89 to 90 cluster question

[H4Bangin]

ok my stock d15 is smokin pretty bad, i found a 89 Si for $200,black interior (yay) alright tires and the engine an tranny (200xxx miles but its just for now) oh ya the car was wrecked pretty bad
my question is if i swaped harnesses would the 90 cluster work on the 89 harness? or should i just wire up the MPFI on the DX harness?, swaping the harness is not that hard to me plus i will have the dash cause im swaping interior

[2000dollarZCbs]

DONT SWAP THE HARNESSES. it doesnt work. SI cabin harness,(doenst work) SI engine harness,( doesnt work) si cabin AND engine, (doesnt work). trust me i tried. you should wire the MPFI.they just dont work. and the clusters dont interchange either, only 90 and 91 change, and 88 and 89 can change too. they are shaped differently.

[H4Bangin]

ok coo i guess ill just wire it up then
i know they are different size clusters BUT will the 90 cluster fit on the 89 dash? reason i ask is cause my (90) dash is blue and i want to put the 89 black dash in

[Melt]

I thought you had a z6 sitting in your garage?

[Tony]

Are you wanting to put the 89 cluster in the 90? You can do that, but you will end up with a gap unless you try and swap the bezel with it and i still don't know how well that will work. If you need a how to, or the wiring diagrams on the clusters, just check out ami's website, my how-to is on there now.

[H4Bangin]

ya i have a Z6 in the garage BUT im not gonna put it together yet due to lack of funds

so tony u dont know if the 90 bezel will fit on the 89 dash?

[slammed89civic]

the cluster hoods will interchange

[H4Bangin]

cool thanks audi

[91civicDXdude]

you can swap the entire harness, and it will work, but it is a massive pain in the ass. a friend of mine with an 89 CRX DX was putting an MPFI SOHC ZC head on his d15b2 block, and he didnt know how to do the MPFI wiring changes, so he stripped out the entire dash, and removed the interior harness and the engine harness, which was from a 91 CRX and swapped them. Sure it works, but IT IS A PAIN IN THE ASS. it took him a whole day.

[thrilla2653]

i was just wondering if u still had that 89 crx si harness, i need the cluster harness from the fuse box to the radio

[bambam89lx]

Originally Posted by 91civicDXdude

you can swap the entire harness, and it will work, but it is a massive pain in the ass. a friend of mine with an 89 CRX DX was putting an MPFI SOHC ZC head on his d15b2 block, and he didnt know how to do the MPFI wiring changes, so he stripped out the entire dash, and removed the interior harness and the engine harness, which was from a 91 CRX and swapped them. Sure it works, but IT IS A PAIN IN THE ASS. it took him a whole day.

It will ONLY work if swapping the harness between the same year car, and it was made in the same country/factory. If not, you will have some minute wiring differences and tracing them out could take days/weeks. If they are different years, forget it. It's a 3-4 hour affair to do the MPFI wiring. The difference is only 4 wires anyway, it's not that much work. Why you would disassemble and remove your ENTIRE interior and swap harnesses and then reinstall the interior just to avoid adding 4 wires is beyond me. It really is comical.

[Tony]

I kind of doubt he does thrilla considering this thread is 3 yrs old.

[hondacivic99sivtec]

3 yrs old!!!! what is wrong with you. make a post in the classifieds if you are looking for something. thanks.

[H4Bangin]

Hell NO i dont have that im on my 5th civic , i pulled what i needed off that car and it went to the junk yard