thru"
Another loser who can not get traction. I feel sorry for him.
IM A LOSER!!! my car pulls harder when spinning than any "highly modified" EW
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